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Chris Ford
Throwback Thursday: Nine Inch Nails Performing ‘Terrible Lie’ on Italian TV
If you're a Nine Inch Nails fan, you probably already know they have a reputation for putting on amazing live shows.
Throwback Thursday: The Libertines’ First TV Performance of ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’
Ah, those golden days before money, fame and drugs -- lots of drugs -- ruined everything.
Noel Gallagher Says Recording New Album Was ‘A Major Pain in the Arse’
A wise man once said, "Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar, well, he eats you."
Throwback Thursday: Built to Spill Fill Us In on ‘The Plan’
We know one thing about the plan: It keeps coming up again. If the plan sounds like Built to Spill, though, we're fine with that.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith Visits Led Zeppelin’s Headley Grange
If you're a fan of massive, air-movingly boomy drums in your rock music, then behold the staircase that first enabled that sound.
Alice In Chains Set to Play Halftime at NFC Championship Game
A Wisconsin radio station may have done more harm than good when they banned all Seattle music from their broadcasts, because now Alice In Chains are involved.
Washington, D.C. Public Library Creates Punk Rock Archive
Our nation's lawmakers have to share Washington, D.C. with a diverse group of residents.
Apparently Courtney Love’s Opera Co-Star Is ‘Better’ Than Trent Reznor
Courtney Love really loves opera composer and co-star Todd Almond -- like, really loves him.
Throwback Thursday: The Lemonheads Look So Happy On ‘Late Night’
The song 'It's a Shame About Ray' might seem sad, but you wouldn't know it from watching the Lemonheads perform it on 'Letterman' back in 1992.
Lost & Found: Documentary Proves Rock Music Is Satanic and Super Cool
If you happened to be a kid growing up in a small Bible Belt town who was hungry for new music, the above documentary might have been your best bet for learning about the coolest bands.