Singer and guitarist Steve Marriott was one of Britain’s most respected blues-rock performers of the 60s and 70s.

Curtis Mayfield had already lived several musical lifetimes by the time fate intervened. He’d helped invent socially conscious soul, soundtracked the civil rights movement, and quietly influenced generations of artists who followed. Then, in 1990, a falling stage light changed everything. What came next wasn’t a dramatic comeback or a victory lap—it was a slow, stubborn refusal to stop creating. This is how Curtis Mayfield kept making music when almost nothing worked the way it used to.

Hollywood loves a test screening. Dim the lights, hand out comment cards, and let a roomful of strangers decide a movie’s fate. Sometimes that feedback saves a project. Other times, it nearly buries films that would later be crowned untouchable classics. From endings that were completely rewritten to tones that were wildly misunderstood, these movies all faced brutal early reactions—and survived anyway.

Every generation has guilty pleasures—but boomers? Oh, they practically invented them. Long before Spotify Wrapped exposed everyone’s questionable listening habits, boomers were already hiding record sleeves under their beds and praying no one caught them humming along. These are the songs they loved…and would rather not talk about.

Every legendary rock band has at least one album fans worship—and at least one they quietly pretend never existed. These are the greatest highs and the most notorious lows from the most iconic bands of all time… or are they? Do you agree with the choices?

Some bands were too strange, too experimental, or too ahead of their time to fit neatly between Top 40 jingles and car-dealership ads. But their weirdness? That’s exactly what made them unforgettable. These groups never conquered radio—but they conquered everyone who actually listened.