The Beatles are one of the most essential classic rock bands, but they rarely made hard rock songs. This raises an interesting question: is “Helter Skelter” the heaviest Beatles song? There are a few ...

The Beatles’ self-titled 1968 record (commonly known as the White Album) had everything except the kitchen sink. Twisted blues/surf-rock/R&B hybrid on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” The Jamaican ...

Few songs can claim to be ground zero for heavy metal. Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1969 album opener is largely accepted as the genre’s starting point, but Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues," released in ...

In 1968, The Beatles were working on one of their most groundbreaking records, their self-titled album, better known as the White Album. They were coming off a psychedelic trend with Sgt. Pepper's ...

While the Beatles were certainly a force in rock & roll, they were never the most hard-edged of their crop. While their brand of pop melody-laced rock, and their eventual turn into psychedelia, worked ...

In the summer of 1969, Charles Manson and some of his followers took part in a two-night killing spree that left seven innocent people savagely murdered. However, the infamous cult leader is debunking ...