So, below, we spotlight 35 of the most offensive band names ever. Of course, everybody has a different interpretation of what's over the line (or if a line should exist at all), but to cover our ...

Prince's second album with the New Power Generation dispelled any doubts about the state of Prince's conceptual depth and versatility.

OK Computer is where everything changed for Radiohead. Their 1993 debut album, Pablo Honey, was spotty, bland and tentative; its 1995 follow-up, The Bends, was a major leap forward. But who was ...

Here are 20 times the 'Star Wars' film universe has been referenced in lyrics and song titles.

On Jan. 26, 1989, R.E.M. kicked off the Green World Tour at MZA Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Unsurprisingly, the setlist skewed heavily toward the band's latest album, 1988's Green: The Athens, Ga ...

ELP sells the world's only commercially-available laser turntable, which forgoes the needle in favor of five precisely-focused lasers.

As much as ‘Purple Rain’ is based on Prince’s own journey to stardom, the film is also a love letter to the Minneapolis music scene, and the city’s First Avenue club serves as the backdrop ...

It was 40 years ago that a tiny country bar in a seedy part of Manhattan compromised its principles, started booking rock acts and altered the course of music history.

From the moment the Arctic Monkeys released 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' in 2006, they've been one one of the most buzzed-about bands on the planet. Last year's 'AM' finally ...

We’ve ranked nearly 30 years’ worth of solo records and digressions by the ex-Hüsker Dü frontman.

Michael Buckner / Danny Martindale / Theo Wargo / Duane Prokop, Getty Images In this gallery we explore some of the most famous, and infamous, bands that replaced their lead singer, which should ...

Many know despair – some better than others. Most deal with it and move along as best they can. Others, as the above gallery detailing the Sad History of Rock 'n' Roll Suicides illustrates, are ...