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The article relates the story of band promoter Danny O'Day and his 1978 tribute band Rock and Roll Heaven, whose members underwent plastic surgery to pay tribute to musicians Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jim Croce. The band went to television appearances, concerts at clubs and casinos, among others. Presley impersonator Dennis Wise filed a lawsuit for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty against O'Day. Among the members of the band were Ramona Caywood and Jesse Gamble.

The article presents the highlights of the one-on-one discussion between musicians Phoebe Bridgers and Lars Ulrich. Also cited are Bridges' former bands Sloppy Jane and Einstein's Dirty Secret, the songs of Ulrich's band Metallica, the benefits of social media to musicians, and the Metallica documentary "Some Kind of Monster."

The article presents an interview with Phil Lesh, the bassist from the band Grateful Dead, as of April 2014. He discusses his performances as part of Phil Lesh and Friends at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, the chemistry and relationships between Lesh and other Grateful Dead members including Jerry Garcia, and the effect of Lesh's work in experimental composition on the band's improvisation of music.

The article discusses the roots band the Avett Brothers, made up of brothers Scott and Seth Avett, bassist Bob Crawford, and cellist Joe Kwon, as of December 5, 2013. Topics include the brothers' rural Southern upbringing in North Carolina, the sincerity portrayed in their music including ballads like their fan favorite "January Wedding," and gossip surrounding the band and the separation of Seth and his wife Susan.

The article offers information on the life and works of American actor and author RuPaul. RuPaul went to Atlanta, Georgia from San Diego, California when he was 15 years old to escape his volatile parents. The venues he experimented ran an interesting gamut with the punk band Wee Wee Pole and gay/political talk-show hybrid where he go-go-danced for money. He became the Queen of Manhattan and featured club event, and his single entitled "Supermodel: You Better Work" in 1992 was a worldwide hit.

This article reports on the reasons behind the 1969 breakup of the band the Beatles. The article discusses how performers Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr reached the decision and why they stopped working together after changing popular music and culture around the world. Information is provided on the band's history and recordings, as well as the roles of management, drugs, and Lennon's wife Yoko Ono in their separation.

The article reviews the music album "Let It Be," by the Beatles, the documentary series "Get Back," directed by Peter Jackson and premiering on Disney+, and the book "The Beatles: Get Back".

The article presents posts on microblogging site Twitter on issues in the entertainment industry, including a cover of a previous issue of the "Rolling Stone" magazine, the community building by rapper Noname, and a cover story of music artists Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak, and also discusses the republication of William Miller's fictional 1973 cover story on the band Stillwater in honor of the 20th anniversary of "Almost Famous".

This article presents a guide to summer concert tours and music festivals in the U.S. in 2008. Information is provided on dates, venues, and ticket prices, as well as quotes from bandmembers and expectations for the shows. Performers discussed include Radiohead, R.E.M., Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, and Jack Johnson. INSET: Best Fests: Eight Worth the Trip.

This article highlights the year in music for 2007. A series of articles on the most important or talked about music events of the year are introduced, including the feud between rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West, the decision by Radiohead to self-release their latest album, the prolificacy of Ryan Adams and Lil Wayne, music scandals involving Phil Spector and R. Kelly, and the trials and tribulations of singer Amy Winehouse. Also addressed are the memoirs of famous musicians and reunited bands.

The article focuses on Rocklahoma, a concert in 2007 in Ohio featuring hair metal bands, and the current state of heavy metal music. Particular focus is given to a revival of heavy metal and glam-metal music. Bands that are discussed include Quiet Riot, Skid Row, Poison, White Lion, and Faster Pussycat. Commentary from musicians such as Tracii Guns, Vince Neil, Paul Black, and Joe LeSté is included. The article examines the popularity of the genre and why the genre faded in the 1990s.

The author discusses the career of singer John Lydon, a former member of the band "The Sex Pistols." According to the article Lydon feels that he brought some honesty to music which did not exist before. A history of the "The Sex Pistols" is given in the article. According to the article, none of the members of the "The Sex Pistols" envisioned the band becoming what it did. INSET: The Pistols' Rock & Roll Swindles.

This article presents a profile of the band Panic! at the Disco. The band members, Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie, Jon Walker and Spencer Smith, talk about their sudden rise to fame. The band performs elaborate shows, that includes gymnasts and elaborate costumes. The group also talks about the way they write music and how they approach their fame.

The article presents information about singer Bob Dylan. He has recently released an album with his band titled "Modern Times." The album features songs that refer to events such as the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks and Hurricane Katrina. According to Dylan, music cannot be enjoyed at all places.

The article presents information about guitarist Joe Walsh, a member of the band James Gang. Walsh performed in several hit songs including "Hotel California," with the band Eagles, and "Rocky Mountain Way" and "Life's Been Good." He also has several solo albums to his name including "Barnstorm," and "So What."

