When Roger McGuinn fired David Crosby from The Byrds in 1967, it ended a friendship, reshaped the band, and ignited a lasting counterculture rivalry.

On August 27, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan finished a successful concert in Wisconsin and prepared to leave the venue. Then tragedy struck.

Post-grunge is one of those genres people love to roast… right up until one of its biggest songs comes on and they suddenly know every word. At its best, post-grunge delivered the kind of songs that felt like emotional release valves, built for blasting in the car, screaming at a concert, or surviving your early-2000s heartbreak with dignity (or at least volume). These are the tracks that defined that sound.

How Chaka Khan escaped a turbulent childhood, broke free from Rufus, and used raw honesty and funk power to become one of music’s most influential Black women.

James Brown’s painful childhood, discipline, and relentless work ethic forged the temper and genius that made him the hardest working man in show business.

How Aretha Franklin transformed personal pain into power, turning “Respect” into a cultural anthem that reshaped music, civil rights, and American history.