Iron Maiden were bona fide heavy metal stars by 1983 and soared even higher when “Flight of Icarus” arrived as a single on April 11. They’d reached
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Dave Mustaine’s troubled two-year stint in Metallica came to an end on April 11, 1983, when his ex-bandmates packed up his gear and put him on a
Many artists have participated in MTV’s Unplugged series over the years. The show’s premise is made clear in its title: Artists perform some of their best songs in an
Try as you might, you can’t reverse-engineer a blockbuster hit or social phenomenon. Judas Priest learned that the hard way when they recorded an ill-fated
Rick Springfield seemed to be on top of the world with plenty of early-’80s multiplatinum success. But he knew his third album of the decade
Paul McCartney was already enjoying an early run of post-Beatles triumphs, having secured a string of solo hits. The next stop was television, when James
He returned to the top with the band that made him famous, but things were very different for Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth in
The Scorpions lost their venom on April 16, 1988 with the release of the disappointing Savage Amusement. Until then, Germany’s favorite hard-rock sons had enjoyed
With their eighth studio album, 1983’s Frontiers, Journey’s transition from prog-influenced rock to radio-friendly, arena-ready fare was all but complete — an evolution that included
David Lee Roth was riding high at the beginning of 1988 — but his descent back to Earth began with the underperforming “Stand Up,” released as a