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
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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
The Rolling Stones have been certified hitmakers and superstars for more than half a century, but singer Mick Jagger enjoyed a pop-cultural resurgence when Maroon 5 invoked him
Joni Mitchell held nothing back on her classic 1971 album Blue. From personal relationships to her own insecurities, every aspect of the singer-songwriter’s life was
By the time producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange signed up to work with Mick Jones on Foreigner’s fourth album 4, his reputation preceded him. Lange’s