Before the Doors made a record, they developed their signature sound onstage in front of audiences. “A lot of the songs in the beginning, me or [guitarist Robby Krieger] would
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By 1982, Sammy Hagar had spent nearly a decade grinding in the music industry as the frontman for Montrose and a solo artist — so
James Hetfield famously walked out of Metallica — temporarily — in July 2001, captured in Technicolor detail by filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky in their revealing
When the Black Crowes announced a hiatus on Jan. 8, 2002, the news took many fans and observers by surprise. But it took at least one
Eric Clapton turned to the healing power of music at one of his darkest personal moments. It was surely never part of the plan, but
In January 1967, the Monkees had a No. 1 hit with “I’m a Believer,” a song originally penned by Neil Diamond. Diamond said the head
When Kiss Scolded ‘Rolling Stone’ for Ignoring Eric Carr’s Death
David Bowie’s 50th birthday concert was a lot like the man himself: glamorous, thrilling, fashionable and not soon forgotten. “It’s my birthday — it’s my party,”
Most bands spend their whole careers dreaming of a No. 1 album; they might weep with joy if they scored two in less than six
On Jan. 11, 1992, Nirvana achieved the unthinkable, when their album Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson out of No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The accomplishment