If not for a government mandate insisting on “distinctively Canadian programming,” an initially annoyed Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis never would have created SCTV‘s famous
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By 1969, getting caught up in a drug bust was a frequent risk for rock musicians. Except, that was, in Australia — the phenomenon hadn’t
Blizzard of Ozz established Ozzy Osbourne as a solo artist after a decade fronting Black Sabbath. We’re taking you inside all 12 tracks from the 1980
When the Rolling Stones released “She’s So Cold” as the second single from their 1980 album Emotional Rescue, they’d already caught some heat for experimenting
When Bob Dylan told The New York Times in 2020 that Eagles” “Pretty Maids All in a Row” “could be one of the best songs ever,” many rock fans probably scratched
As Rush’s art director since 1975, Hugh Syme designed some of the prog-rock band’s signature images: the glowing Red Star of the Solar Federation that
When Motley Crue presented their record label with an album that included a sentimental ballad, the label rejected it outright. But the band pushed for
In the pantheon of cheesy and over-the-top action flicks, none stand taller than Commando. The film, released Oct. 4, 1985, turned gratuitous violence and unintentionally
Eddie Van Halen’s last Van Halen concert was a hometown gig on Oct. 4, 2015, the second of two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in
It’s difficult enough to stop to think about what John Lennon would have been doing if he’d been alive to celebrate his 80th birthday on