Going on tour is hard. You’re away from home for months at a time. There’s little sleep, bad food, too many drugs, a surfeit of alcohol, late nights, temptations into bad behavior, crazy
Read MoreThe Red Hot Chili Peppers have gone through many changes when it came to guitarists. The original guy was Hillel Slovak, but he died of a drug overdose in 1988. The first replacement
Read MoreAlong with The Ramones and The Sex Pistols, The Clash form the Holy Trinity of 70s-era punk rock. They created the foundations for so much of the punk that was to come. The
Read MoreDave Grohl has famously said many times that he was a massive fan of John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, right to the point of having some Zep tattoos. But while Bonham was an
Read MoreBeing knighted by the British Empire is one of the greatest honours anyone can ever hope to earn. It’s a tradition that goes back centuries. Now the question: Who was the first rocker
Read MoreIn 2007, vinyl was pretty much dead. The format was barely hanging on thanks to a dwindling number of diehard collectors and DJs who refused to give up on their SL-1200 turntables. But
Read MoreHere’s a simple question with a very complicated answer—and I’m not even sure we know the answer: why do we have music? There’s no known evolutionary or biological need for it. We could
Read MoreHow’s this for a rare collectible? Legend has it that a Toronto man may have the last-ever autograph signed by Kurt Cobain. This guy just happened to be in Seattle on April 2,
Read MoreYou don’t need me to tell you that freaky things can happen at concerts. May I offer two examples? In 2004, a Norwegian couple stormed the stage during a festival, and began to
Read MoreIf you were to look around at other humans today, chances are you would see a bunch of them listening to some kind of personal music device. People have been using portable cassette
Read MoreFlorence Welch of Florence + The Machine has several health challenges. She’s dyslexic. She has a condition called dyspraxia, which affects movement and coordination. She’s battled an eating disorder, along with anxiety, and
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