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Let us now survey the coolness factor of the Eagles, circa 1980. Glenn Frey was cool. Joe Walsh was cool. Don Felder was mysterious, which made him sort of cool. Don Henley was cerebral and Timothy B. Schmit mild-mannered, but...

Today we celebrate the birthday of guitar legend Jimmy Page, and in honor of this important date, here are five things you may not have have know about this iconic musician. He originally harbored dreams of becoming a biologist. It’s...

While in Tokyo in March 1973, Jon Anderson was reading Parmahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi when he was – to use his own choice of phrase – “caught up in a lengthy footnote,” one describing the four bodies of...

Here at Rhino HQ, we’re all about the importance of both keeping music history alive and maintaining tradition, which is a big reason why we’re once again kicking off a new year by offering up a new round of our...

Today we celebrate the birth of David Robert Jones, the man who would eventually change his name to one which still remains revered the world over: David Bowie. Although it never grows any less depressing that he’s not still here...

39 years ago today, Hugh Cornwell – best known as the former lead singer of The Stranglers – received the unfortunate news that he’d soon be spending some time behind bars. In late 1979, Cornwell was fronting The Stranglers, a...

35 years ago this week, Van Halen made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single that remains the band’s top-selling effort of all time. In 1981, Eddie Van Halen penned the synth line of “Jump,” but his...

50 years ago this month, The Four Seasons released a psychedelic pop album – yes, really – which, although it was arguably way outside their usual musical comfort zone, has nonetheless been regularly cited by critics as being an underrated...

Today we celebrate the birthday of New Order / Electronic / Bad Lieutenant frontman Bernard Sumner, and while we won’t offer up how old he is (not that the information isn’t readily available), we’ll happily assure you that he certainly...