Anniversaries

Music journalist recalls his famous, three-letter pan of AOR supergroup's self-titled 1986 LP.

Singer felt a well-earned confidence ahead of third LP, which came out in July 1981.

Their breakthrough LP would eventually sell more than a million copies in the U.S.

LP followed frontman's first solo project.

Artists were all at distinctive – yet very different – points in their careers.

They'd reestablished themselves with 1990's well-received 'Seven Turns,' but something was still missing.

Singer "didn't think much" of his breakthrough single.

Poppy, upbeat song stands out on an otherwise dark, aggressive album.

George Harrison came up with the idea for one of the grandest Fab Four tributes ever created.

Song sounded like all was well with the band, but disaster was just around the corner.