Aerosmith were on a career resurgence in 1993 after a pretty rough period which saw guitarists Joe Perry and Bradley Whitford leaving the group in the early 80’s. The band reunited in the mid-80’s and a collaboration with Run DMC in 1986 effectively revitalized their career, introducing them to a new audience. Following that collaboration, […]
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As the first non-solo act on Apple Records, Badfinger had remarkable chemistry, huge hits on the charts, and they’d be critically acclaimed as natural successors to The Beatles. In fact, some referred to the band as, “The new Fab Four” and they were handpicked by the members of the Beatles themselves. Their songs and albums
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Guns N’ Roses were the biggest band in the world in the early 90’s, but following their epic Use Your Illusion Tour from ’91-’93, the band fell apart. The Dissolution of the Classic Lineup The band would try to get together to write new material between 1994-1997, but they couldn’t write one complete song, which
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Even though MTV was instrumental in Nine Inch Nails’ success in the 90s and helping solve a fake murder, Nine Inch Nails’ leader, Trent Reznor seemed to always have a lot of disdain for the network. Trent Reznor Expresses His Disdain for MTV During an interview with Vidmag Media in the early 90s, he expressed
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In 1989, in an attempt to show the Grammys were cool and down with what the kids were listening to, they introduced a new category for best hard rock and heavy metal recording. It seemed like a great idea, however on February 22, 1989, a lot of fans were pretty shocked with what ended up
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