The article presents information about the music band Led Zeppelin. The band was formed by Jimmy Page in the late 1960s. Soon he was joined by artists John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and John Bonham. The group delivered their debut performance in London, England. The group's first album "Led Zeppelin," was released on January 12, 1969.

The article presents information on rock music's most goofed-up genius Pete Doherty. With "Babyshambles" and his first band, the Libertines, Pete Doherty has made some of the most exciting music to come out of Great Britain in the past five years. His best work is smart, scrappy punk rock that draws on both the energy and eclecticism of the Clash--Mick Jones produced both Libertines albums and Baby shambles' debut, Down in Albion--and on the hyperliterate English lyrical tradition of songwriters like RayDavies, Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker.

The article presents information about the band Fall Out Boy. A year ago, the band was an independent act known only to skateboarding Warped Tour children. They seemed unsuited for mainstream success: Their singer, Patrick Stump, was a music geek who hated the spotlight. But then came "Sugar, We're Going Down," perhaps last year's catchiest rock single and certainly its most unintelligible, as well as the Sixteen Candles-inspired video for "Dance, Dance," and a marketing strategy that takes its cues from hip-hop.

This article presents information on the rock performer The Grateful Dead from North Carolina. Phil Lesh is a member of this band. He mothballed his undergraduate dream of becoming a composer or conductor of avant-garde music. It was also a hint of where Lesh would soon be going and where he would help take American music with the band he joined as bass player in June 1965. Bob Weir, another member of the band, had been expelled from a string of private academies around the Peninsula and ended up in Menlo-Atherton High School, near Palo Alto, in 1964. He liked music, liked playing music, and played guitar really well.

This article focuses on the success of the band group called Coldplay, which includes four artists Jonny Buckland, Will Champiom, Chris Martin and Guy Berryman. X&Y is the name of Coldplay's third album. Their first two music albums, 2000s "Parachutes," and 2002s "A Rush of Blood to the Head," have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and each won a Grammy award for Best Alternative album. The newspaper "The New York Times," had labeled them the "most insufferable band of the decade."

The article focuses on a guitarist Daron Malakian. Daron, 29, is the guitarist in one of the most musically accomplished and politically conscious mainstream rock bands of the past decade: the Armenian-American parade-metal purveyors System of a Down. Angry sociopolitical metal gives way to frothy pop chants, which spontaneously burst into Armenian circus music and then fade into progressive rock or glam rock or grind-core or silence — all sung with trilling r s and a Frank Zappa-esque sense of intelligent whimsy.

This article presents information on the music group Kings of Leon. For all their success overseas, the Kings are still relatively unknown at home. Their first album, "Youth and Young Manhood," sold around 750,000 copies outside the U.S. and just over 100,000 copies in Great Britain, another album "Aha Shake Heartbreak," is out this month in the United States, debuted at number 3 on the British charts in October 2004. But the band's stateside prospects got a sudden boost last month when the hand was selected as the main support act for U2's spring tour.

The article presents information on the top music albums of the month. Singer Norah Jones returned with Feels Like Home, a tasteful mix that included singer Tom Waits cover and a duet with Dolly Parton, and sold more than 1 million copies its first week. Performer Eminem reunites with his partners in crime, D12, for more cheerfully offensive ghetto mayhem in D12 World, which has already sold nearly 2 million copies. Singer Ray Charles scored a posthumous hit with Genius Loves Company, a duets record featuring guest shots from musicians Norah Jones, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Van Morrison and James Taylor.

This article presents information related to popular songs by music bands which have created history. The degree of cynicism that lyricist Bob Dylan introduced, and the idea of bringing more personal lyrics from the folk and blues tradition into popular music, took the music band Rolling Stones from the song "The Last Time," their first remarkable record, to "Satisfaction," just a few months later. The song "Brown Sugar," from the Rolling Stones got its start at a session at Muscle Shoals studios singer W. Mick Jagger scrawled three verses on a stenographer's pad, and performer Keith Richards followed with an impossibly raunchy riff.

The article presents a catalogue of music events. On June 15, 2004, performer Warren Haynes takes performer Jerry Garcia's spot for thirty-five psychedelic summer shows, kicking off with a five-night stand at Colorado's Red Rocks; Performer Prince brings his Musicology tour back home to Minneapolis, where it all began; Musicians Liz Phair, the Cardigans and youngsters Katy Rose and Charlotte Martin rock for eighteen dates, starting at Chicago's House of Blues; Performer Usher's album "Confessions" has spent nine weeks at Number One. His arena tour, with twenty-four dates already booked, kicks off in Hampton, Virginia.

Profiles the musical group Pure Rubbish. Accounts on the experience of the band during concert tours; Gratitude of the Dunivan brothers to Ozzfest; Description of Derek Dunivan.

