Ringo Starr hit upon a formula for success with his platinum-selling self-titled third album, and basically ran it into the ground. Goodnight Vienna, the follow-up,
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If any other band presented a nearly eight-minute song that quoted speeches from Cool Hand Luke and the Peruvian Shining Path, incorporated a whistled bit
Sting and Phil Collins took major steps forward with their respective solo careers when they appeared in 1981’s Secret Policeman’s Other Ball. The event did
Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin decided to make like Dr. Frankenstein after they both wrote songs titled “14 Years” for Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your
During the fall of 2001, Jeff Tweedy mused that he and the other members of Wilco “feel the most excitement from kind of exploring. That’s
Guns N’ Roses broke all sorts of new musical ground with their mammoth Use Your Illusion albums. They played things straight on the brisk, bluesy
If one were to tally how many times the hard-living members of Guns N’ Roses knocked on heaven’s door, there’d be a long line waiting
During the band’s heyday, White Stripes shows were renowned for being engrossingly unpredictable. The band never used a set list, opting to choose songs on the
When R.E.M. broke up in 2011, the band made it clear it was done. “As lifelong friends and coconspirators, we have decided to call it a
After more than three decades as a band, 15 albums and more than 90 million copies of those records sold, R.E.M. announced their breakup on Sept. 21, 2011. In