• 5 'Abbey Road' Knockoff Album Covers

    Replicas and satires of the 'Abbey Road' cover have been created ad nauseam in the 45 years since the original photo was taken and Music Times found the five knockoffs by the biggest bands for your consideration, ranked in terms of creativity and the ability to put one's own spin on the subject matter.

  • 6 Lo-Fi Albums By Big Rock Stars

    One of my favorite genres of music is lo-fi, or "low-fidelity," meaning artists who record their songs onto cheap equipment. Though most lo-fi artists are DIY musicians who work outside of the mainstream and use cheap equipment out of necessity, there are still some highly successful rock stars that have chosen to go lo-fi for aesthetic reasons, or simply out of convenience. Here are six lo-fi albums that were recorded by big rock stars.

  • 8 Pop Stars Who Collaborated With Alternative Artists

    The Flaming Lips' recent collaboration with Miley Cyrus might seem like a bizarre and unprecedented mash-up, but this is far from the first time that a pop star has worked with an alternative musician. Here are eight pop stars that have collaborated with alternative artists.

  • Glastonbury 2015, Based on Michael Eavis Hints

    Glastonbury has just ended and of course founder and organizer Michael Eavis is already leading us on about who'll be playing next year. He dropped some hints at the annual Sunday morning press conference that allow us to limit the field down quite a bit, but not enough to guarantee anything. One thing's for sure: It still isn't Prince, yet.

  • Paul McCartney 'Doing Good' After Illness, Says Ringo Starr

    According to a recent interview with his former bandmate Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney has been discharged from the hospital after contracting a viral infection over a month ago during the Japanese leg of his tour, and is making a speedy recovery. McCartney was admitted to a Tokyo hospital for his illness, where he received "successful medical treatment."

  • 7 Rock Stars Who Also Write Classical Music

    I once had a teacher who said that if you understand classical music, you wouldn't listen to anything else. That's obviously a wild exaggeration and completely pompous, and as these seven musicians proved, it is completely possible to love both classical and rock music. Here are seven rock stars that also write classical music.

  • 8 Musicians Who Switched Their Instruments

    It's not uncommon for members of a band to switch around the instruments they play every once in a while, but what is uncommon is for someone to permanently take up a different instrument than the one they originally played. Here are eight musicians who changed the instrument they played for their band.

  • Paul McCartney Plays First Ecuador Show

    Ecuador's Beatles fan club made sure to make the performer feel welcome when he came to their country for the first time in his career. The group recreated the album art from his recent album New on the side of Pichincha Mountain.

  • 7 Songs Written About Ex-Bandmates

    Being in a band can be stressful work. Sometimes this can lead to vicious disputes between bandmates or untimely departures from the band, and because these are musicians we're talking about, songs are inevitably written about these tensions. These seven songs were written about estranged or long lost bandmates.

  • Six Famous Songs Written by People Outside the Band

    It's well known that many famous musicians don't actually write their own songs, but sometimes, even musicians who do write their own stuff are given songs by other songwriters. Here are six famous songs that were written with outside help.
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