Focuses on the impact of band singers on the audiences in New York. Appreciation of the audience toward music; Nature of the songs played by several bands; Reception of the audiences on the vocalists.

Profiles the music band Slipknot in Des Moines, Iowa. Performance of the band during the Ozzfest festival; Type of music; Personal background of the band members; Background of the band.

Profiles N'Sync, a youth-oriented musical group in the United States. Details on the members of the group; Recognition of N'Sync as the top teen pop; Historical background of the group; Concert tours and performances of N'Sync.

Features the band Limp Bizkit. Behavior of lead singer Fred Durst; Expected performance of the band's second album `Significant Other'; Unfavorable comparisons with Korn; Band's poor image among female listeners; Musical influences.

Profiles the all-boy singing band, Backstreet Boys. Personal information about band members Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, and Kevin Richardson; Filing of a lawsuit against former manager Lou Pearlman and his company for pocketing a big chunk of the band's recording and touring revenues; Reaction of fame and the media attention; Career highlights.

Features the music group Fun Lovin' Criminals. Band members; Type of music played; Major releases; Performances; Fashion portfolio featuring the group.

Features swing music groups highlighting their style and fashion. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

Ten new bands you'll be hearing from soon. Breakfast Club; Lone Justice; General Public; The Le Roi Brothers; The Assembly; Icicle Works; True West; Del Fuegos; Prefab Sprout; The.

Profiles the band Quiet Riot, heavy metal's latest hotshots. Bandmembers Carlos Cavazo, Kevin DuBrow, Frankie Banali and Rudy Sarzo.

The article presents information about singer Stacy Ferguson. She was born and brought up in Whittier, California. When she was four or five she loved to perform in front of mirror. As a child she did TV commercials and appeared on "Married.....With Children" and at eight she was on the syndicated variety show "Kids International." In her early twenties along with two girls from "Kids Incorporated" she formed a band called Wild Orchid.

The article focuses on music band Duran Duran. Everybody loves Duran Duran. There are the people who loved them when they were around twenty years ago and there are the people who were not alive then but for whom they represent what they imagine the Eighties was all about that refied vision of 1982 so terrible fashionable right this second. That is not counting girls who think it is supercute to dance around in berets and fishnets, guys who never forgot the uncut "Girls on Film" video and even those who once considered the band the nail in the coffin of real music but find they do not turn the dial at "Rio.

Presents several photographs of music band U2 that were taken between 1982 and 2002. Photograph that shows the band imitating another music group Spice Girls; Importance of the photograph taken at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois in 1992; Comments of the author about using a humidifier while on a concert tour.

Features the White Stripes music band from Detroit, Michigan. Music style; Response of the audience to the band's music; Account on the formation of the band.

Profiles Canadian teenage music band Sum 41 in Toronto, Ontario. Performances of the band; Personal background of the four members of Sum 41; Achievements of the band.

Features the rock metal band Mogwai in the United States. Music genre of the band; Information on the band members; Details on the concert tour of Mogwai.

Reports on the last concert of the band Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago, Illinois. Songs that will be performed; Guests at the concert; Reaction of Corgan to the concert.

Features musicians and bands popular among listeners of college radio. Includes Dot Allison; The Wiseguys; Plaid.

Profiles Lit, the rock band composed of drummer Allen Shellenberger, guitarist Jeremy Popoff, Jeremy's brother and vocalist A.Jay, and bassist Kevin Baldes. Personal and family background; Influences and musical style; Career choice; Part-time job; Lifestyle and philosophy; Views about the rock business; Major music recordings; Clothes modeled by the Lit members.

Profiles the ten most important heavy metal bands in the United States. Includes Korn; Meshuggah; Pantera.

The article discusses the views of a concert promoter on the financial successes of reunion tours for bands.

The article focuses on Cheap Trick, the American band composed of guitarist Ricky Nielsen, singer Robin Zander, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos. Topics covered include the members' personal background, band's formation in 1974, their concerts, albums, and deal with Big Machine Records, and their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. Their recordings include "Cheap Trick," "Heaven Tonight," the 1978 live album, and "Bang, Zoom, Crazy...Hello."

The article offers a brief profile of folk-pop group the Head and the Heart. Emphasis is given to topics such as the hiatus of singer Josiah Johnson due to drug addiction, the release of their album "Signs of Light," and the substitution of singer Matty Gervais for Johnson as the band prepares for a concert at Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado.

The article discusses a 2010 murder-suicide in which Iranian musician Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie shot and killed three members of the Iranian band Yellow Dogs, before killing himself, with a semiautomatic rifle in their Brooklyn, New York home. Topics include the granting of political asylum to the Yellow Dogs' members, Rafie's mental state following his departure from the Iranian band Free Keys, and Yellow Dogs' involvement in "No One Knows About Persian Cats," a film about Iranian musicians.