Aerosmith had gotten used to defying the odds by the early ’90s. The band roared back from the brink of obsolescence with 1987’s Permanent Vacation, and
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45 Years Ago: Fleetwood Mac and Eagles Shine at 1978 Grammys

How the Darkness’ Debut Single Nearly Torpedoed Their Career

There are few riskier propositions in rock ‘n’ roll than a supergroup. Success stories like Cream or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are the exceptions

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

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”