Axl Rose

10 Stories Behind Our Favorite Hard Rock Stage Names

Rebellious personas are to rock 'n' roll what cocaine was to the eighties: in high demand, deliciously indulgent, and a way to catch a buzz that makes it okay for men to rock garishly colored neon outfits. Stage names are a huge part of those heavy metal, punk, and rock personas, In fact, more music ... More >>

Slash, Celebrity Theatre, 9/5/12

See also: Slash Still Has an Appetite for Destruction See also: Buckethead on His Time in Guns 'N' Roses: "No Answer." See also: Guns N' Roses at Comerica Theatre, 12/27/11 See also: Tommy Stinson of Guns N' Roses and The Replacements: "A [Replacements] Reunion Is About As Likely as an Original Guns ... More >>

Buckethead on His Time in Guns 'N' Roses: "No Answer."

In the world of eclectic guitarists, Buckethead stands out. With his face hidden by a hockey mask and long dark hair cascading out of a KFC bucket perched on his head, and using guitars shaped like human torsos and other visages of the macabre, he is not easily missed. And, yes the man born Brian ... More >>

Incoming: Slash, Bombay Bicycle Club, Donnie and Marie Osmond

Anyone who can put up with Axl Rose's antics as long as Slash did is one hell of a guy in our eyes.In all seriousness, if you think you've seen performances by some good guitarists but you've never seen Slash live, you'll soon be able to change that, and you'll be blown away. Even though there are p ... More >>

Six Music Advertising Deals We'd Love to See

It's been a weird couple of weeks in the world of music-meets-advertising. Between Andrew W.K.'s announcement to speak at a My Little Pony convention and KISS' licensing deal with Family Guy, it's been pretty damn weird indeed. But think about it: a hard-partying My Little Pony would look great sit ... More >>

Rock of Ages: Corporate Rock Still Sucks

Seven Collaborations Mick Jagger, Arcade Fire, and Foo Fighters Could Take a Hint From

Saturday Night Live is ending its 37th season with a bang. Last week, classic alum Will Ferrell hosted the show, reprising his parody of George W. Bush, and the 100th SNL Digital Short was aired. Things look to get even bang-ier with this Saturday's season finale, featuring Mick Jagger taking the ... More >>

The Five Wildest New Year's Costume Parties in Phoenix

​ Costume parties and masquerades are only supposed to happen during the Halloween season, right? Not if it's up to organizers behind this weekend's Goblin King Masquerade Ball or the Fast Times at Sandbar High parties, who are encouraging revelers to flash back to the 1980s for their parties on N ... More >>

Guns N' Roses at Comerica Theatre, 12/27/11

Guns N' Roses Comerica Theatre Tuesday, December 27 See also: Our complete Guns N' Roses and Sebastian Bach slideshow. Our interview with Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson. The line stretched around Comerica Theatre, and snaked all the way down Adams, placing us just across the street from t ... More >>

Could Guns N' Roses Release a Follow-up to Chinese Democracy Sooner Than Later?

Tommy Stinson of Guns N' Roses and The Replacements: "A [Replacements] Reunion Is About As Likely as an Original Guns Reunion."

​Tommy Stinson can't slow down. The guy stays busy -- playing bass in Guns N' Roses (clocking nearly 14 years in the band, only Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed have been in the band longer), releasing solo records (like this year's excellent One Man Mutiny), and playing in Soul Asylum. It' ... More >>

Guns N' Roses To Welcome Comerica Theatre to the Jungle on December 27

​Like most of you, I was pretty surprised by that Radiohead concert announcement, but you know, this one might actually take the cake: Guns N' Roses is coming to Comerica Theatre on Tuesday, December 27. G N' R fans might be soured by the current lineup (Axl backed by DJ Ashba on guitar, Dizzy R ... More >>

Why Buckethead's Better Off Solo than in Guns 'N' Roses

Wikimedia CommonsBuckethead​Virtuoso Brian Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an unheralded musical genius. Sure, it's weird that he performs with a bucket on his head and a white costume mask as he assumes the role of a character who survived a "chicken holocaust," but anyone who's listened ... More >>

Combichrist @ Nile Theater

Avoid This on Black Friday: New Michael Jackson Video Game

​Hopefully you've prepared yourself for this year's lamest Christmas gift. According to Paste, Ubisoft just dropped a Michael Jackson video game available for Nintendo DS and PSP.As if there weren't enough terrible video games that revolve around dancing already. Yet this one might take the cake. ... More >>

