Their funky tunes have also soundtracked a wide range of memorable moments in film. 1976's "Open Sesame" wasfeatured inthe wildly popular film (and soundtrack)Saturday Night Fever, cementing their status as household names in disco. "Summer Madness" was featured in another huge blo...
Another club that Herc rocked was the Sparkle located at 174th and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. This was the spot that came before the Hilltop, 371 (DJ Hollywood’s spot) and Disco Fever. In 1977, Herc’s career began to fall. The rise of Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five, and Bamba...
Petty said "Zombie Zoo" ends his five-times platinum triumph 'Full Moon Fever' on a decidedly low note, despite featuring a contribution from his Traveling Wilburys buddy Roy Orbison. "I hate 'Zombie Zoo.' I do not understand how that got on the record,' Petty admitted. "I had better ...
with soft cloth bodies but hard plastic heads, came with names and adoption papers so that little ones could feel like they were real parents to the toy. Introduced on the market in 1983, Cabbage Patch Kids caused pandemonium for parents. Many lined up for...
‘Saturday Night Fever’ – type effect in the craze-hungry States, spawning not only hits but a wholesale swing by sheep-like radio stations, discos and roller rinks to a country music format. Being a comfortingly familiar roots music for white Americans (th...
Ted Nugent, "Cat Scratch Fever" (1977) Nugent was so proud of his lip-smacking double entendre here that he took a then-rare turn at the mic, replacing regular vocalist Derek St. Holmes. Good thing: A Top 40 hit, "Cat Scratch Fever" has become one of Nugent's must-play concert fav...
"It's crazy that Ted Nugent is not there," Metallica's James Hetfield told MTV in 2009. "That dude is about as rock 'n' roll as it gets." The "Cat Scratch Fever" singer is pretty sure his outspoken political views are what's kept him from being inducted. In a 2018 interview, ...
Nearly as flawed asDemolition, though for entirely different reasons, Priest's first full-fledged concept album,Nostradamus, was an unnecessarily long, overwrought and inconsistent proposition. Never mind the all-too-relevant Spinal Tap references; expecting download-loving 21st-century kids to commit ...
Multi-instrumentalist Scott Thurston - who first played with the Heartbreakers on 1989'sFull Moon Fevertour - has kept a relatively low profile for the past couple of years, occasionally appearing onstage with various musicians. In 2018 he joined Eddie Vedder at the Ohana Music Festival to perfo...
'Full Moon Fever' MCA 'Full Moon Fever' Tom Petty (1989):Although this was Petty's first solo album, all of the Heartbreakers but drummer Stan Lynch played on it. Produced by Jeff Lynne, it contains some of Petty's biggest hits, including "I Won't Back Down," "Running Down a Dream...