Guns N’ Roses released their debut LP, Appetite for Destruction in July of 1987. The album was a slow burn, taking nearly a year to break big. In 1988, almost a year after the album came out, Slash, Duff and Izzy made an appearance on the radio program, Rockline. Appetite For Destruction Rises the Charts […]
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The Black Crowes Singer Chris Robinson has never been afraid to let his opinion be known, even if it lands him in hot water. That’s exactly what happened in the early 90’s when The Black Crowes opened for ZZ Top and got fired from the tour. Shake Your Moneymaker At the beginning of the 90’s,
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Nirvana rose to prominence in the early 90’s due to the astronomical success of their second album in 1991, Nevermind. Two years later, amongst all the band’s success and internal tensions that came along with it, drummer Dave Grohl briefly quit the band. Internal Tensions Between Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain In the biography, This
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INXS frontman Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with an award for their hit “Wonderwall” at the BRIT Awards in 1996 but the happy occasion resulted in one of Oasis’ members hurling an insult to Hutchence as they left the stage. 1995 MTV European Music Awards At the 1995 MTV European Music Awards, Ultimate Classic Rock reported
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In 1989, members of Motley Crue and Guns n’ Roses came to blows at the MTV Video Music Awards. It was interesting, considering Guns N’ Roses opened for Motley Crue in 1987 and the bands seemed to get along pretty well. The story begins in 1988 when Guns N’ Roses’ guitarist Izzy Stradlin allegedly assaulted
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