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Ziggy Marley Sang a Beloved 90s Cartoon Theme Song That You Forgot About and Now It’s Going To Be Stuck in Your Head All Day

Ziggy Marley is well-known for being one of the greatest reggae musicians to ever live. Turns out, he’s also been in our daily lives for decades,...

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Flea’s ‘Very Strict’ Bedtime Routine Is… Honestly, a Lot Tamer Than I Thought It’d Be

Do you ever imagine how your favorite musicians choose to wind down at the end of their day? Yeah? I honestly didn’t expect you to answer “yes,”...

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5 of the Best Dave Grohl Songs That Aren’t by the Foo Fighters or Nirvana

Dave Grohl is a man of many, many hats. He was the drummer for the most iconic grunge band on the planet, Nirvana, and then went on to start one of...

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One Direction Singer Cancels US Tour Due to ‘Health’ Issues, Following Alleged Altercation With Former Bandmate

One Direction fans in America who were looking forward to seeing Zayn Malik on his new solo tour just got some bad news. The singer has cancelled his...

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Metal Band ‘Accused of Using Generative AI’ Calls Out Music Service: ‘It Did Its Job Poorly’

Metal band Zao called out a digital music distribution service after being accused of “using generative AI” in their songs. It all started after...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (5/01)

New Music Friday on the FIRST DAY of the month? What is this, an omen of some kind? If so, it’s a good one because the caliber of music that has...

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3 Songs That Instantly Transport You To Watching Movies During the Y2K Era

The 90s were an elite decade for movie soundtracks, and that momentum carried into the 2000s. The Y2K era brought us some amazing cinematic moments....

30.04.2026 6

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David Allan Coe, Controversial Outlaw Country Star, Dead at 86

Legendary outlaw country music star David Allan Coe has died. The controversial singer-songwriter was 86. No cause of death has been disclosed, but...

30.04.2026 6

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Yung Lean Getting ‘Goat’ Praise for Viral Video Short Film With ‘Masterpiece’ Choreography

Yung Lean stars in a new short film, “Storm”, and the music video is going viral for its “masterpiece” choreography. The clip has also...

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Retired Korn Bassist Fieldy Thanks Bandmate for ‘Very Unexpected Gift’ Amidst New Comments on Why He Left the Band

Fieldy, Korn’s founding bassist, has announced his retirement from the band. However, he appears to have maintained a positive relationship with at...

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Dave Grohl’s New ‘Favorite Band’ Are Fellow Grunge Icons From the 90s

Dave Grohl has a new “favorite band,” and he’s only “35 years” late to the party. During a conversation with Zane Lowe for The Zane Lowe...

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Queens of the Stone Age Reunited on Stage With Controversial Former Member More the 20 Years After His Firing

It’s been more than 20 years since Nick Oliveri’s controversial exit from Queens of the Stone Age. All parties involved have since cleared the...

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WATCH: Megadeth Shred Through Cover of ‘Ride the Lightning’ by Metallica for the First Time Live

Megadeth live debuted their cover of Metallica’s “Ride The Lightning“, and fans caught the whole shred-heavy performance on film for the rest of...

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4 of the Horniest Metal Songs of All Time

Heavy metal is not a genre often known for being “horny.” Aggressive? Yes. Indignant? Often. But Horny is not quite as common. Certainly, there...

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David Bowie Was Detained for Possessing Nazi Memorabilia on This Day 50 Years Ago

We all know that David Bowie spent some time in the 70s toying with notions of nazi worship and fascism. It was super weird, and it all came to a head...

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An Iconic Grunge Musician Was Once Robbed at Knifepoint and the Attack Led Fans To Form a Skatepark Charity

Back in 2009, Pearl Jam were hard at work on their ninth studio album, Backspacer. The project was recorded at several locations, including Southern...

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‘Because It Ain’t You’: Quincy Jones’ Savage Response to The Beatles’ Ringo Starr in the Studio

There are not a whole lot of people who would talk s*** to The Beatles. Certainly not to their faces. But Quincy Jones wasn’t just a regular...

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Behemoth’s ‘The Godless IV’ Tour Held a Dark Ceremony at Portland’s Roseland Theater and Basically Opened a Portal to Hell

On April 18, 2026, Polish black metal legends Behemoth and their ‘The Godless IV’ Tour descended upon Portland, Oregon’s Roseland Theater. What...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (4/24)

Well, friends, it’s the last New Music Friday of the month, and it’s a good one! There are some really great new songs and albums out today, but...

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Amid Ongoing Legal Trouble, Turnstile Is Being Honored With Their Own Baltimore Orioles Ballpark Night

The Turnstile crew has had a rough couple of months, but things are finally starting to look up, it seems. The band has had to navigate some serious...

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Why Ex-NIN Drummer Ilan Rubin Was Able to ‘Spread His Wings’ at His New Gig, According to the Band’s Frontman

The saga of Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin leaving the industrial band to play for the Foo Fighters has played out very interestingly. Now, Dave...

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The 1975 Wanted to Write This Album ‘From the Gutter,’ but They Changed Their Mind—Here’s Why

The 1975 have written some very lush rock music over the past decade. There was one album, however, that they wanted to write “from the gutter.”...

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WATCH: Foo Fighters Frontman Dave Grohl Was Spotted Rocking out at His Daughter Violet’s Record Store Day Concert

Dave Grohl has worn lots of hats: Foo Fighters frontman, Nirvana drummer, The Devil—just to name a few. His favorite, though, must be “dad.” To...

22.04.2026 6

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K-Pop Music Mogul Behind BTS Sought for Arrest Over Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Investigation

South Korean police are looking to arrest producer and music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, the chairman of Hybe, which is the agency behind K-pop supergroup...

