Detroit was a rock ‘n’ roll city for decades – Bill Haley even rocked around the clock out of its Highland Park neighborhood – before
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Heading into the ’90s on the heels of their greatest success to date, the prog-metal masterpiece … And Justice for All and its crossover single
On July 29, 1966, the personal and professional trajectories of three of rock’s most notable names shifted — some for the worse, some for the
There’s no denying the profound impact MTV had on pop-culture in America had all over the world. The term “game changer” gets thrown around too
“Video Killed the Radio Star” will forever be intertwined with the launch of MTV, cementing its place in history as the first video aired on
Paul McCartney’s first solo No. 1 single actually harkened back to the way he worked toward the end of his time with the Beatles. He’d
In August 1971, when Can released their second album, Tago Mago, there wasn’t a whole lot that sounded like it. A half-century later, there’s still not much
Tony Kaye’s purring Hammond organ is one of the signature Yes sounds — a powerful instrument that fuels so many songs from the prog rock
On Aug. 5, 1966, the Beatles released “Yellow Submarine,” a track purposefully designed as a children’s song. The tune came to Paul McCartney one night
Eric Clapton was visibly intoxicated onstage at a concert in Birmingham on Aug. 5, 1976. But the message he spoke at the mike was clear. As