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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features drummer Steve Distanislao
By the summer of 2005, drummer Steve Distanislao felt like his career had reached a pinnacle. After years of struggling to earn a living as a musician,...
By the summer of 2005, drummer Steve Distanislao felt like his career had reached a pinnacle. After years of struggling to earn a living as a musician,...
- 5/26/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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About a month after they released their latest album, Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones announced they’d take their new music on the road in 2024. The tour is now officially underway, after the Stones opened their first night of the multi-city trek in Houston, Texas, in April.
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“The band’s 60th anniversary tour in 2022 seemed like it could be the end of the Rolling Stones saga,...
About a month after they released their latest album, Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones announced they’d take their new music on the road in 2024. The tour is now officially underway, after the Stones opened their first night of the multi-city trek in Houston, Texas, in April.
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“The band’s 60th anniversary tour in 2022 seemed like it could be the end of the Rolling Stones saga,...
- 5/6/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features keyboardist Craig Frost.
On the beloved 1996 Simpsons episode “Homerpalooza,” Grand Funk Railroad super fan Homer Simpson blasts “Shinin’ On” while driving his kids and their friends to school,...
On the beloved 1996 Simpsons episode “Homerpalooza,” Grand Funk Railroad super fan Homer Simpson blasts “Shinin’ On” while driving his kids and their friends to school,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features multi-instrumentalist Probyn Gregory.
Three and a half decades ago, when the Beach Boys were America’s favorite cheeseball uncles thanks to “Kokomo” and appearances...
Three and a half decades ago, when the Beach Boys were America’s favorite cheeseball uncles thanks to “Kokomo” and appearances...
- 2/19/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The Office is one of the best comedies in television history, but did you know that Steve Carell almost didn’t play the iconic role of Michael Scott?
While the show proved to be a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several actors who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…...
While the show proved to be a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several actors who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…...
- 1/22/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features backup bassist Billy Sherwood.
If you saw Yes on the 1994 Talk tour and then again anytime during the past seven years, you were essentially seeing two different bands.
If you saw Yes on the 1994 Talk tour and then again anytime during the past seven years, you were essentially seeing two different bands.
- 1/14/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 redneck agenda” to “I’m not part of the Maga agenda” during their performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rocking Eve with Ryan Seacrest — a lyric tweak they’ve been using for years.
The ensuing freakout...
The ensuing freakout...
- 1/4/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features bassist Ginger Pooley.
When Ginger Pooley was in high school in the Nineties, she cut out a photo of the Smashing Pumpkins from Rolling...
When Ginger Pooley was in high school in the Nineties, she cut out a photo of the Smashing Pumpkins from Rolling...
- 12/30/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Are you a fan of The Office? Did you know that Steve Carell almost didn’t play the iconic role of Michael Scott?
While the show went on to become a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several stars who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
The Office continues to be a beloved and highly influential show in modern television history, thanks in no small part to Steve Carell‘s iconic portrayal of Michael Scott.
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…
Keep reading to find out more…
Paul Giamatti
Producer Ben Silverman and casting...
While the show went on to become a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several stars who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
The Office continues to be a beloved and highly influential show in modern television history, thanks in no small part to Steve Carell‘s iconic portrayal of Michael Scott.
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…
Keep reading to find out more…
Paul Giamatti
Producer Ben Silverman and casting...
- 12/5/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have no plans to start slowing down anytime soon. The rock band announced an extension to their Unlimited Love tour on Monday, with special guests Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, and more.
The U.S. tour begins May 28 in Ridgefield, Washington, with additional stops in Salt Lake City, Utah; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; and St. Louis, Missouri. Other special guests during the 2024 US tour include Otoboke, Seun Kuti, Egypt80, Wand, and Irontom.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers wrapped...
The U.S. tour begins May 28 in Ridgefield, Washington, with additional stops in Salt Lake City, Utah; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; and St. Louis, Missouri. Other special guests during the 2024 US tour include Otoboke, Seun Kuti, Egypt80, Wand, and Irontom.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers wrapped...
- 12/4/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Christian Nesmith.
Christian Nesmith can’t even count the number of times he’s walked offstage, bursting with pride and adrenaline after playing an amazing concert,...
Christian Nesmith can’t even count the number of times he’s walked offstage, bursting with pride and adrenaline after playing an amazing concert,...
- 11/19/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Are you a fan of The Office? Did you know that Steve Carell almost didn’t play the iconic role of Michael Scott?
