"He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude. They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude. Eager for action and hot for the game, the coming attraction, the drop of a name... Life in the fast lane ...

Author Mick Wall makes that clear from the first words in his book subtitled as the band’s “Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway.” But that didn’t deter longtime British music journalist Wall – ...

So many classic rock songs from the 1960s and 1970s were connected to drugs in some way. For example, “Life in the Fast Line” by The Eagles was inspired by a drug dealer. The song narrowly missed ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Rarely, though, has the internal life of a band been so at odds with the sounds that it made.