Joan Jett

Joan Jett Is the Sunset Strip Music Festival 2013 Honoree

She don't give a damn 'bout her bad reputation, which is why Joan Jett is the official honoree at the Sunset Strip Music Festival this year, West Coast Sound can exclusively announce. The fest takes place August 1-3 and Linkin Park, the headliner, is the only other announced performer so far. Past ... More >>

Rock Star Fashions, Without the Douchiness

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Almost everyone has once wanted to dress like a rock star, but most people realize how absurd they look in leather pants and sequins. Wisely, then, Holly ... More >>

Carry On My Wayard Son

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhaps, joined the band in the first place for the pu ... More >>

Best Posts of the Week

This week Weekly staffers Chris Vogel and Simone Wilson broke revelations from the new book Murder Rap, in which former LAPD detective Greg Kading cites testimony implicating Suge Knight in the death of Biggie Smalls and Diddy in the murder of Tupac. On our sister blog The Informer, Wilson also brou ... More >>

The Time Joan Jett Gave A Guy A Popsicle That Was 10% Lemonade and 90% Pee

See also: Top Five Greatest Female Rock Bands From L.A. The author of Kurt Cobain bio Never Fade Away Dave Thompson just released Bad Reputation: The Unauthorized Biography of Joan Jett. The book claims to tell her complete and uncensored story, from her days as a 14-year-old berated by Runaways p ... More >>

Spotify: The Honeymoon's Over

L.J. WilliamsonI cain't quit yew.​Last month I posed the question: Which Is Better: Spotify or Grooveshark? Though my comparison of the two music subscription services wasn't entirely conclusive, I reckoned that, in the end, "Grooveshark just has too many glitches, whereas if a track shows up ... More >>

Sex & Music: Top 5 Reasons Why You're Attracted to Guys (and Gals) in Bands (It's Not What You Think)

bowieisgod.tumblr.comEvolutionary Science can explain why many attractive women (like this one) and men (not pictured) think this grotesque man is a "sex god" (i.e., because he plays "rock n roll" music) ​Why are so many of us attracted to musicians even though (as Iggy Pop noted) many of them ... More >>

Top 10 Strangest Rock Star Action Figures (In Honor of the "Hard Rock Barbie" Lawsuit)

Tiny Rockers! 10 Best Rock Star Action Figures (Not Including HorrorPops' Lawsuit Lovin Bassist)

Mick Rock

Top 10 Rock Books of 2010

​With the year coming to a close, we're heading off the inevitable barrage of "best" lists coming your way with one that will actually be useful and problem solving (a holiday gift guide for the music lover in your life, that's not actually music... or a t-shirt). Buy 'em a book! iPad and Kin ... More >>

Nightranger: Stars, Cars & Guitars

Straight Outta Hollywood: N.W.A. Biopic in the Works

Yes, *that* Jonathan Gold​The Hollywood Reporter (via MTV) has details of an announcement about an upcoming N.W.A. biopic currently in development at New Line. The film has the working title Straight Outta Compton and "will follow N.W.A (short for N---az With Attitude) from their early days i ... More >>

Nightranger: Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik

The Runaways: Wild Thing

How Sandy West was lost

Twisted Sisters: The Runaways on Empty

Director Floria Sigismondi lays artsy imagery over a predictable rock-movie skeleton

Nightranger: California Paradise

LIFE IS JUST A BOMB OF CHERRIES

Sundance's Rebel Yell

The festival goes back to its roots — or does it?

Runaways' Joan Jett to Twilight's Kristen Stewart: "Put Your P*ssy To The Wood!"

We already told you about the "ZOMG! SEXY TEENS WITH GUITARS!" exploitation biopic about The Runaways when we unveiled the trailer a while back. But now the stars and makers are promoting the shit out of the movie at Sundance and we're learning more about the creative process! According to The Vanc ... More >>

ROCK PICKS: CEU, GIRL IN A COMA, COLDPLAY, GRAVEYARD

Also, Amadou & Mariam,The Pains of Being Pure, Jason Collett, The Smithereens, and others.

Rock Picks: Jon Brion, Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Vice Squad

Also, Beyonce, the Datsuns, the Veils, the Germs and others

Fairwell to World of Wonder, Hello Bettie Page Clothing Store

We Smell a Cover-Up: DJ Paul V's Thursday-Night Party at Stinkers, Plus More Thematic Atmospheres

Nightranger: Thriller Nights Before, During and After Halloween

Steel Wheels, Darling Stilettos and the Boo-Over

Nightranger: Maggie Barry, Box 8, Shin BBQ, Brian Lichtenberg, and Fashion Accessories by Cobrasnake

ROCK ’N’ WEAR CIRCUS EIGHT’S GREATS

After 30 Years, The Runaways' Cherie Currie Buries the Hatchet with Kim Fowley

Documented in both the Rodney Bingenheimer bio-pic Mayor of the Sunset Strip and former Runaways bassist Vicky Tischler-Blue’s rock doc about the seminal LA punkettes called Edgeplay (not to mention countless print interviews over the years) the feud between the man who helped create them, Kim Fow ... More >>

The Weekend's Music in LA: Jonathan Richman, Simone White, Billy Bragg, free vegan pancakes (and No Age) at The Smell

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 There are many immortal words in rock and roll, but one of the great expressions of untethered joy was originally uttered by Jonathan Richman: "Roadrunner once, Roadrunner twice/I'm in love with rock & roll, and I'll be out all night." Covered by everyone from Joan Jett to the Sex ... More >>

Rock Picks: HorrorPops, Steve Earle, Ace Frehley

And other March 20-27 music shows

Girl In A Coma, Knitting Factory, 2/21

Girl In A Coma Knitting Factory, Feb. 21 By Scott Schultz Girl in a Coma’s Thursday night set at the Knitting Factory demonstrated the growth the band has made over the last year of touring. The San Antonio threesome has been on the road nonstop in support of their Joan Jett-released debut disc, ... More >>

Rock Picks: Siouxsie Sioux, Iron Maiden, Maceo Parker

Plus other Feb. 14-21 shows

A Hero for Our Time

Are rocker video games the new MTV — and will they help save the music universe?

Twinkle Toes

Letters: Seeking No Shelters

Our readers write back

Dream Dames

And straight mates

Loud & Proud

And ghouls on film

Rock Picks

For the week of June 7 - 14

Satellite of Love

He went XM. I went Sirius. This is our violent, triumphant story

Fashion Fridays

Un-Fashion Week

I've been unnoticeably absent from Fashion Week this season for no real reason other than I have been doing lots of random shit. It's not 'cause of any beef I may have with Smashbox (even though I am on Fern Mallis' shitlist after accidentally misquoting her in a piece I wrote for the LA Times - she ... More >>

Birthday Perez-ants

Sometimes I feel like I need a shower after I read it, but I'm gonna be honest right now and admit that Perez Hilton's gossip blog is a fairly frequent guilty pleasure. Still, I'm just not sure what I think about the guy as a person. I usually love me some chatty/catty gay boys, but sometimes a bitc ... More >>

Super Fun Music Hour

My holiday gift to you

Rock PIcks

For the week of December 7 - 14

Goodnight, Drummer Girl

Sandy West, RIP

Hot and Bothered

Music Picks

For the week of July 6 -13

On the List

Nightlife by the numbers

A Night at LAWMA 2004

LAWMA 2004