Inside the strange story of Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon” – from a lyric McCulloch swears came from God to Russian folk trips, studio drama and Donnie Darko.
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From Born in the U.S.A. to anti-Trump tirades, Bruce Springsteen has turned heartland rock into a long-running love affair with left wing politics.
From Idol ballads to House bids, how Clay Aiken’s campaigns, activism and Trump feuds reveal a cautious but committed brand of Southern liberal politics.
How The Clash’s 1979 double album ‘London Calling’ turned punk inside out, reinvented rock, and left its mark on guitars, basses and politics for generations.
In 1986 Stevie Ray Vaughan collapsed on tour in Germany. Warned he had weeks to live, he got sober and turned In Step into a fierce recovery manifesto.
For decades, Ray Burton turned his son’s royalties from Metallica’s first three albums into scholarships at Castro Valley High. Here is the true story.
Carrie Underwood almost never auditioned for American Idol, backing out twice before a car ride and a missed flight forced her to choose fame or the farm.
Inside the hurried 1969 Abbey Road cover shoot: the sketches, the boredom on the curb, the myths it spawned, and what the Beatles did right after.
Before Queen, Freddie Mercury was Farrokh Bulsara, a shy Parsi kid in colonial Zanzibar. Here’s how he reinvented himself into a rock icon.
How a grim New Orleans folk ballad became The Animals’ career-defining anthem, rewired 60s rock, and still stirs arguments about sin, sex and authenticity.