Jack White to be First Musical Guest on 'Conan'

​Jack White will be the first musical guest on Conan when the show debuts on November 8 on TBS, according to Spinner.Conan O'Brien and White teamed up for the final performance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien as well, so while the collaboration is nothing new, it's still an exciting favorite to w ... More >>

Menomena: Enjoy These Busy Experimentalists While They Last

Strip-Ease

NYC gals show off their goods

Slash's Solo Album Stream: Hear It Before Its May Release

Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

Excess Redefined With Axl Rose

​Axl Rose's latest incarnation of Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy,  took over 17 years to complete which quite possibly made it the most anticipated album of the past two decades. You may remember that the folks at Dr. Pepper were so excited and skeptical about its release that th ... More >>

Courtney Love Loses Custody, Chris Brown Stops Tweeting, New Hot Chip

Electric Mustache: Video: Hot Chip "One Life Stand"Idolator: Chris Brown's Last Tweet: "GOODBYE!!!!!!!"Idolator: Courtney Love Loses Custody of Frances BeanNME: Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose denies he denied paparazzi attackPitchfork: Erykah Badu Announces New AlbumRolling Stone: The Stooges, Genesis, ABB ... More >>

About Damn Time: Matt Giraud Off of 'Idol'

Time to say goodbye, Giraud.During his tenure on American Idol, Matt Giraud was like the Little Dueling Piano Player Who Could: Snubbed by the voting public in the Top 36, the judges made him one of their "judges choice" picks for the Top 13. Then, when he finally got voted off two weeks ago after h ... More >>

Eagles of Death Metal

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>

Just Announced: Eagles of Death Metal, Hank Williams III and More

It seems like just yesterday we were reminding you how bad the Eagles of Death Metal are live while praising The Hives for putting on one of the best shows of the year. Well, the band Axl Rose so memorably dubbed The Pigeons of Shit Metal are coming back in February, and they won't have the Sweds to ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

Night Train: Sycamore/Main Street (Stop #28)

I'm on the nightrain, Bottoms up,I'm on the nightrain, Fill my cup,I'm on the nightrain, Ready to crash and burn, I never learn.-- W. Axl Rose, 1987 "Nightrain," the Guns N' Roses song, is actually about a brand of bum wine that'll get you pissy, punch-your-best-friend d ... More >>

Buckethead: Under the Bucket

Summoning Shannon Hoon

Blind Melon’s Reunites, And We Talk To Dead People

Startling Lineups

Local promoters book bands that don't blow

Rock On, Write Off

Music can be a taxing enterprise

Hit Makers

It's amazing what a scuffle can do for a rocker's career

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Cowboys From Hell

Shooting the bull with the AK Corral

It Dies Today

A metalcore primer

Guns N' Roses

Welcome to the Videos (DVD) (Geffen)

Mötley Crüe
Greatest Video Hits (DVD) (Mötley/Hip-O)

The Star Spangles

Bazooka!!! (Capitol Records)

Off the Rails

The Guns N' Roses tour collapses, and Axl folds. Is anyone really surprised?

Off the 'Mats

No, the Replacements aren't getting back together. Yet.

Torch Singers

Betty Blowtorch - Are You Man Enough? (Foodchain)

Nirvana: The Day By Day Eyewitness Chronicle

By Carrie Borzillo (Thunder's Mouth Press)

Starlight Mints

The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of (SeeThru Broadcasting)

Nerd in a Punch Bowl

Loser, Amy Heckerling's clueless new teen com, lives down to its title

'F' Wordsmith

Eminem's new album sparks a heated free-speech debate

Hatfield's the Real McCoy

Will Juliana Hatfield fans find the Beautiful Creature in Juliana's Pony, or will it be a Total System Failure?

Driven to Ecstacy

Victims in Ecstacy will do whatever it takes to become stars. They'll even dress like boys.

Season's Gratings

Trashman gets a hangover for Xmas

UNLISTED NUMBERSA DIRECTORY OF HIDDEN TRACKS FROM LP TO CD

HOMEGROWN MELODIES

JUST THE FLACK, MA'AM

MUSIC-INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS OPERATE ON FRACTURED HYPE