It’s difficult enough to stop to think about what John Lennon would have been doing if he’d been alive to celebrate his 80th birthday on
Category: History
On Oct. 10, 1980, Goldie Hawn entered the prime of her career with the release of Private Benjamin, a film that could have been a complete
Hugh Syme originally envisioned an even more grandiose cover for Rush’s 1977 classic, A Farewell to Kings. But in a development not uncommon in the
On Oct. 11, 1975 Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC. The first, largely uneven episode offered very little hint that the series would go on
Released on Oct. 16, 1981, the Human League’s Dare (or, as it was known in the U.S., Dare!) was one of new wave’s first great
When Nintendo’s NES gaming console was unleashed on American shores in October 1985, few could have predicted its cultural impact. Nintendo had originally released a system
On Oct. 21, 1995, Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon was found dead on his tour bus, his life coming to an end after only briefly scraping its
Released five months after its parent record arrived on Oct. 23, 2000, “Out of the Silent Planet” ended up as a cut-down single, chopped from
On Halloween 1982, CHiPs aired one of the most hare-brained, lovable episodes of its six-season run, with the stars getting involved in the life of a rocker
On Oct. 24, 1995, five different rock artists — Ozzy Osbourne, Smashing Pumpkins, the Pretenders, Bob Seger and Anthrax — put out notable albums. The