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Clutch Frontman Decodes His Sinister Lyrical Visions | ARTICLE
Stoner rock stallwarts Clutch return to the road next month, giving fans another chance to congregate and bark along to frontman Neil Fallon's madman sermons of robot overlords, government cover-ups and long dead civilizations. Fallon's bon mots, turns...
August 25, 2009 1:03 PM ET -
Breaking: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster | ARTICLE
Who: Birmingham, Alabama's Maylene and the Sons of Disaster come by their thunderous, southern-fried hard rock honestly. Frontman Dallas Taylor honed his roar with Christian metalcore outfit Underoath before splitting with that band in 2003. Noting he...
July 22, 2009 2:11 PM ET -
Clutch Deliver Fresh Stoner Rock on "Strange Cousins," Fall Tour | ARTICLE
Fans of bottom-heavy, groove-rich rock have reason to rejoice well into the Fall. Full-throated stoner rock journeymen Clutch have set a July 14th release for their new album, Strange Cousins From the West, and also unveiled a...
June 30, 2009 2:24 PM ET -
Your Frank Sinatra Shortlist: Leonardo DiCaprio? Johnny Depp? Chris Pine? | ARTICLE
Kind of fitting that on the 11th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's death, we're consumed with his impending rebirth via the vision of Martin Scorsese. The Oscar winning director is taking the reigns of a Sinatra biopic,...
May 14, 2009 5:02 PM ET -
Chris Brown Says He Is "Sorry and Saddened" Over Rihanna Incident in First Statement | ARTICLE
Exactly one week after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna in the early-morning hours before the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Chris Brown has broken his silence and issued a statement that says, "Words cannot...
February 15, 2009 5:11 PM ET -
Chris Brown's Fall: Can the R&B Star's Career Survive Rihanna Arrest? | ARTICLE
How do the mighty fall? With a heavy thud, as Chris Brown learned once news broke of an altercation involving him and his girlfriend Rihanna on Grammy Awards eve, one that sent her to the...
February 13, 2009 5:44 PM ET -
Jack Black Calls McCartney Collabo "Delicious," Metallica Rep for Rockers: What You Didn't See at the Grammys | ARTICLE
When presented with four words — Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl — Jack Black's mind leaped to food. "It's a strange combination but it's one of those that could end up being delicious," he told Rolling Stone before...
February 9, 2009 12:53 PM ET -
Blink-182 Make Reunion Official on Grammy Stage | ARTICLE
"Isn't it great to see the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder back together again," blink-182's Mark Hoppus joked as his band — together again — took the stage at the Grammy Awards to present the trophy for...
February 8, 2009 10:17 PM ET -
After Bruce Springsteen, Who's Next for the Super Bowl? | ARTICLE
After decades of sugar-coated pop debacles, the NFL has served up a parade of legends during halftime of the big game. In recent years, the Super Bowl has delivered Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stone, U2, Tom Petty,...
February 4, 2009 1:02 PM ET -
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "It's Blitz": "Less Angst and More Positivity, Man" | ARTICLE
One of New York's finest rock trios, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, are returning in April with a new album called It's Blitz — and Rolling Stone has the scoop with an in the studio story in the...
February 3, 2009 5:48 PM ET -
Bruce Springsteen Delivers On Super Bowl XLIII Party Promise | ARTICLE
The Super Bowl isn't simply about football. It's about 100 million people buying into the dream, hoping that...
February 2, 2009 8:20 AM ET -
Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J Hit the Field on Super Bowl Eve | ARTICLE
The parade of promotion, ancillary activities and corporate contrivances that leads to Super Bowl XLIII marched forward on Saturday... but at least they're finally playing football. On the Bowl Eve (clearly it should be a national holiday),
February 1, 2009 11:00 AM ET -
Proud Jerseyite Eli Manning: Bring on Bruce Springsteen | ARTICLE
Anticipation is rising in Tampa. The tension is becoming palpable. Speculation runs rampant, and everyone has an opinion, a theory or a prediction about what will happen on Sunday night. Yeah, we're talking about Bruce Springsteen's halftime set...
January 31, 2009 4:44 PM ET -
Super Bowl: Faith Hill Gets to Work While Jay-Z, Samantha Ronson Party On | ARTICLE
As Super Bowl XLIII inches closer, Tampa feels like it's divided into two camps — staging or showcasing. If you aren't stepping in front of the lights right now, you're probably busy preparing to do so. Last night,...
January 31, 2009 11:00 AM ET -
Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly on the 50th Anniversary of His Death | ARTICLE
Next Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. In the current issue of Rolling Stone, Holly's friends, family and fellow...
January 30, 2009 5:32 PM ET -
Bruce Springsteen Promises "12-Minute Party" as Super Bowl Takes Over Tampa | ARTICLE
You'll have to forgive Tampa if it's a bit giddy this week. The Bay town is playing host to a week-long carnival of music, beer and (eventually) football that will draw Bruce Springsteen, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson,...
January 30, 2009 4:00 PM ET
