Tag "best classic bands"
Saga Frontman Michael Sadler Shares Rare Cancer Diagnosis
The Canadian rock band earned their biggest hit with the 1982 single, “On the Loose.”
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Talking Heads—‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’: Artful Music
“We don’t fit into anyone else’s category, so we’re going to have to create our own,” said David Byrne about the band’s second album.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band to Release ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited’ With Leon Russell
The 2025 album marks 10 years since their iconic tribute performance at the Virginia-based LOCKN’ festival.
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The Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together’: Unique Path to Success
The song had been kicking around for a few years when they recorded it. Their first release of the tune bombed. Then it became a timeless anthem.
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Filmmaker, Journalist Cameron Crowe Writes Memoir, ‘The Uncool’
The writer and/or director of such acclaimed films as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous, was an unlikely rock and roll insider at age 15.
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When Live Aid Rocked the Planet
We recap the biggest charity concert in music history, where dozens of stars performed in London and Philadelphia for a massive worldwide TV audience in 1985
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The Cowsills—The Hits, the Misses & Other Things: Interview
“We were told that they were going to put our mom in the group. No one asked us. In she comes.”—Bob Cowsill
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Zager & Evans’ ‘In the Year 2525’: The Gloomiest #1?
It was, to be sure, one of the bleakest songs ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And then the duo never charted again.
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Jeff Lynne Cancels Hyde Park Concert For Health Reasons
The London show, announced in October 2024, was to be the final concert for Jeff Lynne’s ELO.
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The Top Albums of July 1970
Some of the era’s legendary names in classic rock had new releases – many of which are in your collection – at the top of the sales chart this week.
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