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,
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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,
The rise of MTV ran parallel to the success of the Go-Go’s, who became mainstays on the newly launched network in 1981 thanks to their video
Lest anybody think Guns N’ Roses had gone soft in the four years since releasing their seminal debut, Appetite for Destruction, they kicked off their
On Matt Sorum’s first day as Guns N’ Roses’ drummer, he got an eye-opening look at the band’s creative process as it worked on the
Guns N’ Roses have never been shy about admiring classic-rock artists such as AC/DC, Queen and Elton John. On Use Your Illusion I, the band