Brian Wilson’s long-in-the-works memoir I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir has set a release date: October 11th. The Beach Boys legend first announced he was working on the autobiography in 2013. In addition to news of the memoir’s arrival, De Capo Press, who will publish the 320-page book, also shared an introductory… Source: RollingStone Link: Read an […]
Yes will perform the entirety of their 1980 album Drama, sides one and four of their 1973 double-LP Tales From Topographic Oceans and a selection of greatest hits on their upcoming American summer tour. The 25-date trek kicks off July 27th at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio and concludes September 4th… Source: RollingStone Link: Yes Plot […]
In a few weeks music lovers across the globe will make their way into the California desert for the Coachella Music Festival, and if there’s one thing you need to rock Coachella, its an awesome braid.You could go for the classic braided crown, which looks much more complicated than it really is, a side fishtail […]
Gloria Gaynor’s disco anthem “I Will Survive” – forever a mainstay of movie soundtracks, karaoke bars and drag shows – has never gone out of style and was recently inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. “It’s such an awesome honor,” Gaynor tells Rolling Stone. “It was totally unexpected, but… Source: RollingStone Link: Gloria Gaynor […]
Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain were once alike in many ways: two messed-up small-town guys whose lives were changed forever by aggressive, rebellious rock music. But though Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses both found fame by blurring the lines between punk and metal, Rose and Cobain found themselves on the opposite side of the rock… Source: RollingStone Link: Guns N' […]
Despite a pair of duets with country icons Dolly Parton and Rodney Crowell, Jewel’s Picking Up the Pieces is mostly an intimate, back-to-basics album, focused on the same folksy introspection that made her debut Pieces of You a hit 20 years ago. It’s appropriate, then, that the new video for “Pretty… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Over the weekend, Bruce Springsteen made a powerful statement against the North Carolina Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (known as the “bathroom bill”) by cancelling his Greensboro show, and this morning in Nashville Chris Carmack and songwriter/producer Desmond Child joined GLAAD and the Tennessee Equality Project to speak out against… Source: RollingStone Link: GLAAD Calls […]
After N.W.A’s MC Ren name-checked Gene Simmons in his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech last Friday, the Kiss singer has engaged in a war of words with another member of the gangsta-rap pioneers: Ice Cube. “I want to say, to Mr. Gene Simmons, hip-hop is here forever,” Ren… Source: RollingStone Link: Ice […]
Steve Miller’s gripes against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — for which the rocker was inducted Friday night — extended past the podium into the backstage area later that night. “The whole process is unpleasant,” Miller told reporters. “The whole process needs to be changed from the top to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Steve Miller: […]
Making a music video is “corny as hell,” says Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter with a laugh. Lead singer Chino Moreno agrees: “It’s one of the worst things,” he says. “It’s acting like you’re playing your song.” Even so, making videos is still something that they and their band do on the regular for… Source: RollingStone Link: Go Behind […]