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Chris Ford
Throwback Thursday: Green Day Take the Late Night TV Stage in 1994
Is it just me, or did Billie Joe Armstrong look cooler with blonde hair?
Kickstarter Campaign Wants to Help You Make Your Own Records
A new Kickstarter campaign is now looking to take the DIY record-making attitude a step further.
Throwback Thursday: Nirvana Wishes You a Merry Christmas
How the heck does Dave Grohl not know 'Joy to the World'?
Throwback Thursday: Smashing Pumpkins In Their Prime On MTV In ’93
Opinions vary when it comes to the Smashing Pumpkins' later works, but few rock fans can argue with the awesomeness of 'Siamese Dream.'
Throwback Thursday: Queens of the Stone Age Performs ‘Jools Holland’ [Video]
Today's Throwback Thursday features Queens of the Stone Age on the show 'Later ... with Jools Holland' playing the lead single from 'Rated R.'
R.E.M. Are Immortalized In Huge DVD Box Set, ‘REMTV’
R.E.M. and MTV grew up together, kind of like friends who met in grade school and stayed besties until high school graduation.
Watch the Black Keys Perform Two Songs On ‘The Tonight Show’
Sometimes you hear a band covering another band and you say, "Duh, of course they'd play that."
Arcade Fire Covers Jane’s Addiction, Guns N’ Roses [Video]
Cover songs -- they're what's cool right now.
Weezer Unveil New Song, ‘Back to the Shack’
Weezer's 'Back to the Shack' is a sweet, honest proclamation of a pure love of rock 'n' roll.
Radiohead to Start Work on New Album in September
Guitarist extraordinaire Johnny Greenwood confirmed the news during an interview on BBC 6 Music radio.
Foo Fighters May Start Letting Fans Book Their Shows
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl said that letting fans decide where the band should play could be the wave of the future, at least for the Foo Fighters.
Billy Ocean Must Really Love ‘Star Wars’
Back in the '80s, 'Star Wars' was all the rage, and so was cocaine.