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This was more than a kiss-off to the Beatles. It was his demolition of everything the previous decade stood for.

They reached No. 1 in the U.K. just days after its release, then matched that feat in the U.S.

An enormous undertaking, 'The Last Waltz' dinner and show was nearly derailed time and again.

He has been in the lineup since 1981's diamond-selling U.S. chart-topping 'Escape' album.

Gone were the conventional verse-chorus-bridge structures of their earliest successes.

Warrant's second album defied the sophomore jinx, but there would be a larger price to pay later on.

Released on Sept. 11, 1990, FireHouse's first album laid the template for a sound that'd bring them Top 40 hits long after grunge cost many of their peers their record deals.

For years, people wondered what a 'Purple Rain' sequel might look like. 'Graffiti Bridge' gave the answer few were looking for.

Ratt peeled off a string of platinum-selling records in the '80s. The next decade was a different story, starting with 1990's 'Detonator.'

After a decade of success, Duran Duran entered the '90s sounding like a band that might have lost its mojo.