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Jean-Paul Gaster still remembers the moment he realized the first heavy-metal band was playing jazz. Growing up near Washington, D.C., the drummer — who for nearly 30 years has brought a loose-limbed swagger to the rhythms of esteemed hard-rock band Clutch — would sit with his father and watch live …

A fire at a Banning, California, manufacturing plant could wreak havoc on the global supply of vinyl records, Pitchfork reports. On Thursday, Apollo Masters Corp., which has produced the lacquer discs used to make masters for vinyl production for decades, was devastated in a fire that took 82 firefighters and …

UPDATE: The Smashing Pumpkins will open for Guns N’ Roses on select dates of their 2020 summer stadium tour. The Pumpkins are set to perform during the first six shows, which will take place in Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., East Rutherford, New Jersey and Boston. ** Guns N’ Roses …

Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband and suspected murderer of a Connecticut woman who was reported missing last May, was found unconscious at his home following an attempted suicide. Although initial media reports stated he was dead and his family had been notified of his death, his lawyer Norm Pattis told …

The Beastie Boys introduce themselves in a teaser for the upcoming Spike Jonze-directed documentary. Titled Beastie Boys Story, the live documentary will hit IMAX on April 3rd for a limited time, before streaming on Apple+ on April 24th. The clip opens with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz rapping the opening lines to …

Pearl Jam have unveiled the first single from their upcoming Gigaton LP, the propulsive “Dance of the Clairvoyants.” Their 11th studio album, Gigaton is their first LP in seven years and the follow-up to 2013’s Lightning Bolt. “Expecting perfection/leaves a lot to ignore,” Eddie Vedder sings. “When the past is …

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — The World Economic Forum is set in the picturesque Swiss town of Davos, nestled in the Alps. But the first thing you smell is not the crisp cool mountain air but the noxious fumes of an endless stream of belching black Mercedes driving the plutocrats to their …

Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Martin Scorsese praise the Band in the new trailer for Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, an upcoming authorized documentary about the group. “There is no band that emphasizes becoming greater than the sum of its parts than the Band,” Springsteen says in …

It’s not often that an artist’s debut album goes on to be the most commercially successful album of the year. In fact, the last time it happened was with 50 Cent’s 2003 album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, which he released after a series of successful mixtapes. Since then, the …

With Australia threatened by a wildfire the size of Manhattan, Pink has pledged to donate $500,000 to fire services battling the historic blaze. “I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires,” Pink tweeted Saturday. “I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly …