Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus got cancer—and then accidentally shared his diagnosis with the public over social media. Turns out getting sick renewed his faith, healed his old friendships, and reminded him what makes life worth living.
Prince had grand plans for his autobiography, but only a few months to live.
Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and other sober musicians on how to thrive creatively without drugs or booze.
A conversation between Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and William Burroughs.
How Jerry Lee Lewis got away with murdering 25-year-old Shawn Michelle Stevens, his fifth wife.
A profile of the Talking Heads frontman.
The battle for the old man with “snots running down his nose / Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.”
An ode to the guitarist.
The artist at 85.
When the music was real, but the bands were fake.
An interview with Jimmy Page on nostalgia, Robert Plant, and why he would only publish an autobiography after he dies.
On the county fair and casino circuit with Huey Lewis, who at 61 is “part of a select fraternity of musicians who can draw a couple thousand people in dozens (if not hundreds) of middle-American towns … scattered throughout the country.”
How the Brooklynization of culture killed regional music scenes.
As mainstream rock declines and disappears from the radio, an examination of seven bands who were amongst the biggest of their respective eras.
On tour with America’s first 50-year-old rock band.
A profile of the late singer.
TM The only other time I saw you was in Bleecker Bob’s in the ‘70s. You walked in eating pizza and wearing aviator glasses and Bleecker Bob showed you an Ian Dury picture sleeve and you said, “I don’t listen to music by people I don’t wanna fuck.” PS (laughter) Yeah, that was me.
The rise and fall of “Rock Around the Clock” singer Bill Haley.
An oral history of the Strokes.
Four years after a disastrous MTV performance had led him to avoid the public, Rose was back on stage.
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In the early 1960s, Middle Eastern guys in Brooklyn introduced America to Arabic rock-and-roll.
