Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts wasn’t typically known for his ego. But on one occasion, the typically introverted drummer let it clearly be known how he
Category: History
In the mid-’80s Paul McCartney was eager to redeem himself as an artist after the significant flop of his 1984 soundtrack album Give My Regards to Broad
Paul Simon needed the talents of others to create Graceland. Not in an abstract, inspirational kind of way, according to many of the artists who worked on
It was clear Pantera’s days were numbered long before they played their final concert on Aug. 26, 2001, in Yokohama, Japan, bringing one of metal’s
In all likelihood, the Beatles didn’t set out to challenge radio programmers’ time constraints when they released the seven-minute-plus “Hey Jude” on Aug. 26, 1968. They were,
For the most part, Aerosmith’s Rocks lived up to its name as a bone-crunching, hard-rock opus full of sinewy riffs and thunderous grooves, dripping with debauchery
Eric Clapton played in several history-making groups, but there was one he couldn’t quite break into: the Band. The guitarist even went so far as to
When Van Halen rolled into New Haven, Conn., in August 1986, they arrived with a purpose. The pair of dates on Aug. 26 and 27
Time, as the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards would readily admit, can offer new perspective. That certainly was the case with “Start Me Up,” which had
In the early ’90s, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were between two worlds. Petty himself was fresh off the success of his debut solo album,