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After a medical emergency led to canceled shows earlier in the year, Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney was back with the ...
From the moment the Arctic Monkeys released 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' in 2006, they've been one one of the most buzzed-about bands on the planet. Last year's 'AM' finally ...
1 Before Green Day, singer-guitarist Billie Joe Amrstrong and singer-bassist Mike Dirnt played their first show together under the name Sweet Children at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, Calif., in 1987.
So, below, we spotlight 35 of the most offensive band names ever. Of course, everybody has a different interpretation of what's over the line (or if a line should exist at all), but to cover our ...
Michael Buckner / Danny Martindale / Theo Wargo / Duane Prokop, Getty Images In this gallery we explore some of the most famous, and infamous, bands that replaced their lead singer, which should ...
It was 40 years ago that a tiny country bar in a seedy part of Manhattan compromised its principles, started booking rock acts and altered the course of music history.
Here are 20 times the 'Star Wars' film universe has been referenced in lyrics and song titles.
ELP sells the world's only commercially-available laser turntable, which forgoes the needle in favor of five precisely-focused lasers.
Thom Yorke is no fan of sentiment. On an album rife with songs about alienation, “Let Down” explores a few forms of disaffection – caused by transportation, alcohol and sentimentality. The ...
OK Computer is where everything changed for Radiohead. Their 1993 debut album, Pablo Honey, was spotty, bland and tentative; its 1995 follow-up, The Bends, was a major leap forward. But who was ...
With 'Kid A' turning 15 this week, we spotlight 20 artists who might be America's answer to the most fearless and cerebral band on the planet.
No disrespect to the original songs, but these covers take the source material to entirely new (and sometimes unexpected) places.