Three years ago today (4/23/16) Bruce Springsteen saluted the recently deceased Prince (died 4/21/16) by opening his show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (The River Tour) with a rendition of “Purple
22 years ago (4/22/97) today Yo La Tengo released their eight studio LP I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. Widely regarded as the band’s best work to date,
25 years ago today (4/9/94) Nas released his landmark debut album Illmatic. This debut had a big part in reigniting NYC hip hop and birth the era of lyricism. It goes on
Happy 55th birthday to Rock n Roll Renaissance Man Maynard James Keenan who was born on 4/17/64. The frontman of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, along with being an
20 years ago today (4/16/99), Tom Waits released Mule Variations his twelfth studio album. on the ANTI- label. It was Waits’s first studio album since The Black Rider (1993) and considered a “later career” success for
30 years ago today (4/15/89) Tone-Loc’s debut album, Loc-ed After Dark, hit #1 on the Billboard 200, thanks to the success of his platinum hit “Wild Thing.” Although the song uses=d an uncredited
31 years ago today (4/11/88), Iron Maiden released their seventh LP Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. As the first Iron Maiden release to feature keyboards, it also marked the first
Happy 60th birthday today to rockabilly musician and ambassador Brian Setzer. As the leader of The Stray Cats who spearheaded the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s later worked with his swing
20 years ago today (4/9/99) Bruce Springsteen begins his first tour with the E Street Band since 1988 with a concert in Barcelona (setlist below) The European leg ends in
25 years ago today, The Offspring released their Smash LP – their commercial breakthrough LP on Epitaph Records. With the success of the singles “Come Out and Play,” Gotta Get Away”
