The first four Metallica albums are among the genre’s most powerful and enduring documents, and while the band’s debut LP, Kill ‘Em All, was a landmark for thrash metal, Ride the Lightning presented a quantum […]
Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse has announced his permanent departure from the band. Morse previously went on hiatus in April to look after his wife, Janine, as she battled cancer. At he time, he had […]
Actor Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the long-running sitcom “Leave It To Beaver,” is in hospice care, his family members have told multiple news outlets. Dow’s death was erroneously announced on his Facebook […]
“Bang that head that doesn’t bang.” – R. Burch ‘83 Thus reads the quote on the back sleeve of Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All, which was released on July 25th, 1983. It stands as […]
Wilmer Valderrama is ready to be Fez again. He shared a photo of his script, which features the logo of the spin-off on “That ‘70s Show” with his character’s name on it, confirming his involvement. […]
Since his death in 2017, Mark Fisher has reputationally ascended to the status of dissident national treasure. His work as a leftist cultural critic continues to inspire the young in particular – Fisher murals adorn […]
POWERMAN 5000 vocalist Spider One and the masked STATIC-X frontman Xer0 (who is rumored to be DOPE singer Edsel Dope) joined ROB ZOMBIE on stage this past Thursday (July 21) in Noblesville, Indiana to perform […]
Aesthetically, Channel Tres has carved out a distinct sound for himself that he dubs “Compton House.” Beyond the moniker though, when you hear a Channel Tres track, it’s uncanny. His drums hit with a particular […]
Channel Tres was ahead of the curve with house music before Drake and Beyoncé took on the genre, and now the producer and singer has announced his debut album, Real Cultural Shit. It’s out this […]
What’s the philosophy behind She & Him’s new Beach Boys tribute album? Why revisit a musical era very different from today? eamonnmcc All the more reason to, right? I started out doing 1920s and 1930s […]
From 1974 to 1976, John Amos touched millions of lives as the iconic patriarch James Evans, Sr., on Good Times—until he was unceremoniously dumped from the cast midway through its run. But while the show […]
20 Mary Jane (All Night Long) (1995) Mary Jane is a reworking of Mary Jane Girls’ fantastic 1983 hit All Night Long. It is hard to go wrong with source material as good as that, […]
Photo Credit: David Alexander The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has announced the arrest of individuals possessing stolen handwritten lyrics for The Eagles’ album, Hotel California. Glenn Horowitz (66), Craig Inciardi (58), and Edward Kosinski (59) […]
At the apex of his career in the freewheeling 70s, Earl McGrath headed a record company for the Rolling Stones, ran his own label distributed by Atlantic Records that featured early recordings by stars like […]
Triumphantly countering the racist, homophobic chumps who burned records during the Disco Sucks movement in the US in the late-70s, disco has continued to thrive in the past four decades. The frequently bombastic, sometimes camp […]
The impact of Running Up That Hill being used in Stranger Things was so great and so unprecedented that even Kate Bush was taken aback, calling it “quite shocking really” in a rare interview with […]
In the late ’70s and early ’80s, the eccentric rock band KISS was in its heyday and frontman Gene Simmons was living the full rockstar lifestyle—complete with an equally famous significant other. Music legend Cher […]
What is Richard Carpenter’s Net Worth? Richard Carpenter is an American singer, songwriter and musician who has a net worth of $14 million. Richard Carpenter is best known for being one half of the music […]
During what should have been one of the best months of his life, rapper Tasman Keith fell apart. He had been chosen to support Midnight Oil on tour – a dream booking for a musician […]
An auction of illustrations by the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has sold for almost triple the estimate at Sotheby’s in Paris. The “white glove” sale – where all lots were sold – raised a […]