While the show went on to become a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several stars who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
The Office continues to be a beloved and highly influential show in modern television history, thanks in no small part to Steve Carell‘s iconic portrayal of Michael Scott.
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…
Keep reading to find out more…
Paul Giamatti
Producer Ben Silverman and casting...
While the show went on to become a massive success over its nine seasons, there were several stars who were considered for the role before Steve ultimately landed it. In fact, according to Andy Greene‘s book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, at least 35 actors were considered and two even declined the role.
Imagine how different the show might have been if someone else had played Michael Scott!
The Office continues to be a beloved and highly influential show in modern television history, thanks in no small part to Steve Carell‘s iconic portrayal of Michael Scott.
Find out who almost played Michael Scott in The Office…
Keep reading to find out more…
Paul Giamatti
Producer Ben Silverman and casting...
- 11/13/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
In the Peter Jackson-directed video for the just-released “Now and Then” — touted as the “final Beatles song” — present-day Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of John Lennon and George Harrison, and even their own younger selves. It’s hard not to think that life inside McCartney and Starr’s heads is a little bit like that on a daily basis, burdened as they are by the weight of history. And they may not be alone: “I walk the city at midnight/With the past strapped to my back,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Jim Weider.
According to conventional rock wisdom, the Band ended on Thanksgiving 1976 with The Last Waltz, the most famous farewell concert in music history.
According to conventional rock wisdom, the Band ended on Thanksgiving 1976 with The Last Waltz, the most famous farewell concert in music history.
- 10/30/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Rusty Anderson.
Rusty Anderson has been consistently creating music with Paul McCartney for the past 22 years. He’s not only the lead guitarist...
Rusty Anderson has been consistently creating music with Paul McCartney for the past 22 years. He’s not only the lead guitarist...
- 10/11/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features backup vocalist Marilyn Martin.
On Nov. 30, 1985, Starship’s “We Built This City” was dislodged as the top song on the Hot 100 by “Separate Lives,...
On Nov. 30, 1985, Starship’s “We Built This City” was dislodged as the top song on the Hot 100 by “Separate Lives,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Nathan December.
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
- 6/18/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features drummer Chuck Burgi.
Once a month for the past decade, almost without exception, a town car has pulled up to Billy Joel drummer Chuck...
Once a month for the past decade, almost without exception, a town car has pulled up to Billy Joel drummer Chuck...
- 6/10/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner.
Ronnie James Dio and Ian Gillan are two of the most...
Ronnie James Dio and Ian Gillan are two of the most...
- 4/22/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Four Seasons singer Gerry Polci.
By the mid-Seventies, the once-unstoppable Four Seasons seemed like they were heading into oblivion.
By the mid-Seventies, the once-unstoppable Four Seasons seemed like they were heading into oblivion.
- 4/12/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
When Rage Against the Machine canceled their remaining 2022 and 2023 tour dates due to singer Zack de la Rocha’s torn achilles tendon, fans likely assumed that the shows would be made up once he healed. However, in a new interview, guitarist Tom Morello suggests that the future of Ratm is uncertain, and that there’s a chance the shows may never be rescheduled.
After a couple of delays due to the pandemic, Rage Against the Machine finally kicked off their reunion tour last summer, with de la Rocha severely injuring himself during the second show of the outing.
While the singer soldiered on to play the remainder of their North American summer run while seated onstage, Ratm announced that their scheduled 2022 UK/European shows and 2023 North American dates were canceled to allow him time to heal.
Rolling Stone just caught up with Morello for a new interview in which the...
After a couple of delays due to the pandemic, Rage Against the Machine finally kicked off their reunion tour last summer, with de la Rocha severely injuring himself during the second show of the outing.
While the singer soldiered on to play the remainder of their North American summer run while seated onstage, Ratm announced that their scheduled 2022 UK/European shows and 2023 North American dates were canceled to allow him time to heal.
Rolling Stone just caught up with Morello for a new interview in which the...
- 3/29/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features saxophonist Eddie Manion.
If you say say “Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist” to most rock fans, their minds understandably go to Clarence Clemons or his nephew,...
If you say say “Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist” to most rock fans, their minds understandably go to Clarence Clemons or his nephew,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West was at the beginning of what would become a complete self-immolation of his career and image, and made… Ye. Burnt out in the mid-Eighties, Bob Dylan dropped the half-assed Knocked Out Loaded. George Harrison ran out of ideas in 1982, and ended up with the flaccid Gone Troppo. And when Carole King decided she could make a hit new wave album, the result was 1983’s unlistenable Speeding Time.
