What The Final 12 Months Of John Lennon's Life Were Like
1980 was a crucial year for John Lennon, who'd emerged from a hiatus ready to make music once again. This is what the final 12 months of his life were like.
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The Truth About Depeche Mode Frontman Dave Gahan's Infamous Overdose
Dave Gahan, the illustrious singer of Depeche Mode, is without a doubt one of rock's great frontmen ... unfortunately, being a rock star can often mean living like a rock star, and Gahan certainly took part in some of the darker undercurrents of fame.
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The Dark Reason Elvis Would Bring His Guns On Stage
Artists have their quirks. And some don't feel quite secure in front of all those people unless he's packing heat. And that guy would have been Elvis.
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The Real Reason Bruce Springsteen Was Kicked Out Of His First Band
It's not uncommon that the first musical project that a musician picks up won't be their last. Such was the case with Bruce Springsteen.
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The Real Reason Kris Kristofferson Was Disowned By His Family
Kris Kristofferson has had a remarkable career and a colorful life. So why did his family disown him?
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The Real Reason Pink Floyd Fired Richard Wright
Considering that The Wall is one of THE Pink Floyd albums as well as THE concept album, you might suppose being part of the band at the time would be a generally good thing. And it might have been for Roger Waters, but for Richard Wright, Pink Floyd's keyboardist, it lead to his departure.
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The Real The Reason The Mamas And The Papas Broke Up
The Mamas and the Papas' heyday "was two and a half years of total melodrama," according to member Michelle Phillips.
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Times Bands Butchered Their Songs On Purpose
Sometimes rebellion comes in the form of butchering the very thing that bands are being used to commodify: their own songs.
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The Hidden Meaning Of The Cranberries' Zombie
Written during the peak of the grunge movement in the mid 1990s, Irish rock band The Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie" bombarded airwaves and marked a new era of success for the group.
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David Lee Roth Is Worth A Lot More Than You Think
Rock stars are often unpredictable, but David Lee Roth has taken things to another level.
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Bruce Lee Myths You Can Stop Believing
There's no question that Lee was an extraordinary athlete, teacher, actor, and director. Dying far too young, at 32, only adds to the tragic mystique. Along with the tragedy come stories, bordering on myth, attached to a man whose reality was more than remarkable all by itself.
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The Tragic Truth About The Woman Who Was Executed For Being A Vampire Witch
On the astronomically slim chance that you're not familiar with Walpurga Hausmännin, here's the inside story, which is actually horribly tragic.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Pearl Jam's Jeremy
A full eight years before the shootings at Columbine High School resulted in the deaths of 13 students in Littleton, Colorado, well before school shootings became tragically passe, and before online bullying even existed, Pearl Jam released their 1991 masterpiece "Jeremy."
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The Truth About Madonna's First Band
Madonna once described her early musical training, playing instruments and writing music for the first time, as "one of the happiest times of my life."
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The Movie That Almost Destroyed Kris Kristofferson's Acting Career
Kris Kristofferson is one of those people, you look at his life and you think to yourself, "What can't this guy do?" But even his stellar career had its low points.
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Here's How Much Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Is Really Worth
Though they've flirted with new wave, rock, Gothic pop and even dance over the years, Depeche Mode have always sounded like themselves, thanks to singer Dave Gahan. Given their success, he must be doing pretty well, right?
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The Real Reason Jim Root Almost Didn't Join Slipknot
In 1996, Anders Colsefni, the original lead singer of Slipknot, approached Jim Root with the offer of a lifetime -- would he join Slipknot? The answer, originally, was no. Multiple times.
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Insane Times Music Artists Were Screwed Over By Their Recording Companies
Record companies are out to make money, and there's a lot of shadiness going on that proves they don't care how they do it, they're perfectly happy to get rich off the backs of the music artists with the real talent. Here are insane times music artists were screwed over by their recording companies.
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The Tragic Conviction Of Alan Turing
Prosecutions of homosexuals increased in England after World War II, and one of the individuals so ensnared was a mathematician -- Alan Turing.
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The Real Reason Scott Weiland Was Nearly Broke When He Died
In 2015, the world lost yet another rock star when Scott Weiland died. Yet despite his massive success, he was nearly broke.
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The Chilling Reference You Missed In Stranger Things Season 3
Hawkins, Indiana is a very peculiar place. The third season of the Netflix super-hit Stranger Things raised the stakes considerably, what with huge monsters, copious body horror, and even a secret base full of angry Russians.
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Mark McGwire Is Worth A Lot More Than You Think
Ah, Mark McGwire! The second most famous Big Mac in history is one of the greats of baseball, even though his legendary player career is somewhat tainted because of his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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The Real Reason Ozzy Osbourne Sued Tony Iommi
On May 29, 2009, Ozzy Osbourne served Tony Iommi a lawsuit.
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The Real Reason Bob Klose Quit Pink Floyd
Considering Pink Floyd's generally bleak outlook, one might think that a childhood spent in a tent with a refugee father from Nazi Germany who fought in the Spanish Civil War would serve as the basis of a brilliant backstory for one of its members. And for Bob Klose, it was.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of Secretariat
In the decades since Secretariat won the Triple crown, many horses have tried to match his performance. However, none of them did it as spectacularly as he did.
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Grant Imahara Robots You Never Realized Were In Movies
Grant Imahara would work on some of the most iconic effects pieces of the last three decades. Here are some of the movie robots you never realized he built.
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The One Item Grant Imahara Always Carried With Him
In a Reddit Q&A with fans, Imahara talked about his own preferences for the take-everywhere gadget (well, tool, actually) that was his must-have.
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