Sex Pistols Break Up

Sex Pistols Break Up

Rock Music History Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten, in New York to visit an ailing Sid Vicious, announces the band’s break-up. In January 1978, the Sex Pistols, the punk rock band that had ignited a cultural revolution with their raw sound and confrontational attitude, came to an abrupt and dramatic end. Frontman Johnny Rotten (born John…

2020s decade in rock history
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2020s Rock

Not unexpectantly, Three Days Grace and Shinedown continued their battle for the most #1s on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart but Rock really got a shot in the arm when Rapper turned Rocker MG Kelly scored two #1 albums (“Tickets To My Downfall” and “Mainstream Sellout”). New bands like Greta Van Fleet, Dirty Honey, Royal…

2010s Decade in Rock History
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2010s Rock

Three Days Grace and Shinedown were locked in a long-term battle for supremacy of the Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Five Finger Death Punch and Disturbed also were in the mix. Legendary bands – Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilot – returned with new singers (William DuVall and Likin Park’s Chester Bennington, respectively). For decades…

Lizzy Hale - Halestorm

Best Rock Albums 2010s

Prior to the 2010s women in Rock were scarce. A female fronted band was usually treated as an oddity. But Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, among others, changed that. Halestorm (frontwoman Lzzy Hale pictured above) delivered “The Strange Case Of…” in ’12 featuring “Love Bites.” That same year…