In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Andy Greene shares all those stories and more as he...
In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Andy Greene shares all those stories and more as he...
- 3/11/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Fleetwood Mac singer Bekka Bramlett.
In the summer of 1994, Fleetwood Mac hit the road without Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham,...
In the summer of 1994, Fleetwood Mac hit the road without Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features singer Kiley Dean.
When Kiley Dean was little, her parents took her to see Elton John, New Kids on the Block, and Milli Vanilli...
When Kiley Dean was little, her parents took her to see Elton John, New Kids on the Block, and Milli Vanilli...
- 3/2/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Thanks to contractual obligations, burnout, bandwagon-jumping, over-ambition, or all of the above, it can be surprisingly easy for some of the most talented artists ever to release truly dire work.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we dive into the first half of Andy Greene’s recent “50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Great Artists” list. Greene joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which pinpoints the synth-soaked mid-1980s as one of the most perilous periods for veteran artists. The episode also raises the possibility that some albums...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we dive into the first half of Andy Greene’s recent “50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Great Artists” list. Greene joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which pinpoints the synth-soaked mid-1980s as one of the most perilous periods for veteran artists. The episode also raises the possibility that some albums...
- 2/26/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Yes singer Benoît David.
In the fall of 2008, Yes stunned their fans when they announced that founding vocalist Jon Anderson...
In the fall of 2008, Yes stunned their fans when they announced that founding vocalist Jon Anderson...
- 2/8/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
“I count myself hugely lucky in life, for all the people that I’ve gotten to make music with,” David Crosby tells Andy Greene in never-before-heard interview audio. “I’ve gotten to make music with some stunningly talented people.”
Excerpts from two of Greene’s final interviews with Crosby, who died last week at age 81, appear in the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. To hear the whole episode, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (or press play above.)
Also in the episode, David Browne (author of the biography Crosby,...
Excerpts from two of Greene’s final interviews with Crosby, who died last week at age 81, appear in the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. To hear the whole episode, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (or press play above.)
Also in the episode, David Browne (author of the biography Crosby,...
- 1/28/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features pianist Alan Pasqua.
When Bob Dylan entered the recording studio in early 2020 to cut his 17-minute epic “Murder Most Foul,” he could have phoned...
When Bob Dylan entered the recording studio in early 2020 to cut his 17-minute epic “Murder Most Foul,” he could have phoned...
- 1/27/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Robert California was one of the few characters on "The Office" that fans seem to either love or hate. The workplace sitcom is filled with "people we know," and several of us have dealt with prickly co-workers similar to Angela (Angela Martin) or people like Stanley (Leslie David Baker), who hate their jobs and live for pretzel day. Many of us have also rooted for obvious workplace romances like Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer).
But Robert California? One of these things is not like the other, as few of us have likely crossed paths with anyone like him. And for that, we can blame Michael Scott (of course we can). When Steve Carell left "The Office" after seven seasons, it left a gaping hole in the cast, and the show would eventually turn to James Spader as the new boss to fill the tremendous void Michael left. The...
But Robert California? One of these things is not like the other, as few of us have likely crossed paths with anyone like him. And for that, we can blame Michael Scott (of course we can). When Steve Carell left "The Office" after seven seasons, it left a gaping hole in the cast, and the show would eventually turn to James Spader as the new boss to fill the tremendous void Michael left. The...
- 1/22/2023
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
“The only friends I had were pretty low-life,” Jeff Beck said, looking back at his childhood in newly unearthed audio of an interview with Rolling Stone’s Kory Grow. “They were one step away from jail, most of them. The guitar saved me from that.”
Beck – who died this week at the age 78 – looks back at his entire career, from the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to his fusion era and beyond in the interview, which can be heard in its entirety in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast.
Beck – who died this week at the age 78 – looks back at his entire career, from the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to his fusion era and beyond in the interview, which can be heard in its entirety in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast.
- 1/15/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Manzarek–Krieger singer Dave Brock.
In the aftermath of Jim Morrison’s death in 1971, the surviving members of the...
In the aftermath of Jim Morrison’s death in 1971, the surviving members of the...
- 1/14/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Fleetwood Mac singer Billy Burnette.
Billy Burnette has been creating music on a professional level for so long that...
Billy Burnette has been creating music on a professional level for so long that...
- 12/6/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Any truly exhaustive list of bad decisions made by musicians would stretch into the thousands, with many duplicate entries for “tried heroin for the first time.”
