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How This Mega Pop Star Got Her ‘Big Break,’ Despite Not Even Wanting to Be a Singer

There’s no denying that Madonna is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. But, did you know that she got her “big” despite not even having a...

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Why Trent Reznor Felt Like Nine Inch Nails Was ‘Some P**** Pop Band’ Compared to an Industrial Metal Legend

Even some of the biggest artists on the planet get starstruck now and then. This was true for even Trent Reznor in the early ’90s, when he hung out...

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Goo Goo Dolls Have Canceled Their Third Show in a Row, Due to Singer John Rzeznik’s Health

The Goo Goo Dolls have canceled their third show in a row due to frontman John Rzeznik’s health. In a social media statement shared on April 3, the...

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A Quadriplegic Punk Rocker Got Brain Implants That Let Him Make Music: ‘We’ll Have a Complete DJ Booth Coming Out of My Head’

If there has ever been a personification of “you can do anything you put your mind to,” it’s Galen Buckwalter. The 69-year-old research...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (4/03)

Happy New Music Friday! This week, the collection is versatile and eclectic, just the way we like it. There’s a little hip-hop, some genre-bending...

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Bo Lueders, Harm’s Way Guitarist and Hardlore Podcast Co-Host, Has Died

Bo Lueders, co-host of the massively popular HardLore Podcast and a founding guitarist of Chicago hardcore band Harm’s Way, has died. The HardLore...

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Turnstile Issue Statement on Former Guitarist Brady Ebert’s Attempted Murder Arrest

Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert has been arrested for the attempted murder of Turnstile singer Brendan Yates’s father. Now, the band has...

02.04.2026 5

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4 Grunge Classics That Just Hit Better When Wearing a Band Tee and an Oversized Flannel

The ’90s grunge era was a hotbed of angst, baggy jeans, distorted rock ‘n’ roll, band tees, and flannel. So much flannel. Grunge music was...

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Old Feuds Never Die: Courtney Love and Billy Corgan Rip ‘Horrible’ Kim Gordon in Podcast Interview

If you ever needed proof that old feuds never die, take this new interview with Billy Corgan and Hole singer Courtney Love as solid evidence. This...

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Kanye West’s Wireless Festival Announcement Instantaneously Rebuked by London Mayor & Jewish Community

Kanye West has been tapped to headline all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival in July. The eye-raising move has not gone uncontested,...

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Popular Rock Band Calls Out Elon Musk and Grok for Labeling Their Content AI: ‘A Very Good Way To Get Artists To Stop Using Your Platform’

The Grok feature on X/Twitter has frequently been criticized for spreading misinformation, and it’s happening again. Pennsylvania rock band From...

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4 Big Name Artists Who’ve Integrated AI Into Their Music in Transformative Ways

The use of AI in music has been met with a lot of friction, but also a lot of embracing. In fact, some big-name artists have found transformative ways...

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Watch: ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Covered the Joy Division Classic ‘Transmission’ in a Way That No One Will Ever Top

The people behind Bob’s Burgers have been doing magnificent work for more than a decade and continue to turn out impressively creative content. The...

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The Surprisingly Tasty Ways Dave Mustaine Kept His Vocals Fresh in the Studio

Dave Mustaine has spent years caring for his vocal cords on each Megadeth record, and his methods might surprise you. In fact, the frontman has had...

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Why the Nine Inch Nails Audiences Were a ‘Nightmare’ for This 1970s Rock Icon

In the mid ’90s, Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails went on tour with David Bowie. While this sounds like an amazing pairing, as Bowie told it, the...

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DJ Dan, West Coast House Music Icon, Dead at 57

Highly influential house music producer and DJ Dan has died at the age of 57. No cause of death has been revealed, reports Billboard. “It is with...

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Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler Once Revealed How They Got ‘Ripped Off’ (But Ozzy Had This Extra Advantage)

Black Sabbath is one of the biggest metal bands ever. But, there was still a time when they were susceptible to being “ripped off”. In 2013,...

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4 of the Hairiest Hair Metal Bands That Make Me Instantly Smell Aquanet

You smell that? That Aquanet scent? That means a hair metal band is nearby. (Be very quiet. If we disturb them, they might accidentally ruin their...

30.03.2026 3

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Donald Glover Is Maybe Not Retiring Childish Gambino After All: ‘I Still Really Love Making Music’

After previously teasing that he was planning to retire his Childish Gambino persona, Donald Glover is putting the brakes on, saying, “I still...

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WATCH: Garbage Covered ‘Lovesong’ by The Cure at Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit Show

Over the weekend, some big names joined forces to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. The Cure frontman Robert Smith works closely with the...

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3 Key Things Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Says All Aspiring Metal Musicians Need to Consider

Dave Mustaine has had a long and successful career as the leader of Megadeth. So, if you ask him, there are three key things that all aspiring metal...

30.03.2026 3

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Will AI Be to Music What Ozempic Is to Weight Loss? This Startup Says It’s Already Happening, Even if ‘Nobody Wants To Talk About It’

The conversation around the use of AI in music has been a complicated one. There are varying opinions on the matter, with some people feeling like...

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4 Songs That Made Almost Every Single Mix CD I Burned in 2005

The mid-2000s were a peak era for Millennial culture. Especially musically. We had the rise of the emo scene, which encompassed the pop-punk and...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (3/27)

Here we are, at the last New Music Friday of March. It’s a bittersweet moment, but man, do we have a ton of great new tracks. From some black metal...

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The Strange and Violent Way Liam Gallagher Became a Singer: ‘I Started Hearing Music’

Liam Gallagher has one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from the ’90s rock scene. We almost missed out on it, though. That is due to the...

