Before Matt Cameron, a whole slew of others banged on the old Pearl Jam skins. One of those drummers was Dave Abbruzzese, who abruptly left the band in 1994. Many people thought it was a simple creative split. We're here to tell you otherwise.
Read Moreou might think that the world of funk metal has enough room for two outspoken, flamboyant frontmen to coexist peacefully. Not so much. Anthony Kiedis of Los Angeles-based Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mike Patton of San Francisco's Faith No More had a decades-long rivalry in which they traded insults.
Read MoreDespite their previous success together, trouble was brewing in the Steiner family. As Hulk Hogan's New World Order rose to power, Scott began to see the possibility of more fame as a solo wrestler, so he turned on his brother and joined Hollywood Hogan's new stable at SuperBrawl VIII.
Read MoreDepending on who you believe, no one has ever found the Ark. Not only is the Ark a piece of religious history, it's believed to hold wondrous powers that could wipe out whole nations, part seas, and probably do some other miraculous biblical stuff.
Read MoreSo, we here at Grunge decided to take an informal poll asking you lovely netizens to answer one of the cosmos's most pertinent, enduring, and unanswerable questions: "Who was the best rock band from the '90s?" That poll, viewable on YouTube, garnered quite a fair amount of worldwide attention.
Read MoreWhat is Christmas like for those who can't participate -- for those people, perhaps, locked inside correctional institutions for the mistakes they made in their lives? This is what it's really like to celebrate Christmas in prison.
Read MoreThe Miami Marlins made baseball history on November 13, 2020, when they hired Kim Ng (pronounced Ang) as the team's new general manager. She is now believed to be the first woman to hold the position in Major League Baseball. Ng is now the highest-ranking woman in any MLB team's baseball operations
Read MoreThe dream of commercial space travel will be a lot closer when SpaceX and NASA launch its module to the International Space Station (ISS). Planned for November 14, it will bring four astronauts to the ISS. SpaceX, owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk, partnered with NASA to take astronauts to the ISS.
Read MoreThe story follows the United States Army's 45th Infantry Division (aka the Thunderbirds) as they fight their way from Sicily to Germany on a 500-day march. The animated Thunderbirds struggle through Axis territory, freeing Europe from Nazi oppression. Narration for the series is by Mike Rowe.
Read MoreTaylor's hit "Fire and Rain" captures audiences with its sweet melody and beautiful chorus, but the song's melancholy lyrics have also led many people to wonder about the true meaning behind the verses. Each verse speaks to different struggles Taylor has faced in his life.
Read MorePeople who love Christmas music are passionate about their favorite songs. Some only consider the holiday season officially underway once they hear their special tune for the first time, while others listen to Christmas music all year 'round. This one's for all the "Mele Kalikimaka" fans out there.
Read MoreNorth Korea's people sometimes turn to drugs, and users include workers in factories, who use it as a pick-me up during shifts, along with businessmen and local celebrities. They even exchange methamphetamine on all sorts of holidays, including Chuseok, a harvest festival, and New Year's.
Read MoreWhen Ozzy does finally bite the dust, we don't expect it to be a mundane affair, but who knows. The last time he tried to die on us, it wasn't exactly "metal." Instead, the rock icon almost joined the choir invisible in a horrific ATV accident.
Read MoreEven some of Hollywood's best directors have been subjected to the latter after churning out movies that still tick off fans to this day.
Read MoreAlthough the broadcast honored the truly big names in country music who died this year, such as Charlie Daniels, Mac Davis, and Kenny Rogers, the show failed to mention three other legends that country music lost in 2020: John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver.
Read MoreThese bizarre tales tell of the most haunted objects we can find to creep you out. Turn down the lights and enjoy.
Read MoreIn February 1990, Queen won Outstanding Contribution to British Music, presented at the Brit Awards. The band had been working on their album Innuendo, recording for three weeks, and then taking two weeks off, so Mercury could recover.
Read MoreEveryone was getting down to Outkast until -- poof -- they were gone, breaking up, seemingly out of nowhere. It seems like a pretty odd thing to do for a group with 16 Grammy nominations and 6 wins. But it's not like André 3000 and Big Boi fell off the planet. They just had other things to do.
Read MorePerhaps because he'd had a few too many drinks, he soon felt nature calling. Apparently, he had to urinate badly enough that he couldn't hold it long enough to find a restroom. Instead, he relieved his bladder directly onto the 60-foot-high Cenotaph monument in Alamo Plaza.
Read MoreFrom 1897 to 1962, the Grand Guignol brought unseemly subjects and stomach-turning gore to the Paris stage.
Read MoreA Swanson salesman named Gerry Thomas came up with the idea of marketing meals as TV dinners. Thomas realized in 1953 that Swanson had a surplus of frozen turkey -- 260 tons of it, in fact, sitting inside refrigerated train cars. The company had no idea what to do with it.
Read MoreOzzy has secured himself as a household name across the world. There's only one problem: The metal behemoth known as "Ozzy Osbourne" isn't actually named "Ozzy." It's his stage name, a name he's been called for so long that people forget it's not the real thing.
Read MoreAfter playing shows during which the band often had to stop and let the audience sing, May and singer Freddie Mercury decided to write a song that specifically relied on audience participation. May's contribution was "We Will Rock You," while Mercury wrote its companion song, "We Are The Champions."
Read MoreAccording to the Abide in Christ website, the Ark wasn't just a box holding the Ten Commandments; it was also the Mercy Seat, where God would meet and judge souls. That's two holy objects smashed into one. It's holy enough to grant men power if they ever get their hands on it. Terrifying power.
Read MoreThere was one investigation. however, that had Hawes sitting on a staircase, afraid to move. In a recent interview on an episode of the Geico-ad-heavy SUS: Share Ur Scare YouTube show, Hawes dives into his most terrifying experience. It's seriously horrifying.
Read MoreBut wait. The United States has adopted the metric system, you say? Back in 1866, via the Metric Act, as Smithsonian Magazine relates. It remains unenforceable, however, and now people are confused because they can drink half-liter bottles of water while running a 5k, and then travel 2.3 miles home.
Read MoreJoseph is just kind of hanging out there, being a pretty good dude. Nothing super special about him in the common mythos, except that he stuck around to raise Mary's child, knowing it wasn't his own. No, this was God's baby. The Holy Spirit had blessed Mary with a serious honor.
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