So Rolling Stone‘s recent list of the top 50 worst choices, created by senior writer Andy Greene, narrowed it down by keeping it mostly light and paying special focus on absurd and career-damning moves. To hear our podcast adaptation of the whole list, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or press play above.
As discussed in the Rolling Stone Music Now episode, which breaks down all 50 entries,...
So Rolling Stone‘s recent list of the top 50 worst choices, created by senior writer Andy Greene, narrowed it down by keeping it mostly light and paying special focus on absurd and career-damning moves. To hear our podcast adaptation of the whole list, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or press play above.
As discussed in the Rolling Stone Music Now episode, which breaks down all 50 entries,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Harry Styles honored the late Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie, who died on Wednesday morning at the age of 79, during his show on Thursday night in Chile.
The singer performed a tender acoustic ballad of “Songbird,” which was featured on the band’s 1977 Rumours album and was one of a handful of tracks written solely by McVie. Styles added the song to his Love On Tour setlist and was backed by a piano as he took on McVie’s classic hit.
When the song was over, Styles blew a kiss to the sky and said,...
The singer performed a tender acoustic ballad of “Songbird,” which was featured on the band’s 1977 Rumours album and was one of a handful of tracks written solely by McVie. Styles added the song to his Love On Tour setlist and was backed by a piano as he took on McVie’s classic hit.
When the song was over, Styles blew a kiss to the sky and said,...
- 12/3/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Christine McVie always came on like the grown-up in the room, which admittedly might not be hard to do when the room is Fleetwood Mac. But McVie was the emotional glue in a band that has spent the past 50 years breaking up over and over, the most stable, sensible, down-to-earth member of rock’s most unstable, senseless, lost-in-space circus. The universally beloved piano woman who wrote great song after great song, the one all the others got along with. Christine kept singing like the songbird who knew the score, and...
- 12/1/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features bassist Paz Lenchantin.
On Sept. 8, 1989, the Cure, Love and Rockets, Shelleyan Orphan, and Pixies played to 50,000 fans at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium. It was...
On Sept. 8, 1989, the Cure, Love and Rockets, Shelleyan Orphan, and Pixies played to 50,000 fans at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium. It was...
- 11/27/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Furthur singer John Kadlecik.
In the years following Jerry Garcia’s death, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead...
In the years following Jerry Garcia’s death, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead...
- 10/19/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
When the three dudes of Blink-182 were running naked on MTV back in 1999, it wasn’t necessarily easy to predict that the just-reunited trio would end up as one of the most enduring and influential acts of their generation – or that they would have one of weirdest, most dramatic behind-the-scenes sagas of any band you could name.
The band broke up just six years later, only to reunite in 2009, with DeLonge departing in 2015. They carried on with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba in his place. Earlier this week, the...
The band broke up just six years later, only to reunite in 2009, with DeLonge departing in 2015. They carried on with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba in his place. Earlier this week, the...
- 10/15/2022
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features bassist Darryl Jones.
Darryl Jones has been playing bass in the Rolling Stones since 1993, logging almost exactly as many years in the band as original bassist Bill Wyman did.
Darryl Jones has been playing bass in the Rolling Stones since 1993, logging almost exactly as many years in the band as original bassist Bill Wyman did.
- 10/12/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Inxs singer J.D. Fortune.
When J.D. Fortune was a kid in the Eighties, he worshipped Inxs. “I wanted to be Michael Hutchence,...
When J.D. Fortune was a kid in the Eighties, he worshipped Inxs. “I wanted to be Michael Hutchence,...
- 10/5/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Creedence Clearwater Revisited singer John Tristao.
John Tristao caught so many Creedence Clearwater Revival shows in the band’s...
John Tristao caught so many Creedence Clearwater Revival shows in the band’s...
- 9/16/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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 complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features drummer David Kemper.
In April 1998, Bob Dylan and his band headed down to South America to open up for the Rolling Stones at soccer stadiums.
In April 1998, Bob Dylan and his band headed down to South America to open up for the Rolling Stones at soccer stadiums.
- 9/9/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features Dave Coutts from the Stone Temple Pilots spinoff group Talk Show.
On Sept. 2, 1997, a new alt-rock band named Talk Show released their debut album.
On Sept. 2, 1997, a new alt-rock band named Talk Show released their debut album.
- 9/6/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Genesis singer Ray Wilson.
Replacing one superstar singer in a band is quite difficult, but groups like Van Halen,...
