Nirvana

Pearl Jam at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards (Frank Micelotta Getty Images)

Top 10 Albums From 1993 That Still Rock: Nirvana, Tool, Depeche Mode

From the Pumpkins’ tightly-packed guitar symphony to the electronic art-rock of a certain Icelandic prodigy, these 10 classic albums still rock two decades after the fact.

KROQ-FM–2013/04/05

Dave Grohl & Paul McCartney together at the 12-12-12 Concert. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl’s Classic Rock Credentials

Considering he gets to hang with his idols all day, Dave Grohl has a pretty cool life. Most recently, he’s been playing shows with his Sound City Players, featuring Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Cheap Trick‘s Rick Nielsen and Rick Springfield. His documentary, Sound City, features […]

2013/03/14

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Daft Punk Revives The Great Rock Album TV Ad

During the March 2 episode of Saturday Night Live, enigmatic dance act Daft Punk shocked the music world by airing a new 15-second TV commercial. Furthering the French band’s mystique, the spot revealed virtually no […]

2013/03/06

Dave Grohl and John Fogerty (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

‘Sound City’ Reviewed: Much More Than A Film About A Mixing Board

“This Neve board, this… is not my world. Engineers who spend hours on the kick drum (sound)? Please! I would rather have a blood transfusion!” This is part of a rather unlikely conversation between Barry […]

2013/02/05

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Corey Taylor On Performing With Sound City Players: ‘Talk About A Fanboy-gasm!’

This past Friday night (January 18), Corey Taylor made the following announcement from the stage at Park City Live in Utah: “This is the craziest f***in’ night of my life.” That’s quite a statement from […]

2013/01/23

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Postal Service Reunites As Coachella Rumors Abound

On the same day that Mick Jagger told NME in no uncertain terms that classic rock icons the Rolling Stones would not be playing at this year’s Coachella festival in California, news has broken that […]

2013/01/21

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How Dave Grohl Became BFFs With A Beatle

Rock ‘n roll workaholic Dave Grohl‘s latest project is his new documentary Sound City, which tells the story of the storied L.A. recording studio of the same name. The project has brought him together with a […]

2013/01/17

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Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City Players’ To Include Smear, Hawkins, Novoselic, Wilk, Nicks, Fogerty And More

The Sundance Film Festival is about to be rocked. As previously reported, Dave Grohl‘s Sound City film, a documentary about the storied L.A. studio, will make its public premiere at the annual festival. In addition, […]

KROQ-FM–2013/01/10

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‘Sir-vana’ Returns? Dave Grohl Forms All-Star Band To Play Sundance – But Doesn’t Reveal Its Members

All a Foo Fighters hiatus means is that Dave Grohl can divert his creativity and powerful promotional muscle to a new project. For the past five months the Foo fighters frontman has been successfully building […]

KROQ-FM–2013/01/02

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‘Sir-vana’ Madness: Macca & Grohl’s ‘Cut Me Some Slack” Hits ‘SNL,’ iTunes

Shortly after the group’s “SNL” performance, the studio version of “Cut Me Some Slack” was released via “Sound City’s” official YouTube channel, and has now hit iTunes.

2012/12/18

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