Unlike Murphy’s subversively upbeat take on Mr. Rogers,his Gumby took on the persona of a cranky, embittered, washed-up ex-star, being rude to everyone around him
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“Paul was a hero to [late Queen singer] Freddie [Mercury] and us when we were starting out,” guitarist Brian May has enthused. “When I first worked
Ummagumma found Pink Floyd still searching for direction after the departure of original frontman Syd Barrett. Released on Oct. 25, 1969, the LP was split
As the third single from her debut album In the Heat of the Night, “Heartbreaker” became Pat Benatar’s commercial breakthrough. But when it arrived on Oct.
John Daniel McCollum shot and killed himself on Oct. 26, 1984, while lying on his bed listening to an Ozzy Osbourne record at his home
Gregg Allman’s bout with bronchitis forced a short postponement during their career-ending run of shows at their home base, New York’s Beacon Theatre, which concluded
In the fall of 1984, Van Halen dominated rock ‘n’ roll. Their latest album, 1984, had sold a jaw-dropping 4 million copies in less than a year. The
ZZ Top reportedly held secret recording sessions without old-school manager/producer Bill Ham so the group could give Afterburner a more modern sound. “I wouldn’t say
Personality conflicts that had been privately tearing Kiss apart were made public on Oct. 31, 1979, during a live interview on national television. Everything went
The Toxic Twins had gotten clean. The song doctors had been summoned. The sound had been smoothed out. In the late ’80s, with the help