Nirvana
The Influences Behind Ten Of Kurt Cobain’s Best Songs
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana died tragically 19 years ago (wow, we’re old) on April 5th, 1994, but his legacy still lives on. Each of his songs was inspired by an experience, a person, a book, […]
Edgar Winter’s ‘Frankenstein,’Rush And ‘Footloose’: Dave Grohl’s SXSW Keynote
John Fogerty has recently been quoted as saying that Dave Grohl has a childlike enthusiasm for music. Grohl’s fans have seen that time and time again over the years, watching him play in a number […]
Dave Grohl’s Classic Rock Credentials
Considering he gets to hang with his idols all day, Dave Grohl has a pretty cool life. Most recently, he’s been playing shows with his Sound City Players, featuring Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Cheap Trick‘s Rick Nielsen and Rick Springfield. His documentary, Sound City, features […]
From Axl Rose To John Mayer: Five Classic Onstage Meltdowns
Why make this list of incidents that may make us sad and lose faith in our rock heros? Because like a mountain or a train wreck, they’re there and we cannot look away. 1991: Axl […]
Daft Punk Revives The Great Rock Album TV Ad
During the March 2 episode of Saturday Night Live, enigmatic dance act Daft Punk shocked the music world by airing a new 15-second TV commercial. Furthering the French band’s mystique, the spot revealed virtually no […]
‘Sound City’ Reviewed: Much More Than A Film About A Mixing Board
“This Neve board, this… is not my world. Engineers who spend hours on the kick drum (sound)? Please! I would rather have a blood transfusion!” This is part of a rather unlikely conversation between Barry […]
Corey Taylor On Performing With Sound City Players: ‘Talk About A Fanboy-gasm!’
This past Friday night (January 18), Corey Taylor made the following announcement from the stage at Park City Live in Utah: “This is the craziest f***in’ night of my life.” That’s quite a statement from […]
How Dave Grohl Became BFFs With A Beatle
Rock’n’roll workaholic Dave Grohl’s latest project is his new documentary Sound City, which tells the story of the storied L.A. recording studio of the same name. The project has brought him together with a long list […]
Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City Players’ To Include Nicks, Fogerty, Nielsen… And Rick Springfield!
The Sundance Film Festival is about to be rocked. As previously reported, Dave Grohl‘s Sound City film, a documentary about the storied L.A. studio, will make its public premiere at the annual festival. In addition, […]
‘Sir-vana’ Returns? Dave Grohl Forms All-Star Band To Play Sundance – But Doesn’t Reveal Its Members
All a Foo Fighters hiatus means is that Dave Grohl can divert his creativity and powerful promotional muscle to a new project. For the past five months the Foo fighters frontman has been successfully building […]



























