In 2006 the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their 9th studio album, Stadium Arcadium. One of the biggest singles off the album and the Chili Peppers career was the song “Dani California” but the band soon found themselves being compared to musician Tom Petty and it wasn’t in a way they had hoped. “Dani California” […]
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In 1991, Guns N’ Roses went on tour 5 months before their highly anticipated double album, Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 was released. The album wasn’t even finished yet when they hit the road. As a result, the band had to finish up the album while they were on tour and some bits were
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2000 was a year full of turmoil for Rage Against the Machine. While the band would release a new covers album and record and play some shows, as well as record a live album, there was wild speculation that the band was done. “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our
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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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