Everybody's Dummy

One of the things that made The Band so good was their ability to just play. Thrown into the most daunting of settings, be it hostile audie...

Maybe the record industry knew their glory days were long past, as the new century saw a proliferation of hits collections, particularly fo...

Synth-pop was huge in the early ‘80s, and even bands that didn’t have any real songwriting talent could fall back on production to stand ou...

The story goes that Paul Westerberg wandered past a basement window from which emanated the sound of a band. Given his skill at songwriting...

Navigating the history of Cat Stevens is a tricky prospect, considering that there are at least three stages of his career, even if people ...

A band that presented power equal to their pop, the Smithereens were around a long time before becoming mainstream. Their debut EP, 1980’s ...

Here’s where Journey became the Journey some love and others hate. In Steve Perry, the band had a photogenic frontman with a wide vocal ran...