Guitarist Jake E. Lee began his career as a member of Mickey Ratt, who became better known as Ratt after a name change in the
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By late 1992, grunge had become more than a zeitgeist-shifting musical phenomenon. Seattle’s distinctive sensibilities were spreading into the wider culture, so a curious editor

Why ‘All for Love’ Was a Logistical ‘Bloodbath’

Starship launched the next phase of their career in 1985 with the release of “We Built This City,” the first single from their album Knee

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After checking himself in to a sanitarium to face down his alcoholism, it’s hardly surprising that Alice Cooper found an entire album’s worth of inspiration.

Montrose released their self-titled debut album in November 1973, overcoming a slow sales start to become one of the more influential and beloved albums in

Everybody had a hard year in 1969, and everybody had a good time. History suddenly seemed to be tripping over itself: There was the moon

As the end of the ’70s neared, Emerson Lake and Palmer found themselves at a commercial and creative crossroads. Worn out from years of touring

If Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo had their way, Skid Row wouldn’t have even recorded the song that made them too popular to take out