Writing about his heroin addiction inadvertently led Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx to another musical habit. Six years after the release of the band’s best-selling 2001 memoir The Dirt:
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The first thing to know about the Big Mac is that the famous McDonald’s double-decker burger is mired in controversies and legends – from its

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In early August 2021, it was announced that drummer Charlie Watts, for the first time, would not be participating in the Rolling Stones’ upcoming tour. “For

After the Kinks tapped into American music on 1971’s Muswell Hillbillies, they continued to take inspiration from across the pond on its 11th album, Everybody’s in Show-Biz. The LP was a direct

Once the near four-year slog to complete Hysteria reached its end in early 1987, Def Leppard didn’t have much time to relax. They were instead

How ‘The Fugitive’ Proved TV Shows Could End Successfully

John Lennon’s Aug. 30, 1972, headlining benefit performance at Madison Square Garden would ultimately turn out to be the final full-length concert of his life.