Grizzwald ‘Grizz’ Chapman, the fan-favorite 30 Rock star who played Grizz on the NBC sitcom for its seven-season run, has died. He was 52. The actor’s longtime rep Saideh A. Brown told TMZ that Chapman died on Friday. Other details, including a cause of death, were not immediately made available. Born April 16, 1974 in […]
Following up on one of the greatest albums of all time is no easy feat. When Pink Floyd was tasked with doing just that, following up on Dark Side of the Moon, they were struggling. The record and its success had left the band jaded with the music industry. Eventually, the four-note riff of “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” became the catalyst for the album, as it reminded bassist Roger Waters of the somber story of their former lead singer, Syd Barrett. As the song finally came together, what none of the band expected was an unexpected appearance by Barrett in their studio.
In 2013, suddenly and unexpectedly, the world discovered Hozier.Andrew Hozier-Byrne was a young college drop-out who had timidly put out his first single to the world. He couldn't have known that the song would become a viral success and change his life almost overnight. "Take Me to Church" quickly became an anthem. Recorded in Hozier's parents' attic, the soul track changed modern pop as we knew it.
When Led Zeppelin’s founding drummer, John Bonham, died due to an alcohol overdose in 1980, the classic-rock band broke up, and its three surviving members vowed to never reunite. Guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist Robert Plant, and bassist John Paul Jones did so informally a few times, mostly for tribute events.
At a time when tens of thousands of people flock each night to see Bad Bunny in Madrid and share millions of videos capturing his every move, it feels strange to think that on this very day, exactly 50 years ago, a concert took place that was likely attended by fewer people than those dancing each night in the Puerto Rican star’s casita— and yet may have changed popular music forever.
Judas Priest is, no doubt, one of metal’s most pivotal acts. Through the band's ascension in the 70s and into the 80s, Priest took dueling solos, wailing vocals, and a whole lot of leather to the next level as they became the metal titans we know today. However, along that climb, Judas Priest paid homage to their favorite bands and songs, some more unexpected than others.
These are some of the very old art drawn on Huashan mountain in China, rock art that goes back to the distant past with little modern record of how or why they were drawn high up on the mountain face
When did Europe go wrong? For decades, we thought the European project would disappear due to external threats… but we never imagined that this would happen because of the irresponsibility of its leaders, nor because of the inaction of its citizens. Nobody thought that Europe would cease to be the horizon that the rest of the world aspires to reach.
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