In 1979, The Clash broke America with the release of their 1977 debut The Clash which now boasted their newly recorded song "I Fought the Law," which became their first single to be released in the States.
Read MoreDoctor Sleep had a lot going against it. It was the sequel to The Shining, a masterpiece of a movie and one of the most legendary horror films in existence. What's more, the villain of the piece was Rose the Hat, an inhumanly beautiful woman wearing a silly-looking top hat.
Read MoreAs attested to by a litany of press conferences, public service announcements, and toilet paper commercials, these are uncertain times. That's why it's so important to give positive revelations a moment to soak in. It is time, therefore, to take comfort in knowing that Bob Dylan is doing just fine.
Read MoreIt's a great rabbit hole to fall down, trying to figure out the hidden meanings behind your favorite songs. For one, was John Lennon's "Imagine" secretly a love letter to the Communist Manifesto? And then there's "Brown Sugar," the Rolling Stones' 1971 classic.
Read MorePrince and Michael Jackson: two slender heavenly bodies, trapped irrevocably in one another's gravitational pull, each seemingly doing his best to out-weird the other by an order of magnitude. Their rivalry was the stuff of Greek mythology, akin to the events of The Prestige, but with tighter pants.
Read MoreDirector Bong Joon-Ho's 2013 movie Snowpiercer told the story of the last remaining humans on Earth. It talked about rebellion, class issues and hope -- but the movie's ending might need a little bit of explanation.
Read MoreThe American Indian Movement, most known for the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, galvanized a generation of Native youth. This is the true story of the movement.
Read MoreSure, there are plenty of easy answers here. After all, you know what you didn't you see in the first episode of The Walking Dead? Optimism ... or, for that matter, anything you hadn't already seen in 28 Days Later.
Read MoreThe Discovery Channel found a bona fide hit with How It's Made. It's fun watching an assembly line of frozen burritos whizzing by or seeing a creator meticulously craft unique handmade goods. But sometimes, these segments get downright weird. These are the most bizarre episodes of How It's Made.
Read MoreThe Gary Busey we know today is a far cry from the promising talent that marked his youth. What happened? And how did he lose all of his money?
Read MoreSo what did get fans upset about Vikings Season One? It all boils down to deadly snakes ...
Read MoreIt wasn't the travel that drew the eye of Jimmy Buffett to this exciting potential career path in chaperoning drugs on their way to new homes. There was something else about drug smuggling that piqued his interest.
Read MoreMusic videos were amazingly effective for selling recordings. Some had practically nothing to do with the song itself and some made at least a passing attempt at a narrative. Also, an excuse for the band to hang out with very attractive other people. Like in "Hot for Teacher."
Read MoreIn 2009, Deadline reported that Sean Connery had an "explosion clause" written into his contracts. Any film in which the Scotsman appeared was required to include a bigger and more Earth-shattering kaboom than the last. Even Connery wasn't in the most expensive Bond movie, though.
Read More"Come Together," by the Beatles, is a true jam, so much so that the Arctic Monkeys's cover was played in the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics ... oh, and it also pulled heavily from Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me," to the point where one could claim plagiarism.
Read MoreThe anodyne thing to do would be to pretend this article exists in a vacuum, but out of respect for your intelligence as a reader, the moment at hand should be acknowledged.
Read MoreIt's hard to imagine a time before Led Zeppelin existed, let alone a time when songs like "Stairway to Heaven", "Kashmir", and "When the Levee Breaks" didn't grace our radio speakers. It's even harder to imagine what Led Zeppelin would have been like without the band's frontman, Robert Plant.
Read MoreThe boys of the History Channel show American Pickers go all around the country (and sometimes even to London) looking for long-lost pieces of Americana. And of course, they gotta have somewhere to put it all in, and you see that place a couple of times in the show.
Read MoreMerry Clayton has one of those voices you've heard -- repeatedly -- but probably didn't know the name that went with it. Her most famous work? The Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter.'
Read MoreThe Constitution of the United States is the most important document in our country, so it's surprising how many myths and outright falsehoods surround our foundational document. Here are false things you believe about the Constitution.
Read MoreEven though a band called "Queen" has continued after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, Queen had effectively ended with his passing. Or, at least, that's how John Deacon, Queen's bassist, felt. But where is he now?
Read MoreIt wouldn't exactly be a surprise to find out that Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn had a personal zoo, located in the pair's Las Vegas property which they called "Little Bavaria."
Read MoreOn April 3, 2015, life caught up with Bob Burns, the original drummer for the southern rock powerhouse Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Read MoreHowever, in 2005, Grohl revealed that he felt a kind of awkwardness as part of Nirvana: "I don't think I've ever told anyone this, but there were times when Kurt was really unhappy with the way I played drums. I could hear him talking about how much he thought I sucked. But he'd never say it to me."
Read MoreGood news, everyone: we already have flying cars. Chances are, we had them well before you were even born. And in a passive aggressive twist of the historical knife, they're not around today because folks just refuse to support local business. Also, you know. They were death traps.
Read MoreBeen rickrolled lately? It's okay. There's no shame. It's just part of living in a world where Rick Astley exists. But just who is this guy?
Read MoreIn Vikings, Kattegat serves as the seat of Ragnar Lothbrok, the series' protagonist, and as a mirror for his rise in power, growing from a market town to the seat of the kingdom's power. It is a central point in the story, but is it real?
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