Leonard Cohen Can’t Slow Down
Leonard Cohen | Photo Credit: G Cluskey / Shutterstock “One of the downsides of growing old is that you have to surrender your vices one by one,” says Leonard Cohen. “I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I...
View ArticleChris Cornell Quizzes Jimmy Page About Led Zeppelin’s Glory Days
Chris Cornell and Jimmy Page discuss the Led Zeppelin guitarist’s new photo book in Los Angeles on November 12th, 2014. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Jimmy Page, guitarist and sonic architect of the...
View ArticleThe Great Lost Doors Movie Reveals ‘How Jim Really Was’
The Doors | Photo Credit: Elektra Records / Joel Brodsky In 1968, the Doors decided to chronicle their life on the road and commissioned a crew to document their in-progress tour. The band would...
View Article‘We Are the World': A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown on Its 30th Anniversary
“Check your egos at the door” read the sign on the front door of A&M Studios in Los Angeles on the night of January 28th, 1985. Producer Quincy Jones had placed it there because dozens of the...
View ArticleAs Nasty as They Wanna Be: The 20 Dirtiest Album Covers of All Time
Years ago, before American society had achieved full pornofication, the raciest image in a teenager’s room might be an album cover. And many musicians (and record-company art departments) had figured...
View ArticleScott Weiland: The Lost Q&A
Scott Weiland. Photo: © Markus Cuff/Corbis “I’m sick of talking about heroin and cocaine,” Scott Weiland told Rolling Stone in 2004. “I’m sick of talking about what it’s like to be in the back of a cop...
View ArticleThe Beatles’ 5 Boldest Rip-Offs
Accused of exploiting other artists’ songs in the Beatles, John Lennon defended himself by saying, “It wasn’t a rip-off; it was a love-in.” Paul McCartney’s take: “We pinch as much from other people...
View ArticleJared Leto Gets Back
Jared Leto. Illustration: Phillip Burke In the department of pet names that don’t require deep metaphorical interpretation, there is Judas, a wolf – yes, a wolf! – that Jared Leto used to own. “He...
View ArticleQuincy Jones’ Best Stories About Working With MJ, Sinatra and Ray
Quincy Jones. Photo courtesy of Flickr. Quincy Jones, now 81 years old, has been not just an eyewitness to the evolution of 20th century music but one of its biggest players. He started as a jazz...
View ArticleAvicii Calls in Rock & Roll Collaborators for Follow-Up to ‘True’
Swedish beat chef brings in Billie Joe Armstrong, Chris Martin and more for new LP The post Avicii Calls in Rock & Roll Collaborators for Follow-Up to ‘True’ appeared first on .
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