If there were any truth to the myth that suffering breeds fine music, this would be it. For starters, band co-founder and lead guitarist Hillel Slovak had recently died of a heroin overdose. To make matters worse, drummer and co-founder Jack Irons had quit. It seemed as if Hillel Slovak’s death had taken the Red…
The year was 1979. John Michael ‘Ozzy’ Osbourne had just experienced the loss of his father and a turbulent termination from Black Sabbath due to his increasingly problematic substance abuse. Contrary to popular belief, Ozzy had been toying with the idea of a solo endeavor prior to his fateful ejection from Sabbath. The name suggested…
The 1980s were coming to an end; the age of bleached hair, neon earrings and leggings was fading, but the music that illustrated the decade was far from over. Glam metal dominated the radio waves and the work of Mötley Crüe aided in the genre’s popularity. The Crüe excelled in demonstrating the “sex, drugs and…
By the time 1987 began, Athens, Georgia-based band R.E.M. already had four albums underneath their belt. As one of the hardest working bands of the 1980s, they had already reached some success, particularly via the college radio circuit. But it was in this year where R.E.M. reached mainstream success with the release of their fifth…
Portishead, a Bristol-based band fronted by Beth Gibbons, released their debut album Dummy in 1994. During this time, England was facing a resurgence of Britpop due to Blur and Oasis both releasing critically acclaimed albums. In the U.S., grunge had reached its peak with alternative rock being one of the biggest genres in the nation….
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