Epic Records

Funk Pop Rock Soul 

Too High To Get Over: Thriller Turns 40

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Beat It, Billie Jean, Eddie Van Halen, Epic Records, Human Nature, Michael Jackson, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Quincy Jones, The Girl Is Mine, Thriller, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Why Michael Jackson’s smash 1982 LP remains the biggest selling album of all time

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Alternative Rock Rock 

No One Knows How Long We’re Gonna Be Here: Brad’s Interiors at 25  

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 David Seville 3 Comments 1997, Brad, Epic Records, Interiors, Pearl Jam, Satchel, Shawn Smith, Stone Gossard

Looking back on a deep crate classic from the Pearl Jam multiverse

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Hard Rock Rock Seattle 

Nobody Knows Your Melancholy Mind: Heart’s Little Queen At 45

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Ann Wilson, Barracuda, Crazy on You, Epic Records, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Little Queen, Mushroom Records, Nancy Wilson, Portrait Records

Looking back on the album that gave the Wilson sisters, and their fans, a true voice

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Hard Rock Power Pop 

ELO Kiddies!: The First Cheap Trick LP at 45

February 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Epic Records, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

The Rockford rock legends’ eponymous debut is an infectious blast of energy from a band coming into its own

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Keep Your Hand On The Gospel Plow: 25 Years of Dust

July 2, 2021July 15, 2021 Jason Perri 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, All I Know, Barrett Martin, Dust, Epic Records, Gary Lee Conner, MARK LANEGAN, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Van Conner

The final Screaming Trees studio LP was the culmination of what the band had been yearning for since their humble beginnings

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Indie Rock Power Pop 

Big Dipper Hits A Slam

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 1990, Big Dipper, College Radio, Epic Records, Slam

The inside story of how the Boston college-rock heroes fell prey to the major label conglomerate in 1990 

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Indie Rock 

Mighty Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica at 20

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, Built To Spill, Epic Records, Eric Judy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Seattle, The Moon & Antarctica, Up Records

Why the third Modest Mouse LP remains the band’s quintessential creative statement

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