Like anything involving the late Bon Scott, there are a couple of stories about where AC/DC’s “Jailbreak,” released in June 1976, came from. Guitarist Angus
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It can be a tough life playing in a wedding band. Sure, you’re usually paid more than you ever make from performing your own music,
On July 16, 1980, the classic Duran Duran lineup — singer Simon Le Bon, bassist John Taylor, guitarist Andy Taylor, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick
For Davy Jones, the Monkees’ resident heartthrob, staying in the group wasn’t an option in 1970. Guitarist Mike Nesmith had left in April that year, and Peter Tork had split
Kiss shook off some rust two weeks before the first date of their 1996 reunion tour, overcoming a brief onstage fire during an hour-long preview
The remaining members of Queen knew quite well in 1995 that no one could ever fill the shoes of their late singer, Freddie Mercury, who
Four years after an arsonist burned down Tom Petty’s California home, the singer and songwriter was more than ready for a new beginning in 1991.
Jimmy Page called it a “fun” homage to their rockabilly roots. Robert Plant reportedly described it as “far beyond the realms of pop, jazz or anything.” Rolling Stone‘s
The ’80s were a weird time for patriotic pop, protest songs and nuanced commentary on America that fell somewhere between pop and protest. The decade
You’d expect the first song written for any Van Halen album to be a blazing rocker. Not so with 1988’s OU812. In his 2011 memoir