By the time Red Hot Chili Peppers released their 1991 album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the band had already experienced a dizzying array of highs and
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On Sept. 24, 1994, Saturday Night Live welcomed a new face behind its Weekend Update desk: Norm Macdonald. The segment — a weekly skewering of
On a double album full of sprawling, genre-bending opuses, Guns N’ Roses delivered arguably their most dazzling technical achievement with Use Your Illusion II‘s “Locomotive.” Clocking in
The comedy rock duo Tenacious D was already delighting fans and fellow musicians alike, years before their 2001 debut album. “We were like the most
By his own admission, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan arrived at the punk movement just a step or two after its late-’70s explosion. McKagan began to tune
Metallica lost bassist Cliff Burton in the early morning of Sept. 27, 1986, when their tour bus crashed during a trip across Europe. The previous
Like many huge rock bands, U2 didn’t emerge fully formed and ready for stardom. The group’s very first meeting on Sept. 25, 1976, was casual
10 Years Ago: Chickenfoot Hit Their Stride With ‘Chickenfoot III’
With their relationships, health and band disintegrating before their eyes, the beleaguered Guns N’ Roses pulled off one last masterpiece with the heartrending Use Your Illusion II ballad “Estranged.” The nine-and-a-half-minute
If someone under a rock somewhere was unsure if Guns N’ Roses were the biggest band in the world as the ‘90s began, their association