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Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images 16 Years Ago Today, the World Lost a 1970s Rock Star in a Shocking Freak Accident
Mike Edwards was a classically trained cellist, but he brought eccentricity and experimentation to ELO stage shows that captured fans.
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Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns 35 Years Ago Today, This Quintessential Grunge Album Ushered in the Age of 90s Alt-Rock Dominance
Pearl Jam’s debut album is a beloved grunge staple, but initial reviews called it “derivative” and “unworthy” of Nirvana comparisons.
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Photo By Larry Marano/Getty Images He Downloaded a Guns N’ Roses Song Hours Before His Wife Was Murdered. Then It Was Played at His Trial
Justin Barber downloaded a Guns N’ Roses track with lyrics like “I used to love her / But I had to kill her” hours before his wife was murdered.
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Photo by Steve Eichner/WireImage 32 Years Ago Today, an Attempt to Recreate an Iconic 1969 Music Festival Is Remembered for Its Sloppy Mud Pit
What was supposed to be ‘two more days of peace and music’ became ‘three days of music, mayhem, and mud’ at Woodstock 94.
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Photo by L. Busacca/Getty Images 28 Years Ago Today, an Iconic 1998 Music Video Was Shot at the Birthplace of a Genre-Defining Film From 1978
The same Los Angeles high school used to film Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” was used in 1978 to film the legendary musical Grease.
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(Photo by Lex van Rossen/MAI/Redferns) Today Would’ve Been the 57th Birthday of This Indie Icon With a Heartbreaking Musical Legacy
Elliott Smith’s honest and vulnerable songwriting endeared him to fans who related to his pain, and made his death all the more tragic.
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(Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Stagecoach) Born 71 Years Ago Today, the Would-Be Rock Star Turned Oscar Winner Who Played the Most Degenerate Santa in Movie History
Billy Bob Thornton is a prolific actor and screenwriter, but did you know he’s released more than 20 albums as a musician?
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Photo by Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns Born 63 Years Ago Today in the Mexican Beverly Hills, the Thrash Guitar Legend Who Changed Heavy Metal Forever
On this day, legendary Metallica frontman James Hetfield was born in 1963. The 63-year-old metalhead shows no signs of slowing down.
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(Photo by Stefan M. Prager/Redferns via Getty Images) 14 Years Ago, This Miami Hit-Maker Was ‘Exiled’ to a Remote Alaskan Island, but Ended Up Having a Blast
You can try to exile him to a remote Alaskan island, but he’s not called Mr. Worldwide for nothing.
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(Photo by Iris Schneider/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 30 Years Ago, This Young Star Amazed Critics With Her Debut, but the Industry Bristled at Her Unmarketable Image
What have we done to deserve the genius that is Fiona Apple?
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(Photo by JMEnternational/Getty Images) On This Day in 2011, the World Tragically Lost One of the Most Beloved Voices in Neo-Soul
In a decade overrun with pop stars, no one did it like Amy Winehouse.
