In 1983, Tom Petty had yet to work with Jeff Lynne, but the Electric Light Orchestra frontman already loomed large in his mind. Petty was
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Kiss was at the end of a frustrating promotional cycle by the time they released “Turn on the Night” on Feb. 27, 1988, as the
“It’s just a shame how it happened.” That’s what Scott Weiland once said of his firing from Stone Temple Pilots, the band he’d served as
There may be no group in the history of popular music that was capable of pulling off the trick that Village People did. Beginning with their album
No artist did more to legitimize rock music as a serious art form than the Beatles — and perhaps no accolade symbolized that shift more
Styx released one of the most successful – and polarizing – songs in the band’s history on Feb 28, 1983. The origin of “Mr. Roboto”
Sting attempted to do something on his fourth album that hadn’t happened before: Make an album that wasn’t about Sting. This was in direct response
Mick Jones was very proud after he wrote “I Don’t Want to Live Without You” during a single night at home. He called it his
Living Colour never wanted to make the same record twice. Their first two, 1988’s Vivid and 1990’s Time’s Up, brought mainstream success. They appeared on Saturday
Faces released “Ooh La La” in the U.S. in March 1973, offering a wizened commentary about learning our most important lessons long after we can use