The Eagles' "Hotel California" was inspired by several movies, including Alfred Hitchcock’s 'Psycho'. Both "Hotel California" and 'Psycho' are part of an odd cultural fixation on hotels and motels.
The Monkees' songs don't get classified as punk rock. Despite this, The Monkees released a punk rock song long before the genre really took off in the 1970s.
The Doors and The Monkees were two of the bands that helped define rock in the 1960s. Despite this, The Doors' Jim Morrison didn't see The Monkees as his peers.
Perhaps the most provocative subgenre of classic rock is punk rock. The first punk rock song originally had a title that might’ve been too much for radio at the time.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs wanted to control a story about him in a magazine. He allegedly threatened violence when the magazine wouldn't show him the story beforehand.
One aspect of The Eagles' "Hotel California" took weeks to complete. The Eagles' Don Henley dismissed the idea that all this work counted as perfectionism from his bandmates.