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Twisted Tales: Ol' Dirty Bastard Lives Up to His Name(s) -- Except for the 'Ol'' Part

He answered to Joe Bananas and Dirt McGirt and Big Baby Jesus. Best known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, ... Read More »

Celebrity Tax Evasion: Musicians Who Got Caught by the Taxman

George Harrison seemed like the gentle Beatle, but even he reserved special animosity for the one ... Read More »

CMJ 2009 Preview: Five Must-See Bands

Next Tuesday, Oct. 20, marks the start of the CMJ Music Marathon, a five-day festival in New York ... Read More »

2009 CMJ Lineup Led by Evan Dando

The full lineup for this year's CMJ Music Marathon has been announced and, as usual, it features a ... Read More »

Road Report: Matisyahu's Album Finally Sees the 'Light' of Day

Reggae MC Matisyahu is keeping a summer diary for Spinner while releasing his new album, 'Light.' In ... Read More »

Black Lips Cultivate Unlikely Friendship With GZA

Atlanta garage rock ingénues the Black Lips recently issued a remix of their haunting hip-hop ... Read More »

Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music

Forget Rock 'n' Roll High School -- we're going to the Rock 'n' Roll Ivy League! These musicians ... Read More »

GZA and Cool Kids Prove the Best Things at NXNE Are Free

A concert featuring blog-rappers the Cool Kids and Wu-Tang Clan legend GZA might look at first ... Read More »

North by Northeast 2009: Toronto Music City

Canada's biggest music festival is about to take over downtown Toronto's music venues, bars, ... Read More »

Black Lips and GZA, 'The Drop I Hold' -- Exclusive Download

Remember when the Black Lips eamed with Wu-Tang Clan's GZA for a shock-and-huh? performance at this ... Read More »

Miles to Go: Copeland's Arabic-American Music Summit Featured in PBS Doc

Miles Copeland grew up around spies and diplomats -- his dad worked for the C.I.A. and the family ... Read More »

Dead Science Draw From Wu-Tang Clan on New Album

For their upcoming album, 'Villainaire,' the Dead Science took inspiration from an unlikely source. ... Read More »

RZA Considers Dropping Science for U.S. Government Research Labs

When pressed, many musicians will admit that what they really want to do is act, and many actors ... Read More »

RZA Returns as Bobby Digital + More

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA will return as his alter ego, Bobby Digital, for a new album, titled 'Digi ... Read More »

Rock Almanac: March 22, 2008

On This Date in 1999: Ol' Dirty Bastard is arrested in Brooklyn and charged with possession of crack ... Read More »

Stage Name Stories: Ol' Dirty Bastard

Born: Russell Tyrone Jones What's in a Name: Wu-Tang Clan founding member nicknamed after a kung-fu ... Read More »