Something clicked as Mick Ronson was idly riffing on the bus after he and David Bowie left the Cleveland opening date of the Ziggy Stardust
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Pianist Mike Garson auditioned for David Bowie in 1972. He landed the job, joined the Spiders From Mars and immediately hit the road, realizing the
Ziggy Stardust didn’t call it quits. He just changed his name and clothes. Less than a year after David Bowie debuted Ziggy Stardust, the character that
By the time 1993 rolled around, Aerosmith were rock kingpins once more, buoyed by the multi-platinum success of 1987’s Permanent Vacation and 1989’s Pump. The band’s
In early 1973, NME announced David Bowie’s next endeavor: “Goodbye Ziggy and a big hello to Aladdin Sane.” The headline bid farewell to Bowie’s previous
The success of 1975’s multi-platinum album Dreamboat Annie left members of Heart feeling pretty good about their future. They’d become a tight unit following opening
“I’d like to talk seriously, just for a moment,” Steve Martin said on the April 22, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live. His solemnity was
Trevor Horn probably expected some challenges when he signed on to produce Yes’ 1983 album 90215, having spent a year as their lead singer starting
Cheap Trick released one of the all-time great debut albums and its terrific follow-up in a span of less than six months. The group then delivered
There’s no great secret about what “Black and Blue,” the first single from Van Halen’s 1988 OU812 album, is about. “Oh, yeah, that’s sex –