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37 years ago today, the Sex Pistols performed their final gig with bassist Sid Vicious, with frontman Johnny Rotten concluding the concert with the most famous punk rock question this side of “ Who Killed Bambi?” After taking the UK...

48 years ago today, an event took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park which has been described by pop culture historians as the prelude to the Summer of Love, but at the time, the San Francisco Oracle called it...

Late last year, as you may recall, we released the 40th Anniversary Theater Edition of Jethro Tull’s Warchild, a 2-CD/2-DVD affair that provided fans with an opportunity to hear – and see – the album in a whole new light...

Morrissey...loved, hated, but rarely ignored. Depending on my mood, pound for pound, 1992’s Your Arsenal may quality as my favorite post-Smiths Morrissey joint -- a kind of a glam renaissance album with Mick Ronson producing, giving it that sordid glam...

46 years ago today, one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time released one of the most famous self-titled debuts of all time. In fact, it’s so famous that we’re not going to write anything else...

40 years ago today, the so-called Warner Brothers Music Show kicked off a nine-city, 18-show tour of Europe…and, oh, what a show it was: the line-up featured – in reverse alphabetical order – Tower of Power, Montrose, Little Feat, Graham...

First of all, if you’re looking at the headline and thinking, “How embarrassing for Rhino: they’ve gotten David Bowie’s birthday wrong,” then think again: we know quite well that his birthday is January 8. When the Thin White Duke hit...

YOU'RE NO GOOD The original version of this smash track for Linda Ronstadt in 1974/5 was done by Dee Dee Warwick but the one that had impact, albeit more on the R&B chart, was done by ultimate clean up woman...

Remember how awesome it was when the first Lollapalooza tour kicked off in 1991, with all of those great music artists playing together on the same unbelievable bill? Well, 56 years ago, legendary DJ and concert impresario Alan Freed –...