Perhaps one of the strangest moments at the American Music Awards in 1997 was the appearance of Christian crooner, Pat Boone. Boone had a new album out at the time but it took a lot of people by surprise. He went from playing gospel, R&B and country music, throughout most of his career, to all […]
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1983 was a monumental year for hard rock and heavy metal. Quiet Riot became the first metal band to top the Billboard album chart in America with their Mental Health album, Van Halen along with a pretty amazing list of supporting acts, including Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest played to 375,000 head bangers at the
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Nirvana released their final studio album, In-Utero in September of 1993. Ahead of the album’s release, the band’s label, DGC records issued “Heart-Shaped Box” as the first single. “Heart-Shaped Box” Tops the Charts The song topped the alternative rock charts in America and went top 10 in several countries in Europe. The video for the
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Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby spoke about the success of the band’s first album in 1984, Out of the Cellar, “Everything that’s happened to us, has been like something out of a fairy tale.” Ratt would go on to dominate the rock scene in the 80’s with hit album after hit album but Crosby’s fairy tale
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The LA Times wrote about Seven Mary Three, “The members of rock band Seven Mary Three belong to a minority of young rockers: those willing to acknowledge that the road to commercial success is paved with compromise.” Seven Mary Three formed in 1992 when two post-secondary students with the same first name met midway through
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