Rock N' Roll True Stories

Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins’ Initial Toxicology Test Results Revealed

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Friday evening, a few hours ahead of Foo Fighters taking the stage in South America, the band announced on social media that longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins passed away at the age of 50. More details have emerged regarding the circumstances surrounding his death. Taylor Hawkins Complains of Chest Pains Official reports indicated that the drummer […]

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Alice in Chains: Layne Staley’s Final Days With The Band

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Alice in Chains established themselves as the first band out of Seattle’s “grunge” movement to have a gold record. Addiction and infighting led to the band stop touring in any major capacity by 1993. Frontman Layne Staley’s addiction to heroin would be the group’s achilles heel and it wasn’t something that the singer really hid.

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The Cult’s Disastrous Reunion For Beyond Good and Evil

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The Cult had a successful run in the 1980’s, thanks, in large part, to the success of their records Love and Sonic Temple. The band was led by the songwriting duo of singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy. As the ’90s rolled around, the Cult’s star would fade with the release of their 1991

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The Cranberries’ Heartbreaking Story Behind “Zombie”

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By 1994, grunge was in its last throes as Nirvana was done, Alice in Chains were on hiatus, Pearl Jam was growing more uncomfortable with success and fighting with Ticketmaster and punk rock was all of a sudden becoming fashionable. Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? One band who got their start

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