2 Live Crew’s As Nasty as They Wanna Be introduced the big butt-thong combo to hip-hop album art and turned a Full Metal Jacket line into a global mantra for horny teenagers. But it was in the courtroom where the group — who inspired lawsuits from both George Lucas and… Source: RollingStone Link: Reunited 2 […]

Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, John Butler Trio and Michael Franti are among two dozen musicians who have contributed songs to Buy This Fracking Album, a two-disc compilation LP intended to educate listeners about hydro-fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the earth’s shale. In a statement, Raitt said,… Source: RollingStone Link: Bonnie Raitt, […]

In what seems like a past life, four androgynous glam enthusiasts forged a synth-edelic gem of a debut, Hot Fuss, that swooned onto the charts and swept the group into arenas across the world. The Las Vegas band sang anthems of jealousy and Jenny, called themselves the Killers and ushered in a… Source: RollingStone Link: Brandon Flowers […]

Ringo Starr returns to the cover of Rolling Stone on his own for the first time since 1981 in our new issue (on stands Friday). The happy-go-lucky Beatle gets serious, tracing his whole life to this point, from his poverty-stricken childhood to his struggles with drugs and alcohol to his upcoming induction… Source: RollingStone Link: Ringo's All-Starr […]

Since the Beatles called it quits in 1970, the three men who stood in front of the stage have had no problem building their legacies — John Lennon wrote the iconic “Imagine” and “Give Peace a Chance,” George Harrison released All Things Must Pass and spent time as a Traveling Wilbury,… Source: RollingStone Link: Meet the […]

Alabama Shakes knew right away that their second album was going to take them down a strange new path. The first track the band laid down for Sound & Color (out April 21st) was “Gemini,” a six-minute slow-crawl mood piece that sounds more like Sly Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’… Source: RollingStone Link: How Alabama […]

Taylor Swift returning to country music? Not quite, but the princess of pop is one of a handful of record-setting artists being recognized with a special award from the Academy of Country Music during the ACM Awards next month. Swift will join Reba McEntire, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Kenny… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor […]

Sunny Sweeney’s “My Bed,” featuring Will Hoge, is a mournful meditation on the breakup of a marriage. And although the track from Sweeney’s terrific 2014 album, Provoked, is kind of an emotional bummer, it’s tough to be depressed around the hilariously outspoken Texan. When Rolling Stone Country was invited to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Sunny […]

If you went to middle school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2008 to 2011, you may have been lucky enough to take a class with one Mr. McPherson. As the chair of the art department, he taught students about Andy Kaufman, organized an avant-garde art program and had a mixtape club that… Source: RollingStone Link: How Fired […]

Radiohead’s OK Computer, the Doors’ self-titled 1967 debut and Joan Baez’ 1960 album Joan Baez are among the 25 recorded works that have been selected for inclusion into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Sly and the Family Stone’s Stand!, the Righteous Brothers’… Source: RollingStone Link: The Doors, […]