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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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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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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Tears for Fears’ history was rooted in trauma, something a lot of the band’s fans in the 80’s identified with. But by the ’90s, the band hit some turbulent times. “We both come from broken homes.” – Curt Smith Tears for Fears’ leaders, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were both products of broken homes growing
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