One of the greatest mismatches in rock history took place in July 1967 when the Jimi Hendrix Experience embarked on a massive U.S. tour opening
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By 2002, the Flaming Lips had already pulled off some of alt-rock’s bravest (or, at the very least, weirdest) experiments: the 23-minute noise assault of “Hell’s
Judas Priest’s highly influential album Screaming for Vengeance — best known for the breakthrough hit “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’” — was released on July 17,
How GNR and Metallica’s Joint Tour Foreshadowed Their Futures
In July 1972, music began flowing from a new Chicago band named after the river Styx. The quintet introduced itself to the world with “Best
How Jefferson Airplane’s Early Run Ended With ‘Long John Silver’
Def Leppard’s Three-Year Slog to Deliver ‘Animal’
The iconic cover of T. Rex’s 1972 album The Slider came with a famous photo credit: Ringo Starr. The black and white image, which featured
The unsigned Elvis Costello wasted no time in 1976 when he learned that a buzzy London-based label was looking for new talent. “I was the
Little Games arrived on July 24, 1967, after another lineup shift for the Yardbirds. Yet something deeply interesting continued with their music. Jeff Beck and