Remember when marijuana was seen as a dangerous, illegal gateway drug? It helped kill two seminal 60s bands.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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How the Mann Act took down the “Father of Rock & Roll.”
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George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
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Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.
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He might not have been the most important musically or on stage, but Depeche Mode will miss Andrew Fletcher. R.I.P. Fletch.
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The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with “Door to Door.” Instead, they broke up for decades.
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One of the few times Mike Love and not Brian Wilson helmed a Beach Boys album. Let’s just say it didn’t go well.
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There are two types of “one man bands” in rock music. There are literal examples like Nine Inch Nails (until 2016), World Party or …
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Most of the time, an album that kills off a career is either a critical failure, a commercial flop, or both. Rarely is it …
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For a band that always loomed larger than life, “Celebration Day” was a fairly restrained and modest effort.
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Maybe when Stewart Copeland is done being a drummer, he has a possible career as a political spin doctor.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
R.E.M.’s “Three-Legged Dog” Era produced some good music. It also gave us this terrible album.
In honor of Genesis’s recently announced reunion tour, let’s look at the album that caused their breakup: 1997’s “Calling All Stations.”
After many years of estrangement, Ric Ocasek finally gave us the Cars reunion we’ve been waiting for.
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