In the popular imagination, you could not have Nirvana without Kurt Cobain. Yet, while it's difficult to imagine what Nirvana could be without Cobain's voice, lyrics, and his general style that so informed the band's identity, it must be conceded that there were two other musicians in the band.
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You would think Prince and Rick James would have been great friends. But in reality, while the two were musical peers, Prince and James were anything but friends.
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Many comedians have created humor that lasts for ages, and one of those comics is Mitch Hedberg, whose drug addiction would send him to an early grave. This is the tragic real-life story of Mitch Hedberg.
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Darkness imprisoning me / All that I see, absolute horror ... These lyrics accompany one of the most well-known passages in metal history: the machine gun riff and double kick drums of Metallica's 1988 smash hit "One." Here's what they mean.
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When you look at Mark Twain's history, it's a wonder that he even smiled at all.
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While the public was still in mid-reel over the news of the death of the TV presenter Regis Philbin, WSBT, the CBS-Fox affiliated channel in South Bend, Indiana, announced on July 26 that at a date still uncertain, Regis Philbin would be buried on the campus of The University of Notre Dame.
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Musical outfit The Offspring, of '90s skate punk fame, encountered legal troubles when bass player Gregory "Greg K." Kriesel filed a lawsuit against his former band.
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The world of rap has been particularly struck by tragedy, seemingly more so than other musical genres. Here are some rappers who died tragically.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers have not released an album since 2016, and fans have spent the whole time wondering about it.
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Maybe it's just that splitting your time between being a rock god and serving as a sun damaged Jack Sparrow life model doesn't leave room in your schedule for discerning personal choices, but Steven Tyler has had a couple "incidents" in his past.
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'Sean was the product of love,' John Lennon is reported to have once told a young Julian. 'You were the product of a whiskey bottle.'"
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Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails has had an extraordinary career. And his net worth reflects that.
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Radioactive takes a few liberties on its way to present a true, if not entirely factual, sense of an historical individual.
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The details of Kanye West's bipolar diagnosis aren't anybody's business but his, but scattered interviews and public comments have given the public a fraction of a look at the tough position of living with both an intense personality disorder and an alien lifestyle of being a musical phenomenon.
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"Before I did the record, we went on tour with Skinny Puppy. That was the first time I played these songs live. It was a somewhat bad experience," said Trent Reznor.
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Most people don't remember watching certain animated movies as children. David Bowie, on the other hand, didn't remember recording an album as a 29-year-old.
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"Polly," which appears in the iconic Nirvana album Nevermind, is a disturbing song that's hard to forget.
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In 1985, Stones frontman Mick Jagger released his debut solo album, She's The Boss, and it nearly struck a killing blow to the band.
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Not every big rocker of the time showed up at Woodstock. Here are some musicians who turned down playing at Woodstock.
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Life for Whitney Houston — and pop music as you know it — may have gone very differently, had the musician made one different choice.
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"He saw two black dots he assumed to be Mallory and Irvine near one of the final ridges before the peak before disappearing into the clouds again. It was the last time both of them were seen alive..."
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Ledbetter, later known as Lead Belly, was born in Louisiana in the late 1880s -- into a life of violence.
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It's a tale as old as time: a young woman encounters a creepy man late at night in a big city. For Debbie Harry, of the iconic rock band Blondie, this encounter was with serial killer Ted Bundy, as Harry recalled in an interview in 1989 — the same year Bundy was executed.
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Having faced down poverty, illness, divorce, and ever-changing public tastes, Cher continues to beat the odds, winning over generation after generation of fans with her unwavering dedication and authenticity. This is Cher's tragic real-life story.
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1980 was a crucial year for John Lennon, who'd emerged from a hiatus ready to make music once again. This is what the final 12 months of his life were like.
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Dave Gahan, the illustrious singer of Depeche Mode, is without a doubt one of rock's great frontmen ... unfortunately, being a rock star can often mean living like a rock star, and Gahan certainly took part in some of the darker undercurrents of fame.
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Artists have their quirks. And some don't feel quite secure in front of all those people unless he's packing heat. And that guy would have been Elvis.
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