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
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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
Did you hear about the night that Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant opened for Dee Snider? It seems implausible, but it actually happened. Plant talked about it on the Twisted
It was either a masterstroke of irony or an act of obliviousness that Aerosmith previewed their ballad-heavy, biggest-selling worldwide hit Get a Grip with the cannibalistic
Eagles’ debut album was barely finished for a week when Don Henley and Glenn Frey wrote the title track for the follow-up and their inaugural