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Way back yonder in February 1986, The Replacements arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey, took the stage of Maxwell’s, and raged against…something. Not necessarily the dying of the light – that seems a little overly poetic for the ‘Mats – but...

Since 1986, every year has brought a new crop of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and every year there’s a lot of finger-crossing prior to the announcement of the year’s nominees, which is promptly followed by...

45 years ago today, Genesis released their fourth studio album, an effort which was the band’s most substantial commercial and critical UK success up to that point. Naturally, it didn’t even chart in America. Recorded at Island Studios in London...

It stands to reason that a band with the audacity to release a double album as its debut would likewise have the audacity to follow that debut … with another double album. That was early Chicago, though. With no fewer...

48 years ago today, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash released the second single from their self-titled debut album, a harmony-laden epic which – just as its title promised – was indeed an actual suite. Composed by Stills, “Suite...

21 years ago today, Van Halen formally announced that they’d selected someone to replace Sammy Hagar as the band’s lead singer: Gary Cherone, formerly the frontman for Extreme. Tensions had been running high for awhile between Hagar and the Van...

ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?! Of course you are. It is Rocktober, after all. If you’re not ready to rock, then you might as well go back to bed, pull the covers over your head, and stay there ‘til November...

He’s well known as the talented, often-astounding guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, but he’s also constructed a fantastic career as a solo artist. He’s Lindsey Buckingham, and today’s his birthday, so celebrate with our best-of-Buckingham playlist, which is filled top to...

He was born on this date in 1949 as Richard Lester Meyers, but you probably know him better by his stage name, so today we celebrate the birthday of – drum roll, please – Richard Hell. Hell first found his...