On December 7th 1993, Johnny Cash took to the stage of The Viper Room in Los Angeles to perform a set of acoustic songs to a crowd of mostly twenty-somethings, many unaware of who the sixty-one-year-old in front of them …
When Gold Against the Soul, the second album from the Manic Street Preachers, was released in June 1993 it was received with a largely negative response. After all, the band had once boasted that they would record one classic album, …
In early 1998, Bernard Temple was facing two charges of murder in the first degree in San Francisco when the jury issued a verdict of not guilty on both accounts. Temple, who faced prosecution for murders committed in 1988 and …
In the three short years since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, The Velvet Underground had undergone radical changes among their ranks that had transformed them into a completely different band. Having distanced themselves from producer Andy Warhol …
By the mid-1970s the Alice Cooper band had split following the release of their disappointing swan song Muscle of Love and frontman Cooper had embarked on a solo career, commencing with his classic 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. …
In 2008 Alice Cooper released his eighteenth solo album, Along Came a Spider. Once again it told a story, this time focusing on a man known as Spider, who is a demented serial killer collecting limbs from each of his …
Guns N’ Roses had first emerged on the Los Angeles live circuit in early 1985, formed from the remnants of local groups Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. They slowly built a reputation for themselves through constant gigging around clubs like …
By 1990 Bon Jovi had become one of the most successful rock groups in the world, having produced two multi-Platinum albums back-to-back and scored up eight Top Ten hit singles. Since the release of You Give Love a Bad Name …
In late 1990 Manic Street Preachers announced that they intended to release one double album on a major label, conquer the music scene and then tour the world, before splitting up at the height of their game. But even as …
Three years after first forming, The Cure finally released their debut album in the summer of 1979. Robert Smith had already performed in local groups Malice and Obelisk, before joining forces with Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst to create Easy …
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