Dee Snider had every reason to believe things were moving in the right direction in 1990, despite the recent collapse ofTwisted Sister and associated financial problems. An effective bankruptcy ...

For a band that was never particularly narrative, linear or even all that ambitious with their songwriting, the Eagles’ decision to make their second album a concept record always seemed a bit odd.

The Eagles did not strike gold with every record. On April 17, 1973, exactly 53 years ago today, the band released Desperado, their ambitious Old West concept album. It debuted at a lowly No. 145 on ...

On April 17, 2023, the Eagles celebrate the 50th anniversary of their sophomore album, Desperado. Released in 1973, the album continued the band’s legacy as a legendary rock band in the making, ...

Classic rock could get a little historically minded from time to time. For example, Desperado by The Eagles was inspired by Old West outlaws. A member of The Eagles said that the overall point of the ...

In tribute to Glenn Frey, who died on January 18, 2016, we look back on the legend of 1973’s Desperado in this archive piece from Uncut’s June 2013 issue (Take 193). Forty years on, with help from ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Years after Desperado first premiered, Salma Hayek is opening up about the trauma she experienced from filming the 1995 movie’s sex scene. During an appearance on Dax ...

Robert Rodriguez wanted to cast Hayek, but the studio forced her to go through the audition process. Hayek got on Rodriguez’s radar after he watched a 1992 interview between the actress and Univision ...

Funny, in a way, that Desperado isn’t much talked about as a contemporary Western. Maybe it was by default when it first came out, and maybe 30 years is too long for the word “contemporary” to still ...