What Came Next...

Gin Blossoms scored a surprise hit with their second album New Miserable Experience.  However, that success was bittersweet.  Most of the songs were written by Doug Hopkins who was fired from the band...

14 Dec 20257min

Peter Gabriel achieved his biggest solo success in 1986 with the album So.  Not only did it produce some of the most memorable music videos of the decade, but it also produced some of the best songs. ...

7 Dec 20258min

After the runaway hit that was Appetite for Destruction Guns n' Roses kept themselves both on the chart and as the targets of controversy with the stop-gap G n' R Lies in 1988.  The real album to foll...

4 Maj 202510min

The death of Randy Rhoads during the tour for Diary of a Madman was a severe blow to Ozzy Osbourne, especially after the success of that album.  Jack Blades replaced Rhoads on guitar for the live reco...

27 Apr 20255min

Progressive rock music had dwindled in popularity as the '70s came to a close.  Still, Asia was able to score a major hit with "Heat of the Moment" from their 1982 debut album Asia.  Their record labe...

20 Apr 20255min

Although only a minor hit in the U.S., "Video Killed the Radio Star" topped the charts in a number of countries, and Buggles' 1979 The Age of Plastic became a hit in many countries.  It was popular en...

13 Apr 20255min

Although he was already popular with fans of Dr. Demento, "Weird Al" Yankovic scored a top-40 hit with "Eat It" in 1984 from the album In 3-D, and followed it up with one of the best comedy albums eve...

6 Apr 20257min

The Stranger was the album that, after a decade of setbacks, finally made Billy Joel a success.  It was no surprise it's follow-up, 1978's 52nd Street, debuted at number one.  The sound was a bit jazz...

30 Mars 20256min