When you're rock-and-roll royalty, you're going to fall in love and live happily ever after and success is never ever going to change you. And maybe that happened for somebody, but John Lennon wasn't one of them. First wife Cynthia did not have an easy time of it.
Read MoreWhile everyone has their favorite tunes (as well as their guilty pleasures), it can be hard to remember that some of your favorite artists keep certain songs close to their hearts, too.
Read MoreSometimes when a person quits the band, everything works out quietly and well for everyone involved. Things weren't so simple for the band Live, however.
Read MoreAt first glance, you might not expect Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder to befriend former Bull's player Dennis Rodman. Although the two are a seemingly odd pair, they are actually great friends in real life.
Read MoreTake a time machine back to the mid-20th century, a time when tales of the peculiar and unexplained were best told by intense middle-aged men in black suits as they cocked their eyebrows, cradled their cigarettes, and stared directly into your soul.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe tale of Noah, and the great flood, is one of the more well-known biblical stories. For historians, academics, and scholars of comparative religion, however, this tale of Noah and the flood is but one iteration of a much older, cross-cultural story that in fact has over 200 versions worldwide.
Read MoreYou 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.
Read MoreMany 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.
Read MoreDarkness 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.
Read MoreWhen you look at Mark Twain's history, it's a wonder that he even smiled at all.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreMusical 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.
Read MoreTornadoes, which grace this great land of ours more frequently every year than anywhere else on the planet. Here's why.
Read MoreThe Cali Cartel was an offshoot of the Medellin Cartel, and while its founders were known as the Gentlemen of Cali due to their elevated social status, they were just as dangerous.
Read MoreHumankind has had its fair share of false doomsdays. From perennial favorites like the rapture, predicted with unwavering enthusiasm three times a year, to new, exciting translations of the works of Nostradamus, people can't get enough of those wonderful prognosticated existential threats.
Read MoreThe world of rap has been particularly struck by tragedy, seemingly more so than other musical genres. Here are some rappers who died tragically.
Read MoreElvis Presley loved himself a PBB&B sandwich so much that his arteries were effectively bulletproof when he died, and he also absolutely owned a chimp. His name was Scatter, and he was prone to unwarranted promiscuity.
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. once said, "One day our society will come to respect the sanitation worker if it is to survive, for the person who picks up our garbage, in the final analysis, is as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant. All labor has dignity."
Read MoreIf you were lucid during the weeks that followed 9/11, you'll remember that Nostradamus suddenly started popping up in more conversations than usual. At the center of his newfound popularity was a prophetic quatrain, credited to the enigmatic seer, in emails prefaced with "RE:RE:RE:RE."
Read MoreFleas and kissing. The two might seem unrelated, but in an era of social distancing, the link between might be clearer.
Read MoreThe human species has worked hard to add a layer of organization to the passage of time, and there have been some interesting solutions.
Read MoreThe Red Hot Chili Peppers have not released an album since 2016, and fans have spent the whole time wondering about it.
Read MoreFor once, 2020 has brought about some good news. Well, good news for the people who have been looking for signs that aliens have already visited Earth, anyway.
Read MoreFor women in ancient Macedonia, life wasn't exactly a bowl full of chariots.
Read MoreIf you're looking for a boring story, you've come to the right place. But it's not you that will be bored -- it's a mile-long tunnel under Las Vegas, brought to you by the good folks from The Boring Company.
Read MoreIn general, don't meet bears. They really don't want to meet you, either. They're predators, and they get hungry, and while many bears are omnivores (consuming anything from berries to grubs to you), any port in a storm when you're hangry.
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