Bruce Dickinson was clear about what he expected from his return to Iron Maiden. It wasn’t going to be a cash-in and it wasn’t going
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Queen had entered the ‘80s with the release of their single “Save Me” in January 1980, but that soon seemed like a toe in the
Fletch arrived in theaters on May 31,1985, offering an effortless charm that belies its almost decade-long struggle to reach the screen. Producer Jonathan Burrows acquired
With their career in steep decline at home, Kiss enjoyed a brief return to super-stardom overseas thanks to an unlikely hit single. “Shandi,” the first
On June 3, 1985, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released an uptempo soul-infused track called “Make It Better (Forget About Me)” along with a lighthearted
The quintet that rose to fame as Guns N’ Roses debuted on June 6, 1985, at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. What led up
Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd before disappearing into drug-fueled dementia, didn’t have much of a solo career. There were only two
Tears for Fears were under intense label scrutiny throughout the recording of their sophomore album. The Hurting, their debut, went to No. 1 in the
Bob Dylan was still a big deal going into 1970. By midyear that would all change. While he hadn’t logged a No. 1 album yet, Dylan’s every
Queen’s eighth album, 1980’s The Game, kicks off with a dramatic whoosh of noise befitting the score of a sci-fi film. It’s hard to pinpoint