Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers doubled down a year and a half after their self-titled debut fooled some music fans into thinking that the Los
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Nikki loves Mary, but Nikki is a junkie and Mary is a hooker who’s become a nun. Nikki has been ordered to kill Mary by

With “Cult of Personality”‘s thunderous opening riff, followed by a crushing onslaught of drums and bass behind a volcanic Corey Glover vocal, Living Colour’s breakthrough song

The four painted faces of Poison’s C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall, Bret Michaels and Rikki Rockett made their debut in 1986 on Look What the Cat Dragged In.

Aerosmith had already cemented their miraculous comeback by mid-1988 with a pair of Permanent Vacation smash hits, “(Dude Looks Like a Lady)” and “Angel.” But even in

Roger Waters’ self-proclaimed requiem for the postwar dream moved inexorably toward “Not Now John,” the thunderingly corrosive penultimate song on Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut.

After eight albums and almost as many years kicking around just outside of mainstream success, Bob Seger finally had a hit record with 1976’s Night

Buffalo Springfield were always a house of cards caught in a hurricane. Neil Young was – and still is – famous for going wherever his

After spending several years dabbling in global rhythms and songforms – and kicking off his solo career in the wake of Simon & Garfunkel’s dissolution

“Runnin’ With the Devil” simultaneously altered the trajectory of rock and announced Van Halen’s arrival. A cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” served