It was clear Pantera’s days were numbered long before they played their final concert on Aug. 26, 2001, in Yokohama, Japan, bringing one of metal’s
Category: History

In all likelihood, the Beatles didn’t set out to challenge radio programmers’ time constraints when they released the seven-minute-plus “Hey Jude” on Aug. 26, 1968. They were,

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When Van Halen rolled into New Haven, Conn., in August 1986, they arrived with a purpose. The pair of dates on Aug. 26 and 27

Time, as the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards would readily admit, can offer new perspective. That certainly was the case with “Start Me Up,” which had

In the early ’90s, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were between two worlds. Petty himself was fresh off the success of his debut solo album,

The rise of MTV ran parallel to the success of the Go-Go’s, who became mainstays on the newly launched network in 1981 thanks to their video

Lest anybody think Guns N’ Roses had gone soft in the four years since releasing their seminal debut, Appetite for Destruction, they kicked off their

On Matt Sorum’s first day as Guns N’ Roses’ drummer, he got an eye-opening look at the band’s creative process as it worked on the