Van Halen took a year off after the tour in support of OU812 and then needed another year away to put together a follow-up album. And even though the
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“I suppose in a way we invented MTV,” George Harrison casually noted in the Beatles’ 2000 Anthology book, reflecting on the band’s low-key promo clips
The lean, tune-focused Zoom was the Electric Light Orchestra album that Jeff Lynne should have put out at the turn of the ’80s, as he
If there is ever a Hall of Fame of ’80s Cultural Life, the date June 12, 1981 will have a display all of its own.
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
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