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We have all heard or even tried listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” while watching “The Wizard of Oz”. How did this urban legend start? Who started it? The idea originated via postings in early‑90s Usenet forums, suggesting that if you hit play just as the MGM lion roars, often the third […]
In the 80s and 90s, the nightclub was basically Electric Avenue, you went there to rock down to it, and maybe even take it higher. You didn’t text someone; you yelled over Come On Eileen, and half the time, they couldn’t hear you. Now? Across the U.S. and Europe, the dance floors are vanishing faster […]
Before Rumours turned them into rock royalty, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were just two young musicians trying to make it in Los Angeles. After meeting in high school and performing together in the band Fritz, the duo became romantically and musically linked. In 1973, they released their only album as a duo: Buckingham Nicks. […]
Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death has officially been released. The former Black Sabbath singer died on July 22, just weeks after his farewell show, “Back to the Beginning,” with Black Sabbath. RELATED STORY: Ranking Ozzy Osbourne’s 25 Best Songs The 76-year-old legendary heavy metal frontman died due of a heart attack, according to a death […]
‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ is one of AC/DC’s most iconic and enduring songs, symbolizing the band’s triumphant return after tragedy and their transition into global rock superstardom. Released in 1980 as the first single from the Back in Black album, the track marked the debut of lead singer Brian Johnson, who had just […]
In the late 1970s, .38 Special was a Southern rock band on the rise, led buy Donnie Van Zandt and guitarist Don Barnes. But even with talent and drive, they hadn’t quite cracked the national spotlight. That changed — thanks to a song that wasn’t even written for them. The story begins with Survivor, the […]
At 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, a rocket launched on TV, not from NASA, but from a network no one had heard of: MTV – Music Television. The screen faded in with footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the flag planted, and a voice declaring, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” Then came […]
Steven Tyler first began composing ‘Dream On‘ as a teenager — around age 17 or 18 — on a Steinway upright piano at his family’s Trow‑Rico Lodge in Sunapee, New Hampshire. His father, Victor Tyler, a Juilliard‑trained pianist, frequently played classical music at home, and young Steven often lay underneath the piano listening. Tyler later […]
Today, thousands gathered along Birmingham’s Broad Street to bid farewell to one of the city’s most iconic sons, Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away just over a week ago on July 22, at the age of 76. Just like Ozzy, the funeral procession was both emotional and electrifying. A hearse carrying Ozzy’s casket made its way […]
On July 28, 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis rocked The Steve Allen Show and America! Blasting through “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” with wild hair, flying fingers, and beating a piano into submission, the 21-year-old turned a polite TV variety show into a full-blown rock ‘n’ roll riot. Millions of Americans, many seeing Lewis for the […]
Ozzy Osbourne’s influence on popular culture stretches from the fog‑shrouded stages of Birmingham to the silly chaos of reality television. As lead singer of Black Sabbath, Ozzy helped define heavy metal’s dark blueprint in the early 1970s. With ominous tracks like “Paranoid” and “War Pigs,” Sabbath ushered in a heavier sound that was more foreboding […]
Fans and fellow musicians are paying their respects after legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne passed away at 76. His family shared the heartbreaking news on Tuesday, saying he died “surrounded by love.” The news comes just weeks after Ozzy played his final show with the band at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. Just hours […]