The reunited Guns N’ Roses won huge new acclaim for their returning Not In This Lifetime tour. But let’s remember how, on June 19, 1987, they became
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Proving that timing really is everything, The Killers’ multi-platinum debut album, Hot Fuss, fit 2004 like a glove. Knee-deep in confidence, charisma, and triumphant, arena-friendly
It’s 1958 and John Coltrane is looking to rebuild his career. The reputation of the Philadelphia-raised musician, then 32, had seemed in serious jeopardy a
Slick Rick released The Art Of Storytelling on May 25, 1999, just over a decade after his debut album and signature hit “La-Di-Da-Di” made him
“Pon De Replay” is Rihanna’s debut single, the beginning of a pioneering and iconic career that continues to push the boundaries of what pop music
Cream were far more of an album rock band than they were concerned with hit singles during their all-too-brief, two-year lifetime. Nevertheless, they notched up
The Moody Blues may have had a less than straightforward transition into the highly creative album band we came to know. But by the final
Unlike the two other famous guitar-playing Kings in blues music – B.B. and Freddie – Albert King wasn’t born with a regal name. He was,
By the early 1970s, the Four Seasons seemed to have reached the end of the line as a commercial force in new music. A later
“I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection,” Elliott Smith told the Boston Herald in May 2000, one month after the release