The drummer lost his arm in a car accident prior to recording, but the band waited for him to come out of hospital and recorded the biggest album of their career, full of huge-sounding no-nonsense stadium rock anthems - indeed, they aimed to make every song a potential single. It was ...
he called the band in to record the song he'd written. It was four in the morning. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to witness Dylan embarking on a late-night stream of consciousness, "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is perhaps the closest you can get...
Make room,Metallica. Set aside your hysteria,Def Leppard. And here's another reason for you to salute,AC/DC. There's now a fourth rock band that has scored a Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 album charts in five straight decades. That honor goes toU2. The album that did it for U...
the song would become the Beatles' first Top 10 single to featureGeorge Harrisonon lead vocals. It was recorded during the hours-long recording session from February 1963 when the band recorded nine songs for its debut album. Harrison and Lennon's intermingled acoustic guitars make for an...
Despite being a foundational figure in the band, Marty Balin never sang on a Top 40 single for Jefferson Airplane. He only found his chart mojo when the psychedelic rock group shifted to smoother sounds in the '70s. Balin's best-known song was 1975's "Miracles," which went to No. 3 ...
“I’m Not Okay (I Promise) was the band’s first hit radio song, climbing to No. 4 on the Alternative Airplay chart, while going on to be certified as a platinum single. Runners-Up- Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Seether featuring Amy Lee, “Broken” and Blink-182, ...
Trivia:Minor Threat’s song ‘Straight Edge’ as well as being a distillation of Minor Threat’s unique sound, also lent its name to a subculture built around abstinence. #9 The Smiths YEAR OF FORMATION: 1982 The band that turned miserabilism into an art form, and another flash in the ...
ears of rock radio listeners, who helped catapult the song to No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart and No. 4 for Alternative Airplay. The track even crossed over to hit No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, kicking off what would be a very successful run for the band in the ‘90s. —...
And cheer us hooray for that rock and roll band If we were a rock n roll band Then we'd have a million of fans We'd giggle and laugh and sign autographs If we were a rock n roll band If we were rock and roll band The people would all kiss our hands And we'd be millionaires...
A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday.The music festival was cancelled last year amid the global pandemic but the event in Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena with its regime of testing and strict hygiene protocols was seen as a step toward a...