Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Chose Books Over Drugs

The Eagles' Joe Walsh tore out hotel walls with a chainsaw. Who drummer Keith Moon drove his car ... Read More »

Ex-Slits Guitarist Viv Albertine Returns to Music After 25 Years

Viv Albertine, the former guitarist of the British punk band the Slits, went on a long hiatus from ... Read More »

20 Singers Who Rock a Fake Accent

Rock is all about selling a persona, and sometimes you have to change more than just your haircut. ... Read More »

'70s Music -- An Introduction

Though the psychedelic '60s had ended, '70s music marked a time of great experimentation, as new ... Read More »

Ian Brown Gives Thanks Every Day For Solo Career

The café on west London's genteel Holland Park Avenue is busy with patrons, the clatter of ... Read More »

Florence and the Machine Announce Biggest Tour + More

Mercury-nominated Florence and the Machine are to play their biggest tour yet in December, with six ... Read More »

The Ukrainians (From the U.K.) Keep Rockin' the 'Diaspora'

The Ukrainians still aren't. Ukrainians, that is. Closing in on 20 years from its beginning, the ... Read More »

Rock Almanac: November 6, 2008

On This Date in 1975: The Sex Pistols play their debut show at St. Martins College, the art school ... Read More »

John Lydon on Amy Winehouse

"I have never [imitated] black music in her idiotic way. She requires vast amounts of drugs to hide ... Read More »

'Rotten' Rocker Turns Butter Spokesperson

We're not certain we see the wisdom in a dairy company going out of its way to associate the word ... Read More »

Pioneering '80s Female Punk Rock Movie Finally Gets Video Release

You remember the female punk band the Stains from the early '80s -- a trio of girls in their teens ... Read More »

Keane Reveal New Album Details + More

Keane have announced that their third studio album, 'Perfect Symmetry,' will be released on October ... Read More »

Foals Injured in Sex Pistols-Bloc Party Brawl + More

Foals tour manager Nick Jenkin claims that three of the band members were injured during last ... Read More »

Veteran Punk Makes Young Soul Singer Cry

If you're looking to John Lydon for a little TLC, you're truly begging for 'Mercy.' At the Mojo ... Read More »

Rock Almanac: June 18, 2008

On This Date in 1977: During the chart reign of the Sex Pistols' anti-monarchy 'God Save the Queen' ... Read More »

Johnny Rotten Inspired the Joker + More

Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten inspired the Joker character -- played by the late Heath Ledger -- in ... Read More »