Ever since Ric Ocasek died two months ago (on Sept. 15), Bebe Buell has been trying to process the loss of one of her dearest friends and the guiding force of h...
Beautiful but uncategorizable music flowed through Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010), whose itinerant, off-the-grid childhood with spiritually-inclined parents allowed ...
After 42 years of performance art, music, photography and so much more, Lydia Lunch has seemingly put it in hyperdrive. New York University just purchased her a...
Mike Watt is the Dale Carnegie of rock & roll. He has made more friends and influenced more people than any living bass man, collaborating with everyone fro...
John Fahey (1939-2001) was one of the most original composer/guitarists of the late 20th century and yet he traveled under the radar of anyone but the most intr...
Despite recent medical setbacks, Brian Wilson has returned to the road, with a stellar band (that includes Al Jardine and son, and Blondie Chaplin). His frailty...
Love were poised to be bigger than their Elektra label mates—and friendly Sunset Strip rivals—the Doors, but trouble and darkness followed them by the end of th...
Joining Public Image Ltd during the making of Metal Box, drummer Martin Atkins stayed through three albums and then played with Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke an...
In 1966, a Scottish folkie with beatnik affectations suddenly morphed into a pop music pioneer, segueing from “Catch the Wind” to “Sunshine Superman” in what se...
A founding member of The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy, Pat Irwin had his roots in jazz and the avant garde, studying with John Cage and befriending the likes of Brio...
Roger McGuinn, as a founding member and guiding force of The Byrds, had a huge impact on rock 'n' roll of the 1960s, before embarking on a long and distinguishe...
Even while catching the ears of the Beatles, who cited him as their favorite American artist, and pitching his songs to the Monkees, Harry Nilsson remained a my...
One of the key jokes in Spinal Tap is the long line of drummers who met unfortunate ends, including three who died onstage. That death march of the timekeepers ...
Brian Jonestown Massacre mainstay and longtime partner in musical crime with BJM’s visionary leader Anton Newcombe, Joel Gion still lives in the city where his ...
