When Jimi Hendrix was just a little boy he grabbed a screwdriver and began dismantling his dad's radio. Watching him this whole time, with a mix of confusion and concern, was the brother who later told this story: Leon Hendrix.
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Eddie van Halen hates playing cover songs. Unfortunately, he's played a ton of them.
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Well for one thing, nobody seemed to know what the hell a Shawshank Redemption was.
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Joseph Gordon Levitt took a break from acting to be with his kids. That break ended with 7500, in which the still-boyish Gordon-Levitt plays the co-pilot of a plane being overtaken by terrorists. He told Variety, "this movie was the most challenging acting job I've ever done."
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As far as rap artists go, Kanye West is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in designer clothing and rocking a pair of Yeezys. He has one hit song, though, that he can't stand.
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Mark Ruffalo is no stranger to either success, or tragedy.
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Thor spent the first half of his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a brooding jock tank. What he lacked in personality, he more than made up for in bleach blonde eyebrows. That's right, you forgot that Thor used to get his eyebrow hair did. The giants weren't the only things getting frosted.
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Maya Angelou has become one the most influential and popular authors in American history, and she overcame more than her fair share of hardship to do so. This is the tragic real-life story of Maya Angelou.
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When people die young, it's almost always a tragedy. It becomes even worse when they died of something that may have been prevented. He is perhaps unknown to many in the West -- less so by people not mathematically-inclined -- but Srinivasa Ramanujan died of something easily curable at a young age.
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1919's Red Summer race riots are a little-known fragment of America's bloody struggle with racism that portrays yet another link in the nation's chain of systemic ignorance, oppression, and violence.
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The tragic true story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is a dark spot in American history, and thanks to decades of silence, you've probably never heard of it.
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We have a creeping suspicion you'll know which song, but let's take a look at the Radiohead hit song that Thom Yorke hates.
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As an artist with a vast musical output in many styles, Madonna's back catalog is so impossibly robust and encompasses so many subgenres of pop that even the most hardcore Madonna fan would probably find it difficult to adore all her music equally. In fact, she outright hates one of her own songs.
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There was one particularly awful piece of paper that Hendrix was unfortunate enough to sign in 1965. What did this contract entail, and why did it have such a vast impact on the musician's life?
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NPR is usually seen as boring and nerdy, so it may be a surprise that even vanilla NPR is still frequently embroiled in scandal. Here are some of the biggest.
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Around this time, Butler described having experienced a late night, supernatural visitation in which a black silhouette stood at the foot of his bed. The harrowing tale became the basis for a new song, titled "Black Sabbath," named after a 1963 Boris Karloff film.
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On the night in question, Owen Hart was given a dramatically absurd entrance. The plan was that he'd be lowered by a cable, beginning his descent far up in the rafters of the packed Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Things didn't go as planned.
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Age is more than a number. It's a great basis of comparison, by which you can feel less accomplished than your favorite celebrities. Heck, you can even feel less accomplished than your favorite fictional characters, like the ones from Avengers: Endgame.
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As an entity that devotes itself wholly to news, CNN hasn't always gotten things quite right. In fact, over the years, they've been involved in a number of controversies, questionable practices, and even outright misconduct. Here are some of the biggest scandals to hit CNN.
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During its debut season, Animaniacs was one of the highly rated children's programs on television. So why were they canceled in the first place? Like the kid who plays gin with all the lunch ladies during recess, the problem wasn't the popularity, it was the age group they were popular with.
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Up to a point, they at least had music in common. Also, apparently, a deep dislike -- maybe even distaste -- for each other professionally. Justin Timberlake and Prince simply did not get along.
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Pearl Jam are one of the most dominant bands to emerge from the grunge scene, and certainly the most enduring one of the musical style's four greats. And their net worth reflects that.
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On the fateful night of May 20, 1966, the Who was playing a show at the Ricky-Tick Club in Berkshire, England. It ended... bloodily.
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R.E.M. is one of the most successful indie bands of all time, if not the most successful. Like every musician, Stipe prefers some songs in his band's back catalog over others ... and his least favorite is one you're very familiar with.
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As the biggest metal band out there, Metallica hasn't been short of petty cash in a while. However, everyone has to start somewhere. Sometimes that means living out of your rehearsal room.
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Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," and Elvis covered it. But he had a good reason.
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Steve Miller and Jimi Hendrix are both iconic musicians and guitarists, though their approach to the artform is radically different.
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