Robert Plant was determined to start a new chapter after Led Zeppelin. “I wanted to establish an identity that was far removed from the howling and
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Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the very first time on Aug. 12, 1968 in a small space on
Lynyrd Skynyrd were not the first, and certainly not the last, Southern rock band. They are surely the style’s quintessential embodiment, however, and that began
Things nearly turned tragic for Johnny Ramone on Aug. 14, 1983, when a post-concert brawl left him fighting for his life. The Ramones had spent
Blame Sting if the Police’s “Can’t Stand Losing You” is forever lost in the shadow of “Roxanne.” He’s spent decades brushing it aside. “Written in
AC/DC’s storied career hit a rough patch when their opinion-dividing Flick of the Switch was released on Aug. 15, 1983. As AC/DC first began to
One of the most remarkable ‘70s breakthrough success stories turned sour with the release of a second album that redefined the “sophomore slump” – and
The final album by the Who’s original lineup arrived on Aug. 21, 1978, as a product of its time. This was three years after The
On Aug. 21, 2008, Metallica released “The Day That Never Comes,” the lead single from their ninth album, Death Magnetic. The song found the band revitalized. St.
The year 1973 was transitional for the Allman Brothers Band. On the one hand, 1971’s At Fillmore East and 1972’s Eat a Peach had both