Billy Squier spent the early ’80s on a hot streak, releasing two multi-platinum Top 5 albums (1981’s Don’t Say No and 1982’s Emotions in Motion)
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The creation of one of Keith Richards’ best-known songs didn’t happen overnight. It happened in just one afternoon. As Richards recalled, “Happy,” the only single to ever

One of glam metal’s biggest frontmen enjoyed a career resurgence via reality TV when Rock of Love With Bret Michaels premiered on July 15, 2007.
One of the greatest mismatches in rock history took place in July 1967 when the Jimi Hendrix Experience embarked on a massive U.S. tour opening

By 2002, the Flaming Lips had already pulled off some of alt-rock’s bravest (or, at the very least, weirdest) experiments: the 23-minute noise assault of “Hell’s

Judas Priest’s highly influential album Screaming for Vengeance — best known for the breakthrough hit “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’” — was released on July 17,

How GNR and Metallica’s Joint Tour Foreshadowed Their Futures

In July 1972, music began flowing from a new Chicago band named after the river Styx. The quintet introduced itself to the world with “Best

How Jefferson Airplane’s Early Run Ended With ‘Long John Silver’

Def Leppard’s Three-Year Slog to Deliver ‘Animal’