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The Linda Lindas’ Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza on why they’re too punk-rock for school
Having gone viral with Racist, Sexist Boy and toured with punk luminaries Rancid and Green Day, the Linda Lindas are not done growing up yet on sophomore LP No Obligation
The Beatles ’64 doc is essential viewing for every Fab Four fan – and you can sign up to watch it on Disney+ for just $2.99 a month in this Black Friday streaming deal
Witness the story behind the Beatles’ legendary Ed Sullivan Show performance in this Martin Scorsese-produced epic – which is available exclusively on Disney+
John Lennon once wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction
Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”
Knocked Loose and Poppy shock late-night TV viewers with hell-raising performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The rapidly rising band delivered a pyrotechnic, mosh pit-fueled set that shone a bright spotlight on modern hardcore genres. But the late-night TV beatdown wasn't to everyone's tastes
Christian Parker on the Byrds’ legacy as folk-rock trailblazers, gear innovators and righteous players in their own right
Parker’s two consecutive albums of Byrds covers showcase the brilliance of one of the '60s most underappreciated guitar powerhouses
Alex Van Halen on the first time he and Eddie met David Lee Roth at a show that nearly ended in violence
Pre-Van Halen fame, the brothers were scheduled to play a gig at a local park – only to get replaced by Roth’s band at the last minute
Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin on how they made Beat – with Robert Fripp’s blessing
Performing material from King Crimson's trailblazing '80s oeuvre, Beat finds three kings of the strings with the peerless Danny Carey pushing the envelope and Steve Vai doing Robert Fripp proud
How Pavement, Cairo Gang, and Chavez guitarists came brilliantly together on The Hard Quartet's debut album
The first LP from indie supergroup The Hard Quartet brings Pavement, Cairo Gang, and Chavez guitarists brilliantly together
![Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson [left] and Mikael Åkerfeldt sit on an old sofa with their PRS electric guitars. Åkesson looks off into the distance while Åkerfeldt stares into the camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBjBAxu9jXG82RYpeGpuUX-840-80.jpg.webp)
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson on their love of “stupid riffs,” and “recapturing that old death metal magic”
Opeth may have returned in a way to their sonic roots on their new album, The Last Will and Testament, but – with appearances from a Neal Schon signature model and a “not very metal” trick picked up from Eddie Van Halen – there are still plenty of quirks to go 'round
“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit”: The story of Nirvana's seminal MTV Unplugged set
Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a remarkable and eclectic set that served as the haunting apex of Nirvana's final chapter
