Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a horrific plane crash on March 19, 1982. The details of exactly what happened still aren’t clear to this day but there are some things we do know. Ozzy Osbourne is Fired from Black Sabbath and Finds Success in Solo Career Ozzy Osbourne has had to reinvent himself […]
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English rock band, Spooky Tooth’s song, “Better By You, Better Than Me” appeared on Judas Priest’s Stained Class album in 1978. Seven years later, on December 23, 1985, 2 young men – 18-year-old Raymond Belknap and 20-year-old James Vance, spent the night drinking and smoking pot while listening to a Judas Priest record before making
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By the mid 90’s, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most popular rock bands in the world. First bursting onto the scene in 1991 with their debut album Gish, they built a bigger following with their follow-up release, Siamese Dream in 1993. In 1994, the band headlined Lollapalooza and the following year they released
Sublime was a ska-punk and reggae band that never got to properly experience their success. By the time their third album came out, the band ceased to exist and most of their new fans had no clue the group was done. Behind Bradley Nowell’s Younger Days As a teenager, Nowell played in punk rock bands
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Hailing from the English region Forest of Dean, vocalist James Atkin, drummer Mark Decloedt, bassist Zac Foley, and keyboardist Derry Brownson met in school and played in different bands around the local music scene. They came up with the monicker EMF which stood for Epsom Mad Funkers, a term that was coined by a writer
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