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Hank Shteamer

Hank Shteamer

Hank Shteamer is a senior music editor at Rolling Stone. He has written about music professionally for more than 15 years. He wrote a book on Ween’s ‘Chocolate and Cheese’ album for the 33 1/3 series, and runs Heavy Metal Bebop, an interview series dedicated to the intersections of jazz and heavy metal.

The Crimson King Seeks a New Court

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

Fifty years into his relentlessly innovative career, King Crimson leader Robert Fripp is a godhead in a genre he can't stand. In a rare interview, he opens up about his global quest to break out of the "male prog ghetto"
Flashback: Thin Lizzy Rock for Irish Pride on ‘Roisin Dubh’

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

Singer-bassist Phil Lynott drew on "legends and myths" from the band's homeland when writing epic 1979 track
King Crimson’s 50th Anniversary Press Day: 15 Things We Learned

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

In London on Saturday, famously interview-wary guitarist-bandleader Robert Fripp spent four hours talking to journalists. We recap the day's most memorable moments, from tales of Bowie and Hendrix to why Fripp feels his legendary avant-rock unit has never been better
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King Crimson to Begin Streaming Entire Studio Catalog

Posted in: Music News

By Hank Shteamer

All 13 of band's studio albums will hit Spotify and other services in time for upcoming 50th anniversary tour
50 Greatest Grunge Albums

Posted in: Music Lists

By David Browne, Suzy Exposito, Sarah Grant, Andy Greene, Kory Grow, Joseph Hudak, Daniel Kreps, Angie Martoccio, Jason Newman, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Simon Vozick-Levinson

From Mudhoney to Mother Love Bone and beyond — the finest releases from the maladjusted new breed that remade rock
See Ice-T, Zakk Wylde Team Up on Intense Hurricane-Themed Song

Posted in: Music News

By Hank Shteamer

New remix of "Un-Natural Disaster," by guitarist Michael Ciravolo's all-star project Beauty in Chaos, also features King's X bassist-vocalist Doug Pinnick, Offspring drummer Pete Parada
Theon Cross Is Bringing Tuba Back to Jazz’s Center

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

Working in buzzy groups like Sons of Kemet and with his own lean, commanding trio, the Londoner is putting the focus back on the low end
Flashback: Scott Walker Conducts a Meat Puncher in the Studio

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

Footage from the documentary '30 Century Man' shows just how far the late singer-songwriter was willing to go to realize the "nightmarish" sounds in his head
The Art Ensemble of Chicago on the Past and Future of Their ‘Great Black Music’

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

Ahead of a 50th-anniversary album, co-founder Roscoe Mitchell and new collaborator Moor Mother reflect on the legendary avant-garde collective's illustrious history and recent rebirth
Flashback: Pantera Take ‘Far Beyond Driven’ to Number One

Posted in: Music Features

By Hank Shteamer

The band's highest-charting album was also its most intense to date

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