One of Deep Purple’s best songs came out of one of their worst times. The band was in disarray while recording “Woman From Tokyo,” which
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EMI’s decision to overhaul the Beatles catalog in 1987, spurred by the CD revolution, was a long time coming. For more than 20 years the
By 1972, the Byrds had pretty much become a vehicle for Roger McGuinn’s solo recordings. The original quintet began falling apart in 1966 after the
The year is 1972. You’re a high-level employee at the British record company Charisma. One of the acts on your roster, the prog rock quintet
Despite being one of rock’s most extravagant individuals, David Bowie could be equally invisible. The ’00s made that clear. He had left music behind after
Genesis had been flirting with the mainstream for years with the psych-pop singalong of “I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe),” the crystalline chorus of
Quiet Riot singer Kevin DuBrow stood at the lip of the Glen Helen Regional Park stage on May 29, 1983, and delivered a simple exhortation to the roughly 300,000 people sprawled out
When Beck’s second single was released on an indie label in March 1993, the 22-year-old singer and songwriter had no idea what to expect. It was something of
Quiet Riot nearly sabotaged their shot at stardom when they entered the studio to record a career-defining cover of Slade’s “Cum on Feel the Noize.”
Duran Duran’s “Is There Something I Should Know?” arrived as a stand-alone song on March 14, 1983, and quickly became their first No. 1 single