Paul Westerberg

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, August 30 Danzig, Doyle, Cherie Currie GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE If there's anyone who has a right to strip-mine his own past, it's Glenn Danzig. Although there's a group of ex-sidemen and stand-ins currently touring under ... More >>

Pacific Rim Review: Guillermo del Toro Tries to Make a Better Blockbuster

Guns N' Roses - The Palladium - 3/9/12

See also: Tommy Stinson Interview: Guns N' Roses' Bassist Compares Axl Rose and Paul Westerberg If you took sides during the Guns n' Roses break-up and subsequent feud, chances are it was that of the curly haired guitarist and the lanky, blonde bassist, not the ginger genius who fronted the band. ... More >>

Who Is Superior, R.E.M. or Soul Asylum?

[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] See also: *The Talking Heads Were Way More Innovative Than The Ramones *Stravinsky vs. ... More >>

Guns N' Roses - The Forum - December 21, 2011

Timothy Norris"Do you know where you are?"​See also: *Our slideshow of the concert *True Story: Axl Once Threatened To Skip A Concert, So Barry Fey Got His Gun *Tommy Stinson Interview: Guns N' Roses' Bassist Compares Axl Rose And Paul Westerberg *Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: The Comp ... More >>

Tommy Stinson Interview: Guns N' Roses' Bassist Compares Axl Rose And Paul Westerberg

Steven CohenTommy Stinson​See also: True Story: Axl Once Threatened To Skip A Concert, So Barry Fey Got His Gun Tommy Stinson is good bassist and a tremendous fella, but he's best known for being in both the Replacements and Guns and fucking Roses. As he told us, dealing with the outsize egos ... More >>

Music Picks: Overdoz, The Cure, Lucinda Williams

Also, K. Flay, The Civil Wars, Bob Mould tribute

Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

Tommy Keene, Power Pop's Dark Knight

Chris Rady ​Power pop, like bubblegum before it, is often viewed as the domain of skinny-tie moptoppers singing ditties about girls and cars. Longtime power pop icon Tommy Keene, however, doesn't fit this stereotype. His moodier music accentuates the "power" in power pop, building his muscular ... More >>

Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock (Only Three Call Themselves Groupies!)

Jena Ardell​ Everyone has had a crush on rockstar before, but these woman actually pursued and conquered rockstars. In order to make our Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock list, these ladies had to have dated (or bedded) six or more famous musicians. There's one musician who appears on four o ... More >>

Meet Glen Campbell: Will He Be Clean, or Mean?

Velvet Underground interpreter?

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Rockin’ in the Free World

Best Grooves for the Poverty Stricken

Heavy Metal Rec Room

Get yer ