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Today’s rock music history highlights, the latest best song lists, and in-depth profiles of top rock artists.


Best Songs

Best Valentine’s Day Rock Songs

The Pretenders: “I’ll Stand By You”  The song reached the Top 20 in several countries, including the United States. The …

Rock History

2025 Hall Of Fame Nominee: Foo Fighters

To Vote for Foo Fighters or Another Nominee Go To RockinTown.com Hall of Fame. Foo Fighter: A World War II term used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena. Following Kurt Cobain’s death and the demise of Nirvana, the band’s drummer …

Alice In Chains

Alice In Chains did everything a Grunge group should do. They formed in Seattle, landed a recording contract (Columbia Records), had drug problems, released an Unplugged set (in ’96), had a hit ballad (“No Excuses”) and did a Lollapalooza tour …

Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad were just a bunch of Michigan wannabes when Terry Knight took over as their manager. Knight had a less than stellar career as a solo artist when he realized, correctly, that there was more money in managing …

Today In Rock: February 24th, 2022- Rock Musicians Speak Out Against Ukraine Invasion

On this day… David Draiman (Disturbed), David Coverdale (Whitesnake), Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman (The Offspring), and Michael Sweet (Stryper) were among the musicians around the world who condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Why do I hate Russian president Vladimir Putin,” …

Today In Rock: February 23rd, 2019 – Queen Rules The Rock Album Chart

On this day… On the strength of a hugely successful biopic, Queen commanded the top three spots on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart: #1 “Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack”; #2 “Queen’s Greatest Hits”; and #3 “Greatest Hits I, II & …

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