Here's who I'd put on my Mount Rushmore of nu metal (three spots were easy, one was excruciatingly hard)

Nu metal has produced some of heavy music's biggest bands - and here are the four artists I'd hold up as the genre's Big 4 ...

How Trent Reznor wrote Nine Inch Nails' first big hit - and why it annoyed the hell out of him

Trent Reznor was working as an assistant engineer, janitor and all-round dogsbody at Right Track Studios in Cleveland, Ohio ...

Beatles Legend Ringo Starr Wrote His First Song for the Iconic Band and It Flopped

Beatles legend Ringo Starr spent four years writing his first song for the band, but despite the effort, it ended up flopping ...

How P.M. Dawn Became the Unlikely Group to Cement Rap’s Place on the Pop Charts

Author Chris Dalla Riva explores how P.M. Dawn's 'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss' made music history as the first Number One of the SoundScan era.

41 Years Ago Today, Madonna Released What Is Arguably Her Greatest Album Ever

Madonna’s 1984 album remains arguably her greatest work, an era-defining record that changed pop music forever.
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On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson’s First Collaborative Album With Wife Rita Coolidge Knocked His Previous Album off the Top of the Chart

[RELATED: On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson Landed His First and Only Solo No. 1 on the Country Albums Chart] She was right, the pair said “I do” in August 1973. They released Full Moon the next ...