Journey titled their ninth LP Raised on Radio, not Raised on Video — a distinction the band members made very clear. It was 1986, and MTV was in
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The more bittersweet Wish delved into common Cure themes of regret and loss, just as 1989’s thunderously melancholy Disintegration had. But this time, Robert Smith
Joe Strummer was having a typical rock star’s day, even doing a promotional interview on April 21, 1982, for the Clash’s upcoming shows in Scotland.
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When David Bowie and Iman married on April 24, 1992, it wasn’t a big, elaborate affair. Instead, the rock star and the supermodel tied the
On April 24, 1972, John Lennon released a new single: “Woman Is the N—– of the World.” Even at that time — an era in
History has consigned Elton John’s 16th studio album, Jump Up!, to also-ran status. Biographer Philip Norman dismissed it as “rather static and unenergized.” In his
R.E.M. built a following partly through their defiantly anti-commercial stance during the image-driven ’80s, so it may have come as something of a surprise when
30 Years Ago: XTC’s Struggles Continue on Lush, Ignored ‘Nonsuch’