Replacing one superstar singer in a band is quite difficult, but groups like Van Halen,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Halpert's proposal to Pam Beesly on "The Office" was one of the most anticipated moments of the entire series. So fans were completely caught off guard when the romantic moment seemed to come out of nowhere in an almost anti-climactic way. But it was always designed to be like that.
The proposal came in the fifth season premiere, "Weight Loss," after Andy stole Jim's intended grand gesture, by proposing to Angela during Toby's going away party in the fourth season finale, "Goodbye, Toby." At the time, Pam was living in New York, attending art school. According to author Andy Greene in the book "The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s," series creator Greg Daniels was the one that pushed for the proposal to unfold at the midway point between Scranton and New York City. But shooting "halfway between Scranton and NYC" proved to be quite the challenge,...
The proposal came in the fifth season premiere, "Weight Loss," after Andy stole Jim's intended grand gesture, by proposing to Angela during Toby's going away party in the fourth season finale, "Goodbye, Toby." At the time, Pam was living in New York, attending art school. According to author Andy Greene in the book "The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s," series creator Greg Daniels was the one that pushed for the proposal to unfold at the midway point between Scranton and New York City. But shooting "halfway between Scranton and NYC" proved to be quite the challenge,...
- 8/21/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Steve Carell has taken on plenty of memorable roles in his life, from the depressed scholar Frank in "Little Miss Sunshine" to the sexually frustrated Andy in "The 40-year old Virgin" to sweet supervillain Gru in "Despicable Me." Yet no matter how many great performances he puts in, he'll always be known first and foremost to many people as Michael Scott from "The Office." The tactless, cringe-inducing, hilarious boss of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company is the sun around which all the show's workplace chaos revolves.
"The Office" wouldn't have succeeded without Carell's faux-sly glances to camera, perfectly uncomfortable line deliveries, and contagious outbursts of laughter. Yet as with so many great roles, it almost went to someone else. In fact, lots of familiar names were considered for the role.
In Andy Greene's authoritative oral history book, "The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s," the...
"The Office" wouldn't have succeeded without Carell's faux-sly glances to camera, perfectly uncomfortable line deliveries, and contagious outbursts of laughter. Yet as with so many great roles, it almost went to someone else. In fact, lots of familiar names were considered for the role.
In Andy Greene's authoritative oral history book, "The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s," the...
- 8/16/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The U.S. version of "The Office" came along at a key point in the history of reality TV. At the end of the 20th century, the format had only recently been the target of ridicule and satire in the movies like "The Truman Show" and "EDtv." However, by the time "The Office" premiered in 2005, reality series like "Big Brother" and "Survivor" had come to dominate the airwaves. So rather than trying to fight the tide, "The Office" creator Greg Daniels embraced it, even going so far as to seek out a director of photography with personal experience in this newfangled form of entertainment.
Like the original British sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the U.S. version of "The Office" is a mockumentary series about the daily lives of the employees at a fictional paper company in Scranton Pennsylvania called Dunder Mifflin. Mockumentary TV was, of course,...
Like the original British sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the U.S. version of "The Office" is a mockumentary series about the daily lives of the employees at a fictional paper company in Scranton Pennsylvania called Dunder Mifflin. Mockumentary TV was, of course,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"The Office" ended nearly a decade ago, but Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly still remain one of the most-loved couples in modern sitcom history. John Krasinski's Jim and Jenna Fischer's Pam are so synonymous with TV comedy love that when other people reference them, it's almost always on a first-name basis, no show title needed. We all know Jim and Pam.
Before they were a beloved endgame ship, though, the pair were just a couple of lovebirds trying to figure it out. When they finally did in the season 5 premiere, it was in a simple, beautiful moment. When Pam spends months away from Scranton at a graphic design class, Jim decides to make a spontaneous trip to see her. They meet at a rest stop along the freeway in the middle of a rainstorm, where with little preamble, Jim gets on one knee to ask her to marry him.
Before they were a beloved endgame ship, though, the pair were just a couple of lovebirds trying to figure it out. When they finally did in the season 5 premiere, it was in a simple, beautiful moment. When Pam spends months away from Scranton at a graphic design class, Jim decides to make a spontaneous trip to see her. They meet at a rest stop along the freeway in the middle of a rainstorm, where with little preamble, Jim gets on one knee to ask her to marry him.
- 8/16/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley.
It would be easy to forgive Blaze Bayley for being at least slightly bitter...
It would be easy to forgive Blaze Bayley for being at least slightly bitter...
- 8/12/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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