“I didn’t want to play it boring and safe. I also didn’t want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they’re even scarier than first ones.” Second albums, particularly ones that are follow-ups to ...

(Clockwise from top left: George De Sota/Stan Honda/Frank Micelotta/Kevin Winter/Kevin Winter/ShowBizIreland/Getty Images) The 50 best songs of 1996 For some reason this week, I've been thinking about ...

The 1996 MTV Video Music Awards came at a very difficult time for the Smashing Pumpkins. The band was at the peak of their popularity, and they won seven awards, including Video of the Year for ...

This story is part of Complex's The 1996 Project: Looking Back at the Year Hip-Hop Embraced Success. The ’90s is a beloved hip-hop era that can bring out the best and worst in fans. Those who grew up ...

"This is history! Right here, right now!" Trafalgar Releasing has revealed the first trailer for a music history doc film called Oasis Knebworth 1996, which is about that exact concert. It is not a ...

Fiction vs. Reality: The Rock Hall’s actual Class of 1996 was bittersweet. The class amazingly featured big names like Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Shirelles, Little Willie John and The Velvet ...