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20 Years Ago: Rush Release ‘Counterparts’
20 Years Ago: Rush Release ‘Counterparts’
20 Years Ago: Rush Release ‘Counterparts’
The grunge revolution was in full swing by late 1993, and plenty of established rock acts found it difficult to draw the type of sales or airplay they'd enjoyed during the '80s. The guys in Rush, 25-year vets getting ready to release their 15th studio album at that point, knew they'd be returning to a musical landscape that had changed a great deal since they'd scored a massive hit with 1991's 'Ro
20 Years Ago: Pearl Jam Release ‘Vs.’
20 Years Ago: Pearl Jam Release ‘Vs.’
20 Years Ago: Pearl Jam Release ‘Vs.’
Selling millions of records has helped more than a few artists mellow out, but watching their debut album climb the charts only made Pearl Jam angrier. They took out their aggression on the follow-up, 1993's 'Vs.'
Halloween’s Strange Origins — 5 More Things You Might Not Know
Halloween’s Strange Origins — 5 More Things You Might Not Know
Halloween’s Strange Origins — 5 More Things You Might Not Know
If you still haven’t had your fill of Halloween trivia, we have a few more fun and eyebrow-raising spooky holiday facts for you. October 31 is a day—and especially a night—full of spine-tingling surprises. With a bit of Halloween knowledge under your belt, you can impress your friends, as well as the ghost and ghouls wandering around your neighborhood, with your detailed knowledge of jack-o'-lante
35 Years Ago: Sid Vicious Charged With Murdering His Girlfriend
35 Years Ago: Sid Vicious Charged With Murdering His Girlfriend
35 Years Ago: Sid Vicious Charged With Murdering His Girlfriend
On Oct. 12, 1978, the body of 20-year-old Nancy Spungen was found in a room at New York's famous Chelsea Hotel. She and her boyfriend, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, had been living in Room 100 for abound a month and a half when Vicious called the front desk, saying that something had happened to his girlfriend. It turned out that she was dead from multiple stab wounds to her stomach.
35 Years Ago: Molly Hatchet Release Their Debut Album
35 Years Ago: Molly Hatchet Release Their Debut Album
35 Years Ago: Molly Hatchet Release Their Debut Album
When Southern rockers Molly Hatchet unveiled their eponymous debut album 35 years ago, all they wanted was a shot to get their career up and running on a national level, following three years of dues-paying in and around the humid swamps of their native Florida. But for a greedy record industry, fairly chomping at the bit to find the next Lynyrd Skynyrd (whose plane infamously crashed in late 1977
30 Years Ago: Motley Crue’s ‘Shout at the Devil’ Released
30 Years Ago: Motley Crue’s ‘Shout at the Devil’ Released
30 Years Ago: Motley Crue’s ‘Shout at the Devil’ Released
When Motley Crue released its sophomore album, ‘Shout at the Devil,’ on Sept. 26, 1983, they already wanted to rule the world. But they’d endured such desperate living conditions while scratching and clawing their way out of the Hollywood gutter, that just earning enough money to buy a sandwich probably still felt pretty damn exciting.
47 Years Ago: Jimi Hendrix Arrives in London
47 Years Ago: Jimi Hendrix Arrives in London
47 Years Ago: Jimi Hendrix Arrives in London
Guitarists all over England were in awe when they saw Jimi Hendrix -- a then 24 year old prodigy -- play for the first time on their soil. Sept. 24, 1966, marks his arrival in London, an experience that would forever change rock history.
45 Years Ago: Ray Manzarek Fills in For a Passed Out Jim Morrison
45 Years Ago: Ray Manzarek Fills in For a Passed Out Jim Morrison
45 Years Ago: Ray Manzarek Fills in For a Passed Out Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison made a career of nodding off at inopportune moments. He passed out when the rest of the Doors were expecting him in the studio. He passed out in the studio. He passed out before concerts and after concerts. And sometimes, like on Sept. 15, 1968, he passed out during concerts -- onstage as the audience and his bandmates watched him collapse into an unwashed mound of rock-star excess. R

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