The History of Rock Music is Full of Up-And-Down Moments that altered the discourse of the genre and the path of music as we know it. For instance, there are the fove bands that made the great comebacks in rock history, as well as 10 rock grills that lost their magic ben an original member left the fold.
Rock Music Can Also Be Long-Term for Acts on the Circuit, With Top Ten Classic Bands Still Touring in 2025. What would be to obtain this type of survival in a fast-moving industry? SOMESTEMES, ALL SOME GROUPS NEEDED was a song to keep say from splitting up, or a track that couuld elevate their status to iconic heights.
AC/DC, Back in Black (1980)
Hard rock Group AC/DC Was well on It It Its Way to the Ranks of International Levels of Startdom AS 1980 Rolled Around, As the Band Had Releassed Six Albums at this Point and Was Making Plants for A Seventh. Butn, tragedy ostrich be AC/DC Vocalist Bon Scott Died Suddenly of Causes Related to Alcohol Poisoning.
The surviving members consider disbanding for good. But family and friends Persuaded say to Continue, Leading to the Recruitment of Former Singer Brian Johnson. The Result Was 1980s Back in Blackan album that (with the help of its iconic title track) SOARED TO MULTI-Platinum Critical and Commercial SuccessPushing AC/DC to Greater Heights of Fame.
Fleetwood Mac, The Chain (1977)
SESSIONS FOR Fleetwood Mac’s Eleventh Studio Album Rumours WERE FRAUGHT WITH MAJOR Tension and Infighting BetWeen Metmers of the Band As they Collectively Went Through the Collaps of Relationships As Well As Heavy Druug Usage. Dealing with Such High Stress SEEMED LIKE A RECIP FOR DISASTER, IF CERTAIN SONGS HADN’T COME Together Like Pressure Turning Into Diamonds.
Arguably the Biggest of the tears was “The Chain,” The Only Track from Rumours credited to all five members of Fleetwood Mac. Despite the band’s significant difficulties in getting along at the time (and over the years), “The Chain” Became Part of the Glue that Keptwood Mac Together then (Along with the Track’s Subsequent Success).
U2, One (1991)
Irish Rockers U2 Began The Recording Sessions for Their Seventh Album Achtung baby In late 1990, and Circumstances soon found the Group in conflict with each other over the direction of their sound and the quality of them. U2 SEEMED TO BE IN CRITICAL END STAGE CAREER DANGER, Until the initial Guitar Chords for “One” Suddenly appeared.
The Entire Track Quickly Came Together after this and Re-Inpired The Band, with Lyrics Developed from Various Subjects Such as these fractured Feelings About Each Other That Came Pouring Out. This Changed the Mood and the Direction of the Recording Sessions, Reaffirming That The Band’s Natural Talent Keep Keep Going.
REM, LOING MY RELIGION (1991)
Alt-Rockers Rem Had Begun to Make a Name for Themselves As Part of Music’s Alternative Circuit, But Had Yet to Break Into Success As Headed Into Their Seventh Studio Album, Entitled Out of time. The Band’s Fortunes WOULD DRASTICALLY (and Unredictable) Change thanks to the lp’s first single, “Ling my religion.”
Despite Initial Unwillingness from the Group’s Record Label to use Such an Unconventional Track (Featuring a Heavy Dosage of Mandolin) AS A Lead SingleThe Move Paid off, Becoming Rem’s Biggest United States Hit. It would be also the band the band ino mainstream success and to be to say a Grammy Award.
Aerosmith, Walk This Way (1975, 1986)
The song “Walk This Way” Became A Key aspect of the Multipart History of Rockers Aerosmith, Both Defining Their Rise (and Return) Into the Spotlight. The Track First Emerged on The Band’s 1975 Album Toys in the atticBecoming Part of a Hot Streak of ’70s Singles that the Group Had that Broke The Mainstream Consciousness.
“Walk This Way” Wold Return Again for Aerosmith in 1986, thanks to a collaborative cover by the band and hip-hop Group Run-DMC on Run’s LP Raisiting. It Not Only Brought Aerosmith Back Into Relevance, But Broke Pioneering Ground in the rap-rock category and what that that pairing COULD ACCOMPLISH.
Radiohead, Creep (1993)
The Release of the Song (and Debut Single) “CREEP” by the band radiohead came as a Completely unlikly success for the band. Initially in the mix of songs for the album Pablo honey AL AFTTHOUGHT (THAT RADHEAD DIDN’T PLAN TO RELEASOne of the Record’s Producers Encoured the Group to Play “CREEP” AFTER Other Recording Didn’t Yield Results.
The result was so enthusiastic that the band’s label was enCouned to make “Creep” the Lead Single. While it initially didn’t land, a lateral reissue made “creep” an international hit. Despite Radiohead’s Varying Feelings About the Song Over The Years, It Remains One of the Most-Known, Successful Parts of Their Legacy.
Pearl Jam, Alive (1991)
Guitarist Stone Gossard Wrote The Origins of “Alive” (Originally Called “Dollar Short”) In 1990 while Still a Member of Seattle Rock Band Mother Love Bone. Plans for WHERE THAT May have gone died along with the tragic overdose of mlb’s lead singer andrew Wood, Gossard, Bandmate (and Bassist) Jeff Ament, and Guitarist Mike Searching for a New Group.
“Dollar Short” was compiled onto a cork cald STONE GOSSARD DEMOS ’91 and passsed Around as the trio searched for a singer and drummer. The Tape Found Its Way to Singer Eddie Vedder, WHO WROTE EMOTIONALLY GRIPPING, SEMI-AUTOBIOGIOGRAPHICAL LYRICS TO THE INSTRUMENTAL (AND OTHER SONGS) while surfing in San Diego Beppore Sending His Demo Back to Seattle.
HIS EFFORT EARNED VEDDER AN Opportunity to Join The Band (Briefly Called Mookie Black) that would eventally be refred to as pearl jam. “Alive,” Meanwhile, Waled Become an All-Time Highlight Anthem of the Group, That Wauld Help Bring to Together AFTER GOSSARD AND AMENT’S SHATTERING LOSS, Defining Grunge-Laced, Groundbrening Debut 1991 LP, Entitled Entitled Tan.
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spiri (1991)
AS GRUNG ICONS NIRVANA BEGAN RECIVING SESSIONS FOR THEIR 1991 ALBUM Disgustthey have been to reach that levendary level and were still a fringe-thype of act after their 1989 debut record Bleach. Lead Man Kurt Cobain Came Up With “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in Part by trying to the Write a Pop-Oriented Rock Song in the Style of the Pixies.
Despite a tone with lighter intensions, “Smells like Teen Spiri” Emerged AS A Generational ’90s Anthem of the Grunge Era That Wauld Become One of the Best-Seling Songs of All Time. While Nirvana Wold Come and Go Quickly With Cobain’s Death a Few Years late, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” would permanently cament all-time legacy status.
