Buddy Holly is among a handful of artists responsible for nearly everything we call rock ‘n’ roll. The man was barely a man by today’s legal standards when he built the original power trio, the Crickets, and at 19, he first topped the charts with “That’ll Be the Day.” He…
Free speech/swear word pioneers 2 Live Crew are gonna spit some sweaty, dirty and lustful Miami Bass all over Delux in Delray Beach. We’re positive that when Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis hit the stage — sadly, without Luke “Skyywalker” Campbell — they’re gonna rap nasty over their crassest…
It’s easy to picture the Puddle of Mudd of a decade ago. Frontman Wes Scantlin’s Cobainesque hair flowed out of a backward-fitted baseball cap, the guys were signed to Fred Durst’s Flawless Records, and their breakthrough album, Come Clean, birthed four songs that got massive play locally on 93 Rock…
There must be something Jack White knows about Insane Clown Posse that we don’t. Generally, we stand behind all of his acquisitions, collaborations and kitschy innovations. But, when we got a press release stating that White was going to produce a seven inch single of ICP rapping over Mozart’s lost…
Guns N Roses are coming to South Florida at the end of October. UPDATE: PRESALE INFO IS AFTER THE JUMP.They were the biggest, baddest band of the late ’80s, and despite Axl Rose’s biker shorts and baseball catcher fetish, the GNR of that era is one of the best live…
Word travels fast. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards last night, all of America was introduced to Beyoncé’s lovely baby bump. If we know anything about Mrs. Knowles-Carter and the father to be, their baby is destined for greatness, privileges and ballerdom. In about four months, Jayoncé will emerge…
The man who borrowed Buddy Holly’s glasses and stole Elvis’ name in order to sneak onto pop-rock radio, Elvis Costello, turns 57 today. With a look based on the spirit of ’57 and an attitude shaped by the spirit of ’77, Costello took punk rock attitude and classic pop sensibilities…
South Florida, we seem to be in the clear right now. Hurricane Irene doesn’t look like she’s planning to stomp all over us — as of Wednesday a.m. Even as we say this, we know we may be wrong. We can’t think of a time that a hurricane came through…
Our favorite hunk, Rick Springfield, turns 62 today. Can someone say silver fox? In the early ’80s, Springfield was on up on magazine covers, bedroom walls and pre-teen fantasies. Like a Bieber with feathered hair, he was the dreamiest. His fifth album, Working Class Dog, had four Top 40 singles…
Andy Samberg, the star of arguably the best movie ever made, Hot Rod, is turning 33 today. As the leader of comedy/music group the Lonely Island, Samberg’s risen to the top of the charts while singing about creamed jeans, mermaid sex, and letting everyone know that he just had sex…
Anti-folk pioneer and half of the Moldy Peaches, Kimya Dawson is releasing her eighth solo album, Thunder Thighs, on October 25. Her child-like singing, funny/abrasive lyrics, and unconventional guitar strumming are adored by the nerdy and the hip. Without Dawson’s unique voice, the soundtrack to 2008’s Juno would’ve been nothing…
When Gilby Clarke stepped into Izzy Stradlin’s snakeskin shoes in 1991, legions of Guns N’ Roses fans were ready to throw him to the lions. But once he got onstage, with only a couple of days to prepare, in the middle of the infamous and almost never-ending “Use Your Illusion”…
Bad Brains, the band that disproved almost every stereotype and criticism about punk rock and hardcore, are windmilling their way into Revolution on September 21. When hardcore punk was a brand-new thing, it was generally viewed as sloppy, out of tune, poorly played music written for and by white kids…
Coldplay is (or was) one of the biggest bands in the world. From the moment “Yellow” came out in 2000 up until 2006’s Kraftwerk-based hit “Talk,” the London quartet was giving U2 a run for its money in the worldwide musical domination game. Its music is perfect for making a…
There’s no question that South Florida loves bass. When Sir Mix-A-Lot busted out with “Posse on Broadway” 23 years ago, he fit perfectly into our Miami Booty Bass Jell-O mold. No line captures the spirit of quad tearing frequencies better than “The 808 kick drum makes that girlies get dumb.”…
Anyone can play guitar, but not just anyone can make a guitar that anyone can play easily. The man who invented almost everyone’s first electric guitar, the late Leo Fender, would have turned 102 today. He didn’t invent the electric guitar, but he did create the first guitar that was…
The king of novelty music, Weird Al Yankovic has had a fruitful and lucrative career, yet very few will claim him as their favorite artist. His parody work is amazingly perfect. In many cases, it’s his spoof of the original that launches the song he’s ripping on to classic status…
Whitney Houston turns 48 today! Which is a total shock to us. We are shocked that she is so young. For the past ten years or so, she’s looked like she’s at least 50. No disrespect to the Diva, but she’s had a rough decade. When she popped on the…
Our favorite Christ stance rocker, Scott Stapp, turns 38 today. Yes, we love poking fun at his ability to ward off wolves in the wild, but we hope Stapp has a glorious birthday filled with wine and roses. Let’s point out that Stapp has done a lot of good for…
After 45 gregarious years, Jerry Lewis bowing out of the telethon game is like Michael Jordan leaving the NBA or Steve Carrell leaving The Office or David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen. Sure, the show will go on, and someone will replace him, but his face and supersilly — sometimes…
Pop-punk is one of the genres that is hotly debated within itself. Say, people who like the Ramones, the Queers and Teenage Bottlerocket would say that bands like Blink-182, New Found Glory and Lagwagon aren’t really pop-punk — and vice versa. Keep in mind, to metal fans, hip-hop heads and…
MTV is 30. It would be easy to go off on how it doesn’t play music videos anymore. But that is really old news. Yes, for a while, it used to play all videos, then it was a lot of videos and some original programming, then it was about half…
