The first five records of John Mellencamp’s career were recorded under heavy meddling. But after hitting it big with 1982’s American Fool, he finally had
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Rock history is littered with rags-to-riches stories, and even more rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags stories. Few of these have been as extreme as Twisted Sister’s wild ride, however,
Drummer Eric Carr played his final live date with Kiss on Nov. 9, 1990, after roughly a decade in the lineup. The Madison Square Garden
If you know anything about rock bands, you know the story about how most groups come to make their first album: Like-minded musicians join forces,
In purely commercial terms, Aerosmith’s improbable resurrection after seven years in career purgatory began in 1986. That year, frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry
Eric Clapton’s best album wasn’t credited to him, and he wasn’t even in a real band. In a long career that stretches from the Yardbirds
Even the most distinguished career has to start somewhere. For Billy Joel’s life as a chart-topping solo artist, that first step started in a Los
Led Zeppelin officially became Led Zeppelin on Nov. 9, 1968, at the Roundhouse in London. The band had been up and running for only a
Queen took a few minutes of rehearsal on Nov. 10, 1975 – and a few thousand pounds – to knock out a promotional clip for
In order for an album as misguided as Kiss’ Music From “The Elder” to even see the light of day, a lot of things have to