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The guitarist and frontman chat about their fraught partnership, earliest goals and (possibly) final shows on the road.
By Ethan Millman Music Editor A decade ago, Gene Simmons of Kiss made a declaration: rock is officially dead. Or as he told ...
Rock Legend, 66, Drops New Music — With a Warning: ‘It Might Be a Surprise for Some of My Fans’ originally appeared on Parade ...
Jack White’s feud with the White House underscores the need for the CBGB Festival, showcasing 21 generation-spanning bands ...
Rock Music Icon Robert Plant Adding Shows Due to 'Massive' Demand originally appeared on Parade. Want to see Robert Plant in ...
Oranges and Lemons is XTC’s best album, although many would claim its predecessor, Skylarking, holds that honor. And while ...
In album units, rock is 50% larger than pop music, which has a 14.8% market share, but pop was featured prominently during the show. As was R&B/hip-hop, which is still the biggest genre at a 27.8% ...
Rock music was changing in 1975, and some changes led to a punk rock revolt. But before the punks arrived, these songs changed rock history.
Rock music has not been this irrelevant since the late 1950s and early 1960s, when its momentum was stalled by Elvis joining the Army, Buddy Holly crashing into an Iowa cornfield, and Chuck Berry ...
Now, 30 years later, rock has gone quiet in a music landscape ruled by pop and hip-hop. “It has become a very retro-minded sort of genre at radio,” said Unterberger.
Guitars may seem to matter less than ever. But just beneath the mainstream, dozens of female bands are making some of the most acclaimed, urgent, politically relevant music around.