Kris Kristofferson is a force of nature. Singer, songwriter, colleagues with Willie Nelson, credited as the man who discovered John Prine. And he works in mysterious ways.
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The Sound of Music was based on real people -- the von Trapps. Here is their story.
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Band memberships change. The Eagles are no exception. But what's the real reason Don Felder was fired from the Eagles?
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It all started with skiffle. Here's how the Beatles got their name.
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Throughout the band's 50-year career, the prog-rock legends in Rush kept fans on their toes with ever-changing setlists. Although the slew of songs always included a handful of crowd-pleasers, the band was known to throw curve balls into their live sets right up until the end.
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John Lennon once said "Sean was the product of love. You (Julian) were the product of a whiskey bottle." What was the Lennon sibling relationship really like?
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Big-time rock stars and luminous singers make mistakes just like any of us. Here are some times when musicians were forced to apologize to fans.
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Grand Funk Railroad is not immune to temptation of frivolous lawsuits.
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The world of rap has been particularly struck by tragedy, seemingly more so than other musical genres. Here are some rappers who died tragically.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers have not released an album since 2016, and fans have spent the whole time wondering about it.
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It's highly possible that if you were growing up in the early 2000s, you'd remember the rapper Bow Wow. Here's how he lost all of his money.
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In 1985, Stones frontman Mick Jagger released his debut solo album, She's The Boss, and it nearly struck a killing blow to the band.
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Not every big rocker of the time showed up at Woodstock. Here are some musicians who turned down playing at Woodstock.
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Ledbetter, later known as Lead Belly, was born in Louisiana in the late 1880s -- into a life of violence.
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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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Joan Jett's first music teacher told her girls couldn't play rock and roll. Her first solo album was rejected by 23 record labels. None of that stopped her.
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It is impossible to get an objective read on anyone's life, and the life of Elvis Presley is more difficult to pin down than most.
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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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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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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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Quite a few famous musicians have died tragically young. Some, however, died young ... and were brought back to life.
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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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Back in the early days, Johnny Cash was racking up hits and popularity. But how was his relationship with his wife, June Carter?
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A few weeks after Trent Reznor began renting the house at 10050 Cielo Drive, a friend of his noticed something.
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Ska dominated much of the American mainstream rock sound of the mid-to-late '90s and hasn't totally gone away since. This is the bizarre history of ska music.
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Depeche Mode has always been a group subject to drama as intense as their music.
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Neil Young and Rick James. You probably don't associate the two music legends with each other. But at one time they made sweet music together.
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