Like much of Metallica’s 1996 album Load, the lead single, “Until It Sleeps,” was unlike anything the band had attempted before. A contemporary inspiration, Soundgarden, may
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They should sing these songs in church. Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On doesn’t simply boast the gospel influence that marks so much of America’s most
Paul McCartney has written a lot of love songs. Those include perfect, heartfelt gems with the Beatles (“Michelle,” “Eight Days a Week” and “The Long
Def Leppard have always peppered interesting covers into their sets, including a faithful take on Alice Cooper’s “Elected” in 1987 and a meditative version of
If the question is what went wrong with Poltergeist II: The Other Side, then the answer is easy: everything. If the question is why it
Eagles loaded their gear into the studio on Sept. 10, 2001, to begin work on their first album of new material since 1979’s The Long Run. They
One of rock’s rising stars never saw how beloved his music would become. On May 25, 1996, Sublime singer Bradley Nowell was found dead in his
Back in their ’60s public school days, the founding members of Genesis fancied themselves as pop songwriters — aiming to operate in the shadows, penning
What is life after death like? If you’re Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan, it involves still playing arenas. But since May 28, 1996, when he was
Marvin Gaye actually revealed himself as more than the typical Motown factory drone well before 1971’s What’s Going On. He just hadn’t quite harnessed those ambitions