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From Demi Lovato To Lizzo, All The Performances From The 2020 Grammys

Mike Nied | January 26, 2020 5:49 pm
Mike Nied | January 26, 2020 5:49 pm

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Britney Spears Reportedly Has A New Boyfriend: Morning Mix

Bianca Gracie | November 6, 2014 5:00 am
Bianca Gracie | November 6, 2014 5:00 am

Pop Star Mashups: 10 Dream Collaborations

Erika Brooks Adickman | June 5, 2012 6:00 am
Erika Brooks Adickman | June 5, 2012 6:00 am


Davy Jones R.I.P.: 7 Eclectic Monkees Cover Songs

Becky Bain | February 29, 2012 12:58 pm
Becky Bain | February 29, 2012 12:58 pm

Run-DMC’s Adidas To Be Forever Enshrined In Cleveland

noah | January 14, 2009 3:30 am
noah | January 14, 2009 3:30 am

Hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC, still-at-it metallurgists Metallica, guitar hero Jeff Beck, doo-wop group Little Anthony & the Imperials, and soul survivor Bobby Womack are this year’s performer inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, the Cleveland-based museum that will enshrine (a certain type of) music that’s defined as “rock” for years to come, or at least as long as enough people want to pay the admission fee. The induction ceremony takes place on April 4, and this year it’s taking place in the museum’s home city, and not in splashy old New York City. Also being honored that night: sidemen Bill Black (bassist for Elvis Presley), DJ Fontana (drummer for Presley), and Spooner Oldham (session musician for Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan)—and rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson, who’s this year’s early influence of choice. I hope that she gets her “covered by a band of now” due during the ceremony, which is going to air live this year on Fuse (they’re taking over broadcast duties from VH1 Classic); some examples of why after the jump.

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Project X Hits the Hip-Hop Nostalgia Circuit

Michaelangelo Matos | October 6, 2008 11:00 am
Michaelangelo Matos | October 6, 2008 11:00 am

As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Michaelangelo Matos breaks down top-ten lists from every genre imaginable. After the jump, he sits through VH1’s latest TV-based listicle, 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs, and finds a few poignant moments among the MC Hammer jokes:

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Run-DMC And Slayer Will Not Be Performing Together At Next Year’s Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

noah | September 22, 2008 11:30 am
noah | September 22, 2008 11:30 am

Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, Run-DMC, the Stooges, War, and Bobby Womack are this year’s nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; five of them will be inducted next April after balloting concludes in January. This year’s list of nominees is almost more notable for who isn’t on it than who is; the list of eligible artists who were snubbed by the dudes who want to codify their definition of “rock and roll” includes inarguably influential artists like Slayer, the Cure, and–once again–Rush. Click through for our list of the six highest-profile acts who didn’t make the ballot, and vote for who you think was the most robbed. Once the votes are tallied, we can march on the Rolling Stone offices and plead for justice!

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Evidence In Jam Master Jay’s Death Belatedly Given To MTV, Possibly Police

anthonyjmiccio | May 22, 2008 9:45 am
anthonyjmiccio | May 22, 2008 9:45 am

AP02022504076.jpgAlmost six years after the murder of Jam Master Jay, MTV has come in contact with a man who claims to have the Run-DMC DJ’s two-way pager, which allegedly was left at a club in Milwaukee days before his shooting. Despite a headline claiming that the pager is “possibly a crucial piece of evidence in his murder,” it’s not until we’ve reached the end of the piece–after we get to read personal messages sent to the pager the night of Jay’s death–that we’re told why this wasn’t given to the police during President Bush’s first term. Turns out the police never “reached out” to Eric “Shake” James, and I guess this is the kind of “possibly crucial piece of evidence” one needs to be asked to hand over. MTV’s got the NYPD’s private line, though, so once they’ve published some of the heartbreaking contents of the pager, they’ll try to hook-up a meet-and-greet.

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Top 5 Band Logos Missing From The 25 “Best Band Logos”

Jess Harvell | February 18, 2008 2:00 am
Jess Harvell | February 18, 2008 2:00 am

thm_misfits_skull_logo.jpgAh, nothing quite fills a slow-ass holiday Monday better than list gripery. At first, as I read this rundown of the 25 “Best Band Logos,” all I could think was “they better remember the Misfits skull. They better remember the Misfits skull.” Well, they did remember to include the Misfits skull (phew), while managing to hit most of the canonical choices when it comes to rock logos (Metallica, Van Halen, the Grateful Dead skull, the Stones lips, et cetera). But while you might pitch a kvetch about the obviousness or ordering–Phish ahead of Public Enemy’s crosshairs? The Scissor Sisters ahead of almost everyone at No. 5??–can you really fault the folks at Spinner for forgetting a few of your own faves while sifting through forty years of pop music iconography? This is the Internet, after all, where counter-lists are plentiful unto pointlessness. That’s why I cobbled together a list of five personal pop design highlights, any one of which could maybe, you know, be subbed in for H.I.M.’s “heartagram” or the backwards Korn “K.” (Just sayin’.)

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Jess Harvell | January 25, 2008 10:30 am
Jess Harvell | January 25, 2008 10:30 am

Maybe it’s ‘cuz I’ve only had one cup of coffee this morning, but please tell me if you can figure out how the headline “Run DMC Rapper Starts New Career Lobbying For Abortion Rights For Adoptees…” connects up with a story about “Darryl McDaniels… More »


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