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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on How Making Art Helped His Grieving Process By

When Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington died by suicide last year at age 41 — on the birthday of his good friend Chris Cornell, who’d taken his own life in a...

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Slash Talks 1980s vs. #MeToo Era By

When bad boys Guns N’ Roses first exploded onto the scene in the late ’80s, the lyrics of their politically incorrect songs, like “It’s So Easy” and “Used to Love...

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How ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ Went From Bad-Boy Party Song to Feminist Anthem By

On Sept. 6, 1983, a quirky little redhead with a big, big voice named Cyndi Lauper became an instant MTV icon when she released “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,”...

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Pop Prodigy MNEK on Being a Black Gay Role Model By

“The fact that someone like myself is working with someone like Hailee [Steinfeld] is progressive, because you don’t always see it — a black gay artist being able to blend...

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Queen’s Brian May: ‘We Would Never Be Doing This Now If It Weren’t for Adam Lambert’ By

Queen + Adam Lambert kick off their limited-run Las Vegas residency at the Park Theater this Saturday, Sept. 1. It’s an event that has been a long time coming. Truly,...

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How David Bowie, Sylvester, and Neil Young Shaped Slash’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Childhood By

It seems that Slash — the famously top-hatted, aviator-shaded Guns N’ Roses guitar god, who’s about to about to release Living the Dream, his third album with his other band,...

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‘Nothing’s Shocking,’ 30 Years On: How Jane’s Addiction’s Revolutionized Rock By

Nirvana and Nevermind usually get most of the credit for pounding the grungy nail in hair metal’s Spandex-lined coffin. But it was a band of artsy L.A. street urchins, Jane’s...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘The Top Ten Revealed’: High-Note Hitters By

Join me, host Katie Daryl, and a cast of colorful characters this week on the Season 2 finale of The Top Ten Revealed as we count down the greatest octave-straddling singers...

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Alaska Talks ‘Spiritual’ New Music and Stevie Nicks Obsession By

On RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 3 earlier this year, contestant Thorgy Thor complained about having to impersonate Stevie Nicks in a diva-themed challenge — a controversial attitude that prompted Billboard...

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Grammy Producer Ken Ehrlich on When Aretha Franklin Sang ‘Nessun Dorma’ By

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday at age 76, delivered countless stunning television performances over her more than 60-year career, but one of them came later in life:...

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