Timeline

The Mad Genius of Brian Wilson

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2008

They say Keith Richards is the ultimate rock'n'roll survivor, but "they" somehow must not have met Brian Wilson. From the moment he entered...

Judas Priest

Metal Gods

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

Judas Priest is quintessential British heavy metal. One of the first groups to truly embrace the heavy metal tag, over the past 35 years th...

Jason Pierce

Fucked Up Inside: From Spacemen 3 To Spiritualized

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2008

Jason Pierce is as much a survivor as he is a visionary. From his time in the influential yet self-destructive Spacemen 3 with his one-time...

Al Green

Is Love

PUBLISHED May 15, 2008

It’s almost too easy to describe the story of Al Green as a struggle between the sacred and the profane. It’s an American music cliché, but...

Billy Bragg

Working Class Hero

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2008

"I’m mean as hell, and I want to change the world.” These aren’t the words of Billy Bragg circa 1984 during the depths of the Thatcher regi...

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Hard Knocks and High Times

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

Career longevity is rare in most musical genres but it’s practically unheard of in hip-hop where artists can be dismissed as old school aft...

Carl Craig

Intergalactic Beats

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

Carl Craig is generally known as the central figure in Detroit’s second wave of techno, the leader of a talented slew of producers who bega...

A Tribe Called Quest

Verses From the Abstract

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

A Tribe Called Quest’s hip-hop legacy is virtually peerless and while all the group members played a crucial role in the group’s chemistry,...