Bryan Adams did not hit the big time in the U.S. overnight. He earned his stripes in his native Canada with a 1980 self-titled debut,
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With more than 30 million copies sold worldwide, Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album is practically a greatest-hits compilation unto itself. Perhaps none of its 12 tracks are as important as
Living Colour found mainstream success in the back half of the ’80s. “Cult of Personality,” from the band’s 1988 debut, Vivid, was a commercial and critical
Lenny Kravitz admitted in 1993 that the American press had never really known what to make of him. “Well, it’s changing now,” he told Rick Rubin
Eric Clapton’s family life has been a series of jarring, heartbreaking surprises. He grew up thinking his grandparents were his mom and dad, and that
“Sammy was low,” Freddie Mercury croons in the very first line of Queen’s “Spread Your Wings.” Sammy, it turns out, works in a place called the
In a lot of ways, the Rolling Stones were built for the big screen. Performance after compelling concert performance found Mick Jagger’s larger-than-life personality paired
Chris Farley provided some of Saturday Night Live‘s most enduring comedic moments. However, his recurring sketch, The Chris Farley Show, cemented his place in pop
Moviegoers got several blasts from the past over Valentine’s Day weekend in 1998 when they turned up en masse to see The Wedding Singer, a love letter
Blondie’s self-titled 1976 debut album is rightly celebrated for its mix of punk, proto-new wave and ’60s girl-group sounds. It wasn’t a commercial hit and didn’t even