Rage Against the Machine 3.0 officially came to an end early Wednesday evening, when drummer Brad Wilk informed fans via Instagram that the group wasn’t going to resume its Public Service Announcement reunion tour. “RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again,” he posted …
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On New Year’s Eve, we learned the improbable fact that a trio of middle-aged, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted punks in notably well-tailored suits can somehow still shock and offend the masses. For Green Day, all it took was changing the “American Idiot” lyric “I’m not part of a …
Read More »Chaka Khan Never Wanted to Be a Solo Artist
“I found a piece of my peace right here in Georgia,” says Chaka Khan, who just started a new life in the big rural property she purchased in that state. She recently sat in her bedroom there, gazing at the trees outside, and looked back at her life and career …
Read More »Lessons on Creativity from Snoop Dogg, Lil Yachty, and Gucci Mane
“One of my secrets,” Snoop Dogg tells Latto in their recent Musicians on Musicians conversation, “is that I remain the biggest kid in the room at all times.” The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now includes highlights of that interview (moderated by Rolling Stone staff writer Andre Gee) along …
Read More »Ginger Pooley Was a Teenage Smashing Pumpkins Superfan. Then She Joined the Band
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Scott Weiland's Son Is Making 'Gritty Alternative Pop' and Finally Forgiving His Father
If you look at Noah Weiland‘s life from a certain vantage point, he’s the definition of a nepo baby. The 23-year-old is the son of Scott Weiland — the tragic former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver — and spent his childhood years traveling the world on …
Read More »Chaka Khan: I Might Quit Touring 'Three or Four Times, Like Other Bitches Do'
F or Chaka Khan, the end of 2023 was nothing short of triumphant. In November, she was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and she also moved from Los Angeles to a big, rural property in Georgia, where she says she’s found “peace of mind.” The …
Read More »Tom Smothers Made the Variety Show Cool: 'I Didn't Want to Do the Standard Bullshit'
“Variety shows are complicated,” Tom Smothers toldRolling Stonein 2015. The occasion was the launch ofBest Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, the ultimately short-lived attempt to revive the long-standing song-dance-and-skits format for TV. Few knew how thorny such undertakings could be than Smothers, who died this week at age 88. …
Read More »Best Music of 2023: Staff Picks
Ask anyone who works at Rolling Stone what they’ve been listening to lately, and you’re guaranteed to get an interesting answer. In the final weeks of the year, more than 30 colleagues from across the departments that make RS submitted their personal picks for the 10 best albums of 2023. …
Read More »How Little Brother and Rap Portraits Made One of The Year's Best Music Documentaries
For some, life is a series of chance meetings with historical consequences. Little Brother, the trio comprised of rapper/singer Phonte, rapper Big Pooh, and (formerly) producer 9th Wonder met on the campus of North Carolina Central University and went on to craft one of rap’s most beloved catalogs. Their story …
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