The Completely Illegal Thing ZZ Top Did Before Becoming A Band
Before they were the ZZ Top hitmakers of "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange," they were passing themselves off as The Zombies, bassist Dusty Hill recalled in 2016.
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What It Was Really Like To Be The First Music Video On MTV
Music and television changed forever in 1981, when MTV began broadcasting over America's nascent cable television systems. The very first music video played on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. This is what it was really like to be the first music video on MTV.
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Tragic Details About Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks, legendary solo artist and member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac, has lived hard in her five-decade career.
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The Truth About Nikki Sixx's Strained Relationship With His Mother
Nikki Sixx's many exploits, highest highs, lowest lows, and even his insane near-death experiences are notorious.
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Why Kim Deal Really Left The Pixies
There are few original indie rock bands that inspire as much fandom, nostalgia, and adoration as the Pixies. Part of their mystique is of course the reportedly deep, jealousy-fueled rivalry between frontman and guitarist Charles Thompson IV aka Black Francis and bassist and vocalist Kim Deal.
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Famous Albums That Almost Didn't Get Made
Here is the story of famous albums like Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever, and Boston's debut album that almost got shelved.
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The Real Reason The Clash Disbanded
In 1986, The Clash definitely ended in whimper. Thirteen years afterwards, Joe Strummer, their lead singer and rhythm guitarist, would give various interpretations regarding what happened to the band. "When The Clash collapsed," he explained, "we were tired."
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The Bizarre Job Dave Grohl Had Before Music
It looked like Grohl was destined for music before he ever tried out for Nirvana. Or did it?
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Why Robert Plant Didn't Get Any Credit On Led Zeppelin's First Album
In 1966 and 1967, Robert Plant had been the singer for the band Listen; they were still under contract with CBS Records. Writing for his new band, which was signed with Atlantic Records, would count as a breach of contract. The result: He remained anonymous on an album that would make his career.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Simon & Garfunkel
Tragically, feuds and shifting careers have led Simon & Garfunkel to reunite and break up many times over.
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The Famous Singer That Inspired Tom Petty To Make Music
Petty didn't find modern music appealing at all and was disappointed by what he discovered. For him, classical legends were inspirational. The turning point for the singer was meeting musical icon Elvis Presley as a 11-year-old.
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Barry White's Tragic Real-Life Story
Barry White had a successful career and is often remembered for his love ballads, but his life wasn't easy. This is Barry White's tragic real-life story.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Ray Charles
Blindness wasn't the only hardship Ray Charles faced. This is his tragic real-life story.
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What Eric Clapton Did Before Pursuing Music
From a very young age, Grammy-award winning guitarist Eric Clapton was known as an above-average student with a penchant for art.
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The Real Reason Guns N' Roses' Original Guitarist Left The Band
Tracii Guns was hanging around stage before a gig for his band, L.A. Guns, when another young man performed a mic check. "Oh s---," Guns recalled thinking to AL, "who is this guy?"
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The Famous Musician Tom Petty Received His First Guitar Lessons From
Petty, who grew up in Gainesville, Florida, went to a local music store to learn to play the guitar. There he met a teacher: Don Felder, future Eagles member.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Tammy Wynette
Country superstar Tammy Wynette's real-life story was riddled with the tragedy of four failed marriages and chronic abdominal health problems.
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What You Don't Know About Jam Master Jay's Murder
DJ Jam Master Jay was integral to early hip-hop as part of Run-DMC, but he was shot to death in 2002 in a case that went unsolved until 2024.
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The Real Reason Guns N' Roses' Original Drummer Left The Band
Although Steven Adler was the classic drummer of Guns N' Roses, he wasn't the original. That honor goes to Rob Gardner.
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The Real Reason Joan Jett Didn't Want To Be In An All-Women Band
With The Runaways dissolved, Joan Jett's instincts reached out for another band. An ad reading "Joan Jett wants three good men" appeared in the classifieds and when Lee Crystal, Gary Ryan, and Ricky Bird made it through auditions, the first iteration of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts was formed.
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The Truth About Rick James And Teena Marie's Relationship
It was love at first note when Rick James heard R&B singer Teena Marie wailing in the Motown Records L.A. headquarters.
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The Reason Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Thought An Evil Spirit Was Stalking Her
When a van in which she was a passenger accidentally struck and killed a Honduran boy who shared her last name, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes saw a connection.
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The Real Reason MTV Stopped Playing Music Videos
Ah, the good old days of MTV, back when music was music, and MTV played and showed plenty of it. Those days are gone. Here's why.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Radiohead's Street Spirit
When singer Thom Yorke calls one of the band's own songs the most "hopeless" out of anything they've ever written, that's a sign that there's some seriously heavy, tragic, and horrifically mournful music at hand.
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The Real Reason All Nickelback Songs Sound The Same
While countless naysayers of the post-grunge four-piece will rip apart their music, others will point out a less-frequented topic of debate in the Nickelback sphere: the fact that many of their songs sound almost exactly the same.
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What The Last 12 Months Of Bob Marley's Life Were Like
The last 12 months of Bob Marley's life were marked by his deteriorating health due to melanoma and the release of his final album "Uprising."
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Loretta Lynn's Net Worth: The Country Singer Is Worth A Fortune
Loretta Lynn has gone through a lot, and her career has been massively successful. As such, her net worth is frankly massive. Here's how much she's worth.
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