Alt-rock band Styx was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972. The group’s name is taken from a river in Greek mythology that ran through the underworld. The group reached popularity during the late 1970s and…
Without their fans, rock stars would still be living in their parent’s basement, eating packet noodles and praying for the day someone hands them a record contract. So you’d think they’d go out of their…
The 90s were one of the best decades for country music. Although many songs focused on the traditional side of the genre, others began to appeal to those who’d never been interested in country music….
If you were a hip-hop fan in the early 2000s, then you probably remember when Cassidy had the rap game in a chokehold with his hit single, “Hotel”. Released in the fall of 2003, the…
Charlie Benante is an American musician. He should be best-known to most people because of his role as the drummer for the band Anthrax. However, Benante has been involved in other projects as well, with…
Punk may not have been the cultural phenomenon in the US that it was in the UK, but it still managed to inspire a bunch of up-and-coming new bands. Blondie was one of them. Formed…
John Lennon gave us some of the most sublime songs of the 20th century. He also gave us Imagine, a song that was not, as some people say, killed by ubiquity, but that committed Harakiri…
In 1970, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon decided to get together and form a band. They might not have realized it at the time, but they were about to change the…
Over the course of a career spanning four decades, Linda Ronstadt has turned her hand to everything. Country, rock’n’roll, jazz, opera, Broadway standards, big band, Mariachi… you name it, she’s tried it, and by and…