“It also doesn’t feel like a cover band. It’s more like a celebration band.” R.E.M. released 15 albums between ... to be a rock star. I’m not attempting to be Michael Stipe.

Based on a poem sent to Joan Baez by Nina Duschek, “Saigon Bride” is emblematic of ’60s folk music and tells the story of a solider who goes to war, leaving his wife behind. “How many dead men will it ...

R.E.M. may have disbanded in 2011, but their music has never been more alive — thanks in big part to Michael Shannon. The Oscar-nominated actor, 50, has taken his fandom for the rock ... the album ...

A rock legend is reuniting with his original band for their first new album in half a century. Alice Cooper announced “The ...

Legendary rock album ... record covers and merchandise for massive bands including Deep Purple, Bon Jovi, Allman Brothers, Uriah Heap, Styx, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynard Skynard, Extreme Michael ...

Ioannis Vasilopoulos, who crafted an iconic identity as a rock album cover designer ... according to the obituary. The cover also found a place in Michael Ochs's '1000 Record Covers' book as ...

Ioannis will undoubtedly be remembered as one of rock's all-time great artists ... him to go down the path of creating iconic album cover art, with him creating his first record cover in college.

Here is a collage of the covers for the dozen Record Store Day album picks in this Rock Music Menu column ... To contact music columnist Michael Christopher, send an email to rockmusicmenu@ ...

This critically acclaimed yet unorthodox major label debut by D.C. alt-rock band Shudder to Think was originally released in 1994. It was an enticingly confounding, angular post-punk album that ...