President Bill Clinton--who invited Pearl Jam to the White House in April while the band was on the East Coast during its spring tour--is keeping tabs on the controversy. “The White House is impressed by Pearl Jam’s commitment to its fans,” says George Stephanopoulos, senior adviser to...
DW: For the records that changed your life, there were so many that helped and changed my life, growing up it was like every couple of years, and so many different genres. Between me and Nick we couldn’t name just one, we loved music so much and there was so much good music comin...
known for his work withRod Stewart,Mick Jagger,American Idoland more. “I went there thinking I already had the gig, so I was going to show them how fast I could play the drums,” Hawkins said. “I blasted through a couple of songs. Stevie Salas stopped me and said, ‘Hey. Did yo...
On the negative side, it was a lot of traveling between gigs. It was really a real slog, I remember. But other than that, when you’re doing a gig or getting ready for a gig, it’s pretty much the same wherever you’re playing. The audiences were really good. I think we had ou...
When interviewed for the segment, Michaels said he was "absolutely not" told of the lip-syncing plan, but did concede that some artists had previously employed backing tracks when appearing on the show: "I think the only time is during dance breaks, where if it was all about dance... an...
One such sketch titled “Conspiracy Theory Rock” aired on the March 14, 1998, episode ofSaturday Night Live, hosted by Julianne Moore and featuring musical guests the Backstreet Boys. The piece in question featured neither of the night's guests or any of the cast but was instead the work ...
It was in 2016 when the Pasco city council, having determined it wasn't enforceable, voted to do away with it together.
But, inevitably, change came. First REM, old "college-rockers," cracked the mainstream. Former avant-garde noise outfit Sonic Youth signed with a major-label. And, then,Nirvanacame out of nowhere to be the biggest band in the world. Grunge was a license to print money, sending major-labe...
He was drunk for just about every part of the process when the Allman Brothers Band was inducted in 1995, including the ceremony itself. "It should have been the greatest week of my life," he later wrote in My Cross to Bear, "but instead I hit an all-time low." The experience was...
One classic clip featuresNirvanafrontmanKurt Cobainstage diving into a crowd of fans. As he was surfed back to the stage, one guard seemed to handle him a little roughly, leading to Cobain smashing his guitar into the man’s head. After a couple of blows, the guard connected with a punch...