On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band-Aid was the first big group charity single. It was organized by Bob Geldof, who a year later put together "We Are The World" and Live Aid.
"The Night Chicago Died" was written and recorded by the British group Paper Lace. They talk about Al Capone in the song, but got a lot of details wrong - understandable since they wrote it based on gangster movies.
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 made it obvious who their song "This Love" was about when he named the album "Songs About Jane."
Phil Oakey recorded his vocals for "Don't You Want Me" in the studio bathroom. The recording was disrupted by guitarist Jo Callis reaching through an open window from outside to repeatedly flush one of the toilets.
Can you be married in one country but not another? Only if you're part of a gay couple. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.
