Bret Michaels: Poison lead singer, king of reality TV and now author. Just give him the Nobel Peace Prize alreadyFormer Poison frontman -- and the pride of Mechanicsburg, PA -- Bret Michaels is set to release a tell-all book this June. You heard correct, folks: Christmas is coming early this year. R ... More >>
You'd think they should be separated
Homage sweet homage
The Donnas put a new spin on the old sex-and-excess glam formula and out-Crüe the Crüe in the process
Trailer-park Scrooge finds 10 reasons to say humbug about the music of 2001
Heavy metal gets the lite treatment in the cliché-studded Rock Star
By Chuck Klosterman
(Scribner; 288 pages; $23)
Surviving the big grunge blowup, Mudhoney takes a final bow before hanging it up for good . . . sort of
Rancid (Hellcat)
Altar Ego, Power of Babel...
The Half Visconte proves that breaking up isn't so hard to do
Hamburger
(Sympathy for the Record Industry)
In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?
Our resident trailer-park critic finds out that hell hath no fury like a Parrothead scorned
A look at what makes Tucsonans gush over one of Scottsdale's cheesiest dance clubs
Six years after the death of glam, Psycho Gypsy is making the Valley safe for mascara and spandex
Director Bret Michaels blows up on No Code of Conduct set
The Icehouse converts cold-storage facility into underground recording mecca
Debut album proves Nastyboy Klick is as bland as it wants to be
He may be the godfather of shock rock, but Alice doesn't live there anymore
Where unit-shifting heroes of rock are exposed as the passionless poseurs they really are
It ain't heavy, it's the unclassifiable thunder of Freudian Slip
One man's Poison is another band's comeback
Ol' Spider Eyes is back with a new summer tour--but this time, he's left the guillotine at home
The guiterrorists in Germany's KMFDM "rip the system" with gallows humor and high-tech aggression
IF YOU'VE GOT CASH IN YOUR WALLET AND TIME ON YOUR HANDS, BOXED SETS ARE FOR YOU
MUSIC-INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS OPERATE ON FRACTURED HYPE
