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30 years ago (11/6/95), Queen released Made in Heaven, its final LP with lead singer Freddie Mercury and pieced together from recordings made before Mercury’s 1991 death. It debuted at #1 in the UK, yet remains at the bottom with 1982’s dance-influenced Hot Space as Queen’s least popular album. Not…

40 years ago today (11/4/85), The Clash released hands down their final and worst album – fittingly titled Cut the Crap. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon, original members, left in any meaningful capacity after Mick Jones was fired in 1983, and drummer Topper Headon was long gone due to drug…

30 years ago today (10/31/95), Alice in Chains released their self-titled 1995 album — often called Tripod because of its bizarre three-legged dog cover, and their last studio album with vocalist Layne Staley. This was their third studio album, following the brutal heaviness of Dirt (1992) and the dark acoustic…

30 years ago today (10/30/95), Pulp released their career-defining album Different Class, which won the Mercury Prize in 1996 for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. Two of the album’s singles – “Common People” and “Disco 2000” – were standouts and helped…

35 years ago today (10/29/90), a Roy Orbison less Traveling Wilburys, released their second and “most recent” album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. This supergroup of all supergroups featured George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty on an array of songs that stayed true to their 50’s and early…

25 years ago today (10/24/00), Linkin Park released its debut album Hybrid Theory. The album built on the late 90s trend of fusing nu metal, rap, and electronic elements into something sleek, urgent, and accessible.The interplay between Chester Bennington’s anguished vocals and Mike Shinoda’s calm, controlled rapping became the band’s…

30 years ago today (10/23/95), Ozzy Osbourne released his seventh solo album, Ozzmosis. It marked his return to recording after briefly announcing his retirement following 1991’s No More Tears and featured long-time guitarist Zakk Wylde as well as former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Deen Castronovo. Ozzmosis leans…

years ago today (10/21/95), Shannon Hoon, the siren-pitched lead singer of Blind Melon, passed away at age 28 from a drug overdose. Blind Melon hit pay day with their 1993 hit “No Rain” and its infamous “bee girl” video from their self-titled debut album. 1995’s Soup followed and was a…

75 years ago today (10/20/50), the late great Tom Petty was born in Gainesville, FL. Petty, of course, needs little to no introduction. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, he was inducted into the…

25 years ago today (10/17/00), Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi released his solo debut titled Iommi. Although some might mistake 1986’s Seventh Star as an Iommi solo album, it was still released under the Black Sabbath name. Iommi took nearly five years to make, and all of the songs were…