The Bangles song "Eternal Flame" was inspired by a display at Graceland that honored Elvis Presley.
"London Calling" by The Clash was written amid widespread fears that the Thames River was going to flood the city.
The band Simple Minds took their name from the line "He's so simple minded he can't drive his module" in David Bowie's "The Jean Genie."
"She Loves You" by The Beatles was the song that convinced Ozzy Osbourne to make music his life. The Beatles were a big influence on him because they were also poor kids from a small town in England.
"Little Talks," released in 2011 during the folk-rock boom, was the big hit for the Icelandic group Of Monsters And Men. The song is delivered as a conversation between a longtime married couple, but the woman might be going crazy and talking to a ghost.
"The Reason" by Hoobastank took off on TikTok in 2021 when it soundtracked confessional #NotAPerfectPerson videos about mistakes and regrets. The band made one of their own with the caption: "Realizing 20 years later that you named your band Hoobastank."
The Christian rapper talks about where his trip to Haiti and his history of addiction fit into his songs.
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
Rock Stars - especially those in the metal realm - are often enlisted for horror movies. See if you know can match the rocker to the role.
Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath explains the meanings behind some of their biggest songs and names the sci-fi books that have influenced him.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.