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This Viral Video is Further Proof of What Guitarists Have Been Saying About Airline Luggage Handling for Years

There’s a video going viral that’s (justifiably) enraging musicians. The footage captured by TikTok user Nick Ruiz shows an airport luggage...

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On This Day in 1995: West Coast Rap Icon and N.W.A. Member Eazy-E Died

It has been 31 years, to the day, since Eazy-E died. The iconic West Coast rapper and N.W.A. member died on March 26, 1995, after a battle with AIDS....

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Judas Priest Frontman Rob Halford Joins William Shatner for New Version of ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’

William Shatner is working on a project that will feature some reimagined heavy metal classics. Among the tracks is Judas Priest’s “You’ve Got...

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Jenna Bush Hager Recalls Her Father Angrily Breaking This Classic 1990s Album Over His Knee

Before he was president, George W. Bush was just a typical, conservative ’90s dad. So much so that his daughter Jenna Bush Hager once recalled him...

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There Exists An Alternate Timeline Where Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Stole ‘Dimebag’ Darrell and Vinnie Paul from Pantera

Did you know that somewhere out there is a lost timeline where Pantera, as we know them, ceased to exist before Cowboys From Hell? This is because...

25.03.2026 4

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Ozzy Osbourne Reflected on Not Fitting in During Resurfaced Interview: ‘I Have No Faith in My Ability to Judge Things’

Ozzy Osbourne was the Prince of Darkness and a heavy metal godfather, but he didn’t always fit in or have “faith” in his “ability to judge...

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‘Abbott Elementary’ Star and Rapper Just Inked a Big Contract; Set to Star in Upcoming Seth Rogen Stoner Comedy

Multi-hyphenate and all-around nice fella Zach Fox just made a big career move. The multi-talented star has signed with CAA for representation,...

24.03.2026 4

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Zacky Vengeance Says Avenged Sevenfold Has a Lot of ‘Love’ for One of Metallica’s ‘Craziest-Sounding’ Albums

It’s no secret that Metallica has had a hard time winning over thrash fans since the release of the Black Album in 1991. Their ’90s albums don’t...

24.03.2026 5

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Puddle of Mudd Frontman Wes Scantlin and His Brother Are Working on an Autobiography

If you ever wanted to know more about the man behind “She Hates Me” and “Blurry“, you’re in luck. Wes Scantlin, frontman and chief...

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Watch: Guns N’ Roses Bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan Reunite With Former Members Steven Adler and Gilby Clarke to Perform ‘It’s So Easy’

Guns N’ Roses fans just got a twice-in-a-lifetime reward. Guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan teamed up with former members Steven Adler...

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4 of the Best Genre Crossovers of the 1990s

The ’90s were a huge era for the evolution of music. There were massive genre explosions and innovations throughout the decade, which also brought...

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Original Pantera Vocalist Challenges Fans to Go Back and Listen to the Band’s ‘Amazing’ Work on Their ‘80s Glam Metal Albums

Most metal fans are aware that Pantera started as a glam metal band. While this early era of the band is often glossed over, Pantera’s former...

23.03.2026 5

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Netflix’s Red Hot Chili Peppers Documentary Features AI-Constructed Voiceover of Late Guitarist Hillel Slovak

Netflix’s new Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary has been generating significant conversation for several reasons. Not the least of which is an...

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Former Cannibal Corpse Vocalist Chris Barnes Says He Isn’t ‘Bitter’ About His Firing

It’s been more than 30 years since Chris Barnes was fired as the vocalist for Cannibal Corpse. That said, though, he still has a lot to say on the...

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Courtney Love Really Likes Geese But Compares Their Fanbase to ’13-Year-Old Swifties’

Courtney Love is a big Geese fan. Their fanbase, on the other hand? Not so much. In February, the alternative icon shared an Instagram post saying she...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (3/20)

Happy New Music Friday to you and yours! This week, there are a lot of returns. Several artists chose the week of St. Patrick’s Day to go hard with...

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Childish Gambino Just Got a Big Win in ‘This Is America’ Lawsuit

Childish Gambino just scored a big win in a lawsuit against him over his hit song, “This is America”. A federal appeals court has upheld a...

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4 of the All-Time Best Performances by Megadeth

Megadeth has such a sprawling landscape of good music that narrowing it down to their best performances is so tough. But I’m gonna try. To be...

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Afroman Just Won the Lawsuit Brought Against Him by Ohio Cops He Ridiculed After They Raided His Home

Afroman has won the defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies. The officers were suing him over music videos in which he...

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4 of the All-Time Best Performances by Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne was the Godfather of Metal for a reason. The man helped forge the genre, with his Black Sabbath bandmates, and he did it with the voice...

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How This Counting Crows Hit Became a Directional Pivot From Mid-90s Tragedy (And the Lewd Studio Note That Gave the Song Its Feel)

The Counting Crows are kind of a post-grunge band, if you really think about it. The alt-rock heroes didn’t put their first album out until 1993,...

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Pearl Jam Never Wanted to Play This Controversial Protest Song Again After Being Booed off Stage

Pearl Jam has quite a few protest songs in their catalogue. “Insignificance” and “World Wide Suicide” are just two of the more notable ones....

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St. Patrick’s Day Playlist: 4 Irish Bands Who Aren’t Dropkick Murphys to Help You Celebrate the Gaelic Holiday

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Dropkick Murphys. I want to make that clear straight out of the gate. I love them. (Dropkick Murphys, if...

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3 Covers That Never Made It on an Album, but Are Arguably Better Than the Originals

Cover songs are one of our most alluring musical traditions. We love music, and we love it when our favorite artists share music they love; music that...

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Files Appeal for ‘Immediate Release’ in Prostitution Sentencing

Sean “Diddy” Combs hopes to get out of prison early. In fact, his legal team is seeking “immediate release” of the disgraced hip-hop mogul,...

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