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A Legendary Punk Singer Went Missing on This Day in 1982, Forcing His Band to Cancel Their Tour Before a Major Album Release

In 1982, The Clash dropped one of their biggest albums, Combat Rock. The album’s release, however, was plagued with chaos. Right before, frontman...

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4/20 Albums: Skip the Obvious Ones and Listen to These 5 Records Today

Today is April 20th—or 4/20—and some of you are going to be getting up to some shenanigans today. So what’s your soundtrack going to be? Some...

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Smashing Pumpkins Frontman Billy Corgan Draws a Hard Line in the Sand on AI Music

The raging debate over the use of AI in music has loud voices on both sides. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is now weighing in and drawing a...

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The VICE Playlist Project: Defy Genres and Build a Soundtrack for the Moment

The evolution of music has taken us beyond genres. Artists like Childish Gambino and Dominic Fike have proven that genre lines can be so blurred that...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (4/17)

Happy New Music Friday, friends! I hope the week has been kind to you and that your weekend finds you in good spirits. There’s quite a lot of new...

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Has Amended Oasis’ Induction After Fans Noticed Someone Missing

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has amended Oasis’ induction. So what does that mean? Well, in this particular instance, it means that the band’s...

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D4vd Murder Case: Singer’s Lawyers Declare That ‘Actual Evidence’ Will Prove Him Innocent

On April 16, 2026, D4vd was taken into custody on suspicion of involvement with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Now, the singer’s lawyers have...

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D4vd Arrested for Murder in the Death of Celeste Rivas

D4vd has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bond, according to the LAPD. The arrest stems from the investigation into the...

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Dave Mustaine Has Questionable Opinion About the ‘Big Four,’ and I Hate to Admit It, but He Might Be Right

Dave Mustaine has always thought very highly of Dave Mustaine. His self-confidence is quite well documented. In a new interview, though, he seemed to...

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4 Times a Song Was Basically About Sex—but Hid Behind Something Ridiculous

Did you know that some of your favorite tunes are secret sex songs? I mean, yeah, some of them are obvious, but others like to hide the metaphor...

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Soundgarden’s ‘Spoonman’ Isn’t As Illicit As Most of Us Thought in 1994

Soundgarden’s 1994 track “Spoonman” is one of the band’s biggest and most recognizable songs. In addition to being a top 10 hit, it won the...

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Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson Has Some High Praise for All the Band’s Drummers Except for One, Apparently

Slipknot has had three crucial drummers during their tenure. There was founding member Joey Jordison, then Jay Weinberg, and now drummer Eloy...

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The Horniest Songs Ever Written That Somehow Became Radio Hits

Feelings of love and adoration have always been the strongest inspirations for the world’s biggest songs. Sometimes, though, a horny songwriter can...

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3 Musicians Who Had to Change the Way They Played After Serious Accidents

Sometimes life throws you a wild curveball, and you just have to swing and hope for the best. This is a reality that some of the world’s biggest...

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Cannons Bassist Paul Davis Forced to Leave Tour for Emergency Brain Surgery

Los Angeles’ Cannons have revealed that founding bassist, Paul Davis, has left the indie pop band’s current tour due to serious health reasons....

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12 Years Ago, Justin Bieber Sparked Controversy by Wishing Anne Frank Would Have Been a ‘Belieber’

We all said and did some controversial stuff as teenagers. We just weren’t all as unlucky as Justin Bieber was to have those cringy moments play out...

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Ranking Songs by How Awkward It Would Be if Your Parents Walked in While It Was Playing

There are a handful of universal embarrassments we all suffer. Waving to someone who we thought was someone else is pretty awful. Then there’s...

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Charlie Sheen Bought a Tour Bus on a Bender, Now This Rockstar Is Auctioning It Off

Tim Montana is selling his tour bus. It’s not just any tour bus, though. It’s a tour bus he acquired from actor Charlie Sheen, who bought it while...

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WATCH: Alice Cooper Crushes Live Cover of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana

Alice Cooper headlined his annual Coopstock music festival in Mesa, Arizona, over the weekend, and attendees got a big surprise. While performing,...

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On This Day in 2009, Disgraced Music Producer Was Convicted of Murder Following Hung Jury Mistrial

It has been 17 years to the day since disgraced music producer Phil Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson. The conviction came...

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Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge Once Showed Trent Reznor a Picture of a ‘Dead Alien’, According to NIN Drummer Ilan Rubin

Put on your tinfoil hats and let’s get into this… Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge, who is well-known for his belief in alien life, has been spreading an...

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On This Day in 2005, Ozzy Osbourne Ended a Pioneering Career Shift He Later Came To Despise

It has been 21 years to the day since the final episode of The Osbournes aired on MTV in the UK. The show ended its run in the United States on March...

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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (4/10)

It’s New Music Friday, yet again, which means that we can collectively celebrate the end of a long week with some fresh tracks! This week, NMF is...

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Jack Harlow Allegedly Asked Grammy-Nominated Collaborator to Leave Her Name off a Song They Already Co-Wrote

Jack Harlow has had some less-than-stellar press surrounding his new album, Monica. The rapper-turned-R&B artist previously said he “got blacker”...

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Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Claims Self-Defense in Attempted Murder Charge

Ex-Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert is pleading “pure self-defense” in his altercation with former bandmate Brendan Yates’ father. On March 29,...

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How Harrowing Stories of Genital Mutilation (And a Bit of Reggae) Helped Inspire This 1994 Hit Song

Tori Amos has always been known for her deep lyrics and abstract song meanings. Interestingly, these are kind of both true for her 1994 hit,...

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