How McDonald’s ‘Mindboggling’ Olympic Giveaway Backfired
In some ways, the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles represented a serious change for the fashionable Games. The sporting occasion had lengthy been famous for its monetary losses, a long-lasting burden on the overwhelming majority of host cities. In a…
Why David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ Was Rush-Released
In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy set an formidable aim for America: ship a human being to the moon and convey them again in a single piece. “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal,…
How Bruce Springsteen Learned to Love Arenas for His 1984 Tour
For practically the entirety of his job as a performing and touring musician, Bruce Springsteen had knowledgeable an concern with possessing his present to even bigger venues. His reluctance was nicely regarded, and he had historically been slow to make…
The Hollies Record a Hit With an Unknown Elton John
If you want to make a profession in the music enterprise, you have to slash your teeth somehow. For Elton John, recognised in his early instances as just “Reggie,” that meant undertaking fairly a substantial quantity of function as a…
Aerosmith Launches Back in the Saddle Tour
When Aerosmith launched their Back once again in the Saddle Tour on June 22, 1984, they had to establish a excellent deal of things to a complete lot of people today now. They required to show followers and critics that…
Kiss Kisses Their Own Ass
Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, and the Eagles all obtained the all-star tribute album remedy in the early ’90s. Why not Kiss? It can be a concern that may well have appeared a quite tiny preposterous in the ’80s, when they…
Motley’s ‘Theatre,’ Guns N’ Roses and More
On this day in rock history, Motley Crue introduced their 3rd studio album, Guns N’ Roses joined forces with the Terminator and Kiss uncovered a way to kiss their personal asses. This is a rundown of rock history’s most critical…
Sammy Hagar Returns to Changed Van Halen: 2004 Set List Flashback
The Van Halen that Sammy Hagar nonetheless left in 1996 wasn’t the pretty exact same as the 1 he returned to in 2004. On June 11, 2004, Hagar and his former bandmates reunited onstage for the pretty very first time…
How Sammy Hagar Outsmarted Van Halen’s Cabo Wabo Shirts Ban
Sammy Hagar purchased an early sign of how contentious his 2004 reunion with Van Halen would be when he was banned from carrying Cabo Wabo garments onstage. Hagar and his Van Halen bandmates introduced the Cabo Wabo cantina in 1990…
How a Free 1991 Van Halen Concert Nearly Broke Up the Band
When Van Halen completed playing a completely absolutely free reside functionality to an estimated 80,000 enthusiasts at Dallas’ West Close Marketplace on Dec. 4, 1991, all 4 band consumers most likely breathed a collective sigh of relief, as they skilled at…
How David Lee Roth Wrote About Van Halen Split: ‘It Disgusts Me’
David Lee Roth’s short-term, contentious and unproductive 1996 reunion with Van Halen remaining the singer wanting to know if the band had at any time certainly shared the precise vision. The pursuing 12 months, in his e book Outrageous From…