For many aspiring rock bands, signing a record deal is a dream come true. For Big Brother & the Holding Company, it was more a matter
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R.E.M.’s debut EP, Chronic Town, landed in stores on Aug. 24, 1982. It’s safe to say music was never the same, although such historic hyperbole

In early August 2021, it was announced that drummer Charlie Watts, for the first time, would not be participating in the Rolling Stones’ upcoming tour. “For

After the Kinks tapped into American music on 1971’s Muswell Hillbillies, they continued to take inspiration from across the pond on its 11th album, Everybody’s in Show-Biz. The LP was a direct

Once the near four-year slog to complete Hysteria reached its end in early 1987, Def Leppard didn’t have much time to relax. They were instead

How ‘The Fugitive’ Proved TV Shows Could End Successfully

John Lennon’s Aug. 30, 1972, headlining benefit performance at Madison Square Garden would ultimately turn out to be the final full-length concert of his life.

Nirvana’s headlining set on Aug. 30, 1992, at the Reading Festival, ranks among their most famous performances. In the days leading up to it, however,

It’s the first week of December 1987, and R.E.M. has just finished a tour of Europe and North America, playing to the largest crowds of

Ronnie James Dio steered Black Sabbath away from the brink of self-destruction when he replaced the ousted Ozzy Osbourne in 1979. But just three years and two