• Bad Brains' Gary "Dr. Know" Miller Hospitalized

    Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Bad Brains guitarist Gary "Dr. Know" Miller this week after learning that he's currently hospitalized and on life support. Reports are claiming that the seminal punk-rock guitarist is "fighting for his life" and that the music industry is showing plenty of love in hopes that good thoughts can help bring him out of this condition. The band has posted a message to its Facebook page in order to share words on this situation.
  • 10 Great Songs Named After Horror Films

    Happy Halloween! If you don't have time to watch any scary movies today, try listening to these 10 songs instead, which are all named after horror movies.
  • 7 Great Artists Who Switched Genres Early in Their Careers

    Though most musicians tend to evolve musically over the course of their careers, they usually stick to the same genre they started off in. But these seven, great artists — from Pink Floyd to the Beastie Boys — actually started off playing totally different styles of music early in their careers from the ones they eventually became known for.
  • 9 Album Covers That Depict The Artist's Hometown

    Plenty of musicians love to pay tribute to their hometowns in song lyrics, but these artists took these tributes a step further, by using album covers that depicted images of their hometowns.
  • 8 Band Names Inspired By Other Artist's Names

    Coming up with a bandname is one of the most important and difficult steps of forming a band. While some artists like to take their names from a song by another artist, such as Radiohead (A Talking Heads song) or Pretty Girls Make Graves (a Smiths song), other artists have found inspiration in the actual names of other artists. Here are eight band names that were inspired by the names of other artists.
  • 7 Cover Songs That Sound Nothing Like The Original

    Though most cover songs remain pretty much faithful to the original arrangement, an interesting cover song should take the basic elements of the original and build something entirely new and unique out of them. Here are seven cover songs that sound nothing like the original.
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