• Did Beavis And Butthead Ruin This Band's Career?

    As any Gen X'er who still wears acid wash jeans and calls people "dude" can attest, Winger was, for a while there, a band. According to some, it was none other than Beavis and Butthead who brought Winger down.

    By Tom Meisfjord December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • Whatever Happened To Everclear?

    If you had a Sam Goodie gift card and a lot of feelings about your parents' divorce in the late 1990s, there's a good chance that you owned at least one Everclear album. They had everything that a band could ask for at the time.

    By Tom Meisfjord December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • This Was Ella Fitzgerald's Big Break

    Ella Fitzgerald is undoubtedly one of the greatest singers ever. And, like many extraordinary talents, her rise to fame seemed to have come out of nowhere. But Fitzgerald worked hard to find success and a last-second decision helped propel her to stardom.

    By Emilia David December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Tragic Death Of Tina Turner's Son

    Tina Turner was just 18 years old when she gave birth to her first son, Craig, whose father performed with Tina's future husband, Ike Turner. The Turners had a famously rocky marriage & Tina relayed that Craig had been particularly affected by witnessing Ike abuse her.

    By Karen Corday December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Way Billionaire Patricia Kluge Lost Everything

    Billionaire Patricia Kluge took her 1990 divorce to the bank, but like other billionaires who lost their entire fortunes, it wouldn't last. The $1 billion she got in the breakup was the largest divorce settlement ever at the time. This is the way billionaire Patricia Kluge lost everything.

    By Cody Copeland December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Untold Truth Of The Clapper

    "Clap on, clap off, The Clapper!" Long before Siri was sending texts with your voice, Alexa started putting Yacht Rock Radio on for you or a quick "Hey Google" got you the local forecast, The Clapper was turning America on. So what's the story behind this piece of of 80s tech lore?

    By Richard Milner December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Time The Beatles Caused A Boycott

    The Fab Four were a global sensation, with millions of people in love with their music. Young people everywhere knew the lyrics to Beatles songs by heart. But a few choice words from members of the famous band didn't strike the right chord with some people.

    By Cody Copeland December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Untold Truth Of Mar-A-Lago

    Mar-a-Lago is President Donald Trump's primary residence, a resort club for the extremely wealthy, and an estate with more history than you might expect.

    By Jenna Inouye December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Extinct Feathered Creature That Was Named After A Demon

    The creature is part of the Oviraptoridae family that roamed the Asian and American continents over 60 million years ago. With the discovery of Anzu, scientists have been able to fill in evolutionary gaps within the Oviraptorid evolutionary tree. In the world of paleontology, this is a big deal.

    By Nick Vrchoticky December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • The Real Reason Blackheart Records Was Created

    Some 23 labels in total rejected her self-titled album. "No one was willing to take a chance on a female rocker, especially one with a look and sound as androgynous as Jett's." Undaunted, Jett and Laguna formed their own independent label, Blackheart Records, and released the album themselves.

    By Karen Corday December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • Branding: The Truth About Cattle Logos

    Long before the word "branding" was used to describe the click-boosting tactics of Instacelebs, it was used by cowherds to keep track of field-roaming cattle (a funny comparison, to be sure). And we mean "long before," as in pre-written language scrawled on cave walls thousands of years ago.

    By Richard Milner December 4th, 2020 Read More
  • This Is How Simon & Garfunkel Got Their Start

    The popular folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel was formed in the late 1950s and continued on to have a successful career for the next 15 years. The precocious duo were just 16-years-old when they signed to the record company Big Records. This is how Simon & Garfunkel got their start.

    By Aimee Lamoureux December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • Why Recording OK Computer Spooked Radiohead's Thom Yorke

    Radiohead wouldn't have made it that far if their third album, OK Computer, hadn't turned into a massive critical cultural staple. Recording OK Computer wasn't easy, though, since Thom Yorke was creeped out through the whole thing. That's what you get when you record an album in a haunted mansion.

    By Nick Vrchoticky December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • The Tragic Death Of MLB Pitcher Tyler Skaggs

    Skaggs' best year came in 2018, with a 4.02 ERA and an 8-10 record. In the following year, he nearly matched his personal wins record with seven by late June, and, soon after pitching against Oakland, Skaggs and the rest of the team headed for Dallas for a four-game series against the Texas Rangers.

    By Nicole Rosenthal December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • What Are Simon & Garfunkel Doing Today?

    Ultimately, they have sold more than 100 million records together and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. But after each reunion, the two would squabble and go their separate ways, doing their own projects and not speaking for months -- or years -- at a time.

    By Sandra Mardenfeld December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • The Truth About Eastern Europe's Terrifying Version Of Santa Claus

    Frau Perchta's role in Christmas, though, has changed over the years. It turns out that she tends to be most active between Christmas and the Epiphany, so people believed she's more of a holiday thing. Frau Perchta preyed on lazy people year-'round before becoming a general threat against children.

    By Emilia David December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • The Sport John Candy Tried To Play Professionally

    He excelled on the football field as his team's offensive tackle. While he was known as a "gentle giant" off the field, in his football pads and helmet he let a more aggressive personality come through, a "formidable, intimidating figure" whose large size made it hard for opponents to get past him.

    By Karen Corday December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • The Tragic Death Of Jeff Porcaro From Toto

    Allmusic immortalized the artist by claiming, "it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro." Via Toto and countless others, Porcaro made his name as one of the top pop-rock drummers of the generation.

    By Nicole Rosenthal December 3rd, 2020 Read More
  • Inside The Time Disney Stole The Idea For A Theme Park

    We've got Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, and others, including smaller theme parks like Florida's Epcot Center and Animal Kingdom. So when is enough enough for these guys? Well, back in 2000, they actually tried to nick an idea for an entire theme park.

    By Richard Milner December 3rd, 2020 Read More