Iggy Pop

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 >>

The 10 Coolest, Scariest, Freakiest Songs About Heroin

See also: 10 Songs About Cocaine See also: 15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20 Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. It's in many ways the enduring holy trinity of pop music. Like it or not -- we're not advocating anything -- drugs are responsible for lots of great songwriting. So every Friday in August, we' ... More >>

Against Me!, Phife Dawg, The Heist at The Mint, Over the Weekend

Against Me! and The Cult at the Marquee Theatre Last night's lineup was strange, to say the least. Noise rockers The Icarus Line drew comparisons to Iggy Pop while Against Me! played its first Phoenix show after singer and guitarist Tom Gabel announced the decision to start living her life as a w ... More >>

Boys and Frogs Sorry For the Weight Mixtape

Peoria-based indie popsters Boys and Frogs have a flair for the dramatic: witness the bands excellent and creepy videos. But the cover for the trio's new mixtape, Sorry For the Weight (a pun regarding the wait for the band's follow-up to their last LP, Rain Dance Snowed In) takes the cake, ripping ... More >>

Lantern's Three-Chord Garage Rock Is the Most Gloriously Scummy of the Year

Peel Me Off This Velcro Seat: 15 Songs About Being Bored

​Summer vacation is a wonderful thing, but once you reach the end of the internet, the prospect of going back to school starts to look good. Fall semester may be right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to watch reruns and unlock all those stubborn Xbox achievements. Savor the ... More >>

G.G. Allin's Murder Junkies (a.k.a. Merle Allin's Meal Ticket) to Play in Scottsdale this Week

Wikimedia CommonsDue to being dead for almost 18 years, G.G. Allin will NOT be appearing with his Murder Junkies this week.​Next month marks the 18-year anniversary of punk pariah G.G. Allin's death. Yes, G.G. Allin is dead, but that hasn't stopped his older brother Merle from using his name to ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Warned By Female Prison Inmates

Century Regional Detention Facility: Is this what Lohan's new home looks like?​According to PopEater and British tabloid The Sun, (don't you just love gossip first thing in the morning?) California prison inmates are warning Lohan that her time in the pen may be tougher than she expects. The Sun r ... More >>

William S. Burroughs Documentary to Be Released by a Beastie Boy

We all know that people are multi-dimensional, and cannot be defined by one singular act or piece of art that they produce. Having said this, it's hard to imagine that the same guy who sings "Hey Ladies" would be interested in a documentary on William S. Burroughs. Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boy better ... More >>

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 >>

Iggy and The Stooges Shake Up the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Billie Joe Armstrong savors the moment with Iggy Pop.​Rolling Stone gives everyone the highlights of last night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. You know -- just in case you lost your ticket to the Waldorf and/or cannot afford top-tier cable channels.While each year is unique, peop ... More >>

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is Tonight

Iggy & The Stooges will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight, amongst others.​The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is hosting its induction ceremony tonight.Too bad you can only watch it if you get the Fuse channel, or if you happen to be at the Waldorf Astoria in New Y ... More >>

Five Old Songs That Still Sound Brand New

Tom Verlaine. The archetypal ultra cool indie rock frontman?​The goal of Jay Bennett's ambitious Nothing Not New project is to avoid slipping into a state of "aesthetic atrophy." That's why Jay is listening only to brand-new music for one year. I, for one, believe some people have t ... More >>

M.I.A. to Drop New Record

​M.I.A.'s new record is slated for release this summer, and you can expect that it'll be a bit different from Kala. She said that on her record she'll be singing as well as rapping and that her inspirations were a little less conventional than usual. One song, "I'm Down Like Your Internet C ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Deadly Doctor, Kanye's Director's Cut, Green Day the Musical?

Rolling Stone: Police Believe Jackson's Physician Administered Deadly Propofol Electric Mustache: mp3: Jemina Pearl feat. Iggy Pop - "I Hate People" Electric Mustache: Video: Friendly Fires "Kiss Of Life" Idolator: Panic! At The Disco Shift Things Around A Bit Idolator: New Kanyeism Alert: "Directo ... More >>

New Late Night TV Battles a Boon For Music Lovers

The Late Show, Tonight Show and Late Night all have impressive music acts this next weekFirst, let me just get it out there: I watch a bunch of TV. I love it, and though I know it deadens my intellectual abilities, I'm not quitting. So, take it from a junkie, late night TV -- with the recent additio ... More >>

Pitchfork Stays Sub-Par and Pretentious with New "Greatest Songs" Guide

The horde of amateur music critics at Pitchfork Media has just crapped out a tome titled The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present (Fireside). The book purports to present "edifying essays" about the greatest 500 songs of the past thirty years and "all-new reviews" ... More >>

Buckethead: Under the Bucket

Concert Review: The Revival Tour at The Clubhouse on Nov. 5

The Boss Martians

Kindie Rock: New Amsterdams' Matt Pryor battles The Terrible Twos

New Amsterdams' Matt Pryor battles The Terrible Twos

KISS, Marilyn Manson, the Brady Kids and . . . Max and the Marginalized?

Lots of Locals, Live: The Sunset Festival, August 11 at Venue of Scottsdale

Been There, Beamed That

Technical difficulties

Shock*Rock*Cock

Thursday just keeps getting better

Cause Celeb

The golden touch

The Vibrators

Bring extra batteries

The O Show

Look out above

MxPx

Anatomically correct

Throw Rag

Six stranded castaways

Junk Rock

Litterbug bands trash Trunk

John Hiatt

Forced to keep it real

New discs from local artists

Trench, Dolphins Kill for Love, The Eleven Forties, The Secret Life of Painters, Longshore, Split the Enemy, Intrinzik, Goliath Monsignor, Shelby James & The Crying Shames

Punk Rock Karaoke

And it's a live band!

A Good Buzz

Hopped up and hip: Coffee and Cigarettes brings the cool

John Hiatt and the Goners

Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)

Various Artist

It'll Come to You: The Songs of John Hiatt (Vanguard)

Celebrity Skin Peel

A one-stop guide to the latest round of pop-star foolishness and bad behavior

Survival

When the captain brought the journalist along on the whale hunt, the elders predicted trouble. The elders were right. The whale tried to kill them all.

They Got a Right

The Cheetahs are walkin' into town

Mogwai

Rock Action (Matador)

Murder City Devils

In Name and Blood (Sub Pop)

Triumph of the Underdogs

For 25 years, Bug Music has protected the rights of songwriters. In the process, they've gotten Willie Dixon's songs back from Led Zeppelin and transformed Iggy Pop into a TV-commercial composer.

Molten Wax

Hank's Tank

Copy Cats

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

Ol' Spider Eyes is back with a new summer tour--but this time, he's left the guillotine at home

Bad Dog

RECORDINGS

EASTSIDE STORY: THE DRAGS COME WEST