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September 22, 2026
STORY · Metal
Why Did Amon Amarth's Sixth Album Finally Crack America?
Amon Amarth's sixth album, With Oden on Our Side, recorded in Örebro in 2006, became the Swedish band's first release to chart in America.
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Cover of “With Oden on Our Side” by Amon Amarth. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
How Nick Cave turned a Victorian childhood into gothic rock
Nick Cave was born on September 22, 1957, in Warracknabeal, Victoria, and grew from a rural Anglican childhood into the baritone voice behind gothic rock.
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STORY · Classical
Why Andrea Bocelli outsold pop stars
Andrea Bocelli, a blind lawyer-turned-tenor from Tuscany, outsold pop acts with over 90 million records, starting with his 1994 Sanremo win.
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STORY · Metal
Alice Cooper: How Constrictor Slithered Back to the Top
In 1986, Alice Cooper released Constrictor, his sixteenth studio album and ninth solo effort, after a three-year silence from a horror film detour.
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Cover of “Constrictor” by Alice Cooper. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Other
Why did Clément Marot die in exile in Turin?
Clément Marot, court poet to King Francis I, died in Turin on September 13, 1544. Two exiles tied to his Reformation sympathies led him far from the court.
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STORY · Pop
Billie Piper: From Pop Prodigy to Doctor Who's Rose
Billie Piper, born in Swindon in 1982, topped the UK Singles Chart at fifteen. She left music in 2003 to become an Olivier-winning actor and Rose Tyler on Doctor Who.
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STORY · Pop
Eddie Fisher: The Teen Idol Who Married Too Famously
Eddie Fisher rose from a Philadelphia amateur contest to become a chart-topping tenor idol of the early 1950s. He is now remembered more for his high-profile marriages than for his music.
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STORY · Alternative
Emilie Autumn Learned Sheet Music Before the Alphabet
Emilie Autumn Liddell, born September 22, 1979, was reading sheet music before the alphabet. This skill shaped her path from classical training to her self-coined Victoriandustrial sound.
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STORY · Classical
Why did Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis paint music?
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, born in a Lithuanian village in 1875, became the founder of professional Lithuanian music. He wrote his diaries in Polish and painted what music looks like.
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STORY · Pop
Toni Basil Was 38 When Mickey Hit Number One
Toni Basil was 38 when her cheerleader-themed cover "Mickey" hit number one in 1982, making her an unlikely pop phenomenon with a career rooted in dance.
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September 21, 2026
STORY · Alternative
Radiohead's Creep: Why the band tried to kill their hit
Radiohead released 'Creep' on 21 September 1992 as an accidental debut single. Its raw vulnerability became a worldwide hit the band spent decades trying to escape.
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STORY · Alternative
Oasis: How Liam Gallagher's Birthday Shaped Britpop's Legacy
Liam Gallagher, born 21 September 1972 in Manchester, became the voice of a generation. His brother Noel supplied nearly every melody, fueling Oasis's rise and fall.
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STORY · Alternative
Sam Rivers: The Bassist Who Held Limp Bizkit Together
Sam Rivers, born September 21, 1977, co-founded Limp Bizkit and played bass on every studio album. He anchored the band's nu-metal sound from 'Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$' to 'Still Sucks'.
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STORY · Rock
Faith Hill: How a Mississippi Rodeo Singer Ruled 90s Country
Faith Hill, born Audrey Faith Perry in Mississippi in 1967, rose from church and rodeo stages to rule 1990s country radio. Her string of number-one hits and crossover pop career followed.
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STORY · Pop
Pink's Just Like A Pill: Why the UK Went First
In September 2002, Pink's 'Just Like A Pill' became her first British number one, while the US chart stalled at number eight.
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STORY · Hip-Hop
Trugoy: Why De La Soul's Quiet Architect Still Matters
David Jude Jolicoeur, known as Trugoy the Dove, shaped De La Soul's playful yet introspective sound. His legacy outlived his 2023 passing.
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STORY · Pop
Fugees Ready Or Not: Why the 1996 UK No. 1 Still Echoes
In 1996, Fugees followed up 'Killing Me Softly' with 'Ready Or Not', a UK No. 1 that borrowed from Enya without permission and sparked a lawsuit that ended in settlement.
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STORY · Pop
Barry White: How a Prison Radio Changed Soul Forever
Barry White's path from juvenile detention to orchestral soul began with a jailhouse radio playing Elvis Presley. That moment led to a career that defined the genre.
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STORY · Alternative
Why did Nirvana almost bury their final album in 1993?
In September 1993, Nirvana released In Utero, a raw album that DGC Records reportedly feared would fail commercially after Nevermind's massive success.
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Cover of “In Utero” by Nirvana. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Metal
AC/DC: Thunderstruck at Little Mountain
Thirty-six years later, AC/DC's The Razors Edge remains the comeback that reset the band's commercial grip and anchored their live set.
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Cover of “The Razors Edge” by AC/DC. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
Why Did Janet Jackson's Debut Album Sink Without a Trace?
Janet Jackson's self-titled 1982 debut sold 300 thousand copies but sank without a trace. The teenager behind it didn't want to be on television, let alone in a studio.
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Cover of “Janet Jackson” by Janet Jackson. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Pop
Why Did ABBA Gold Outsell Every ABBA Album Before It?
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, released by PolyGram in September 1992, outsold every studio album the band made, becoming a 30-million-copy phenomenon.
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Cover of “Gold – Greatest Hits” by ABBA. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
Why Did The Fragile Drop Off Billboard So Fast?
Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile topped the Billboard 200, then collapsed to 16th in a week. Trent Reznor's ambitious 1999 triple album paid a price for its scope.
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Cover of “The Fragile” by Nine Inch Nails. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Metal
Why Did Scorpions Refuse to Write Another Wind of Change?
In 1993, Scorpions released 'Face the Heat', their twelfth studio album. The band refused to follow 'Wind of Change' with another ballad, instead embracing a heavy, confrontational sound.
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Cover of “Face the Heat” by Scorpions. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Metal
The Day Thin Lizzy Found Their Roar
On September 21, 1973, Thin Lizzy released Vagabonds of the Western World, a third album that captured the band discovering exactly what it wanted to be.
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Cover of “Vagabonds of the Western World” by Thin Lizzy. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Folk
Why Faith Hill's Breathe still defines country crossover
Faith Hill's album Breathe turned her into a global crossover star, with the title track becoming the top-selling U.S. single of that year.
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STORY · Other
Walter Brennan: The Only Triple Supporting Actor Oscar Winner
Walter Brennan, a bank clerk turned pineapple farmer, won Best Supporting Actor three times — a record no other performer has matched in Academy history.
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STORY · Metal
Led Zeppelin's Second Box Set Hid a Song No One Knew
In 1993, Jimmy Page pulled a previously unreleased studio track, "Baby Come On Home," from the vault for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2. The discovery turned a routine compilation into a collector's debate.
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Cover of “Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2” by Led Zeppelin. Source: Cover Art Archive (coverartarchive.org)
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STORY · Alternative
Liam Gallagher: The Kid Who Swallowed Britpop Whole
Liam Gallagher, born in Burnage in 1972, rose from a violent Manchester childhood to co-found Oasis. He became one of the most recognisable voices in 1990s British rock.
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STORY · Classical
Why did Gustav Holst only have one hit?
Gustav Holst spent most of his career as a trombone player and schoolteacher. Yet only The Planets ever broke through, leaving a gap between ambition and recognition.
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