Of the thousands of books written by or about the Beatles and seemingly everyone in their orbit, it’s astonishing to think there have been only a handful on someone so close to epicenter: Yoko Ono.

The two were married in 1969, and together, they formed the Plastic Ono Band — a collaborative artist collective that meshed their interests in rock music, films and conceptual arts projects.

John Lennon could do nearly everything after The Beatles, but his label was not having it when this record was coming out.

Instead, he simply bared his soul on 1970's Plastic Ono Band. The LP became a Top 10 international hit and went gold. But more importantly, Plastic Ono Band set a template of frank honesty and ...

It’s February 20th and here are some reasons why this day matters in rock history: In 1960, a 16-year-old guitarist named Jimi Hendrix made his stage debut when he played a show at Seattle’s Temple ...

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as well as her collaborator on peace-protest “bed-ins” and in the Plastic Ono Band. Yet that period forms just a small part of an exhibition opening this week at the Tate Modern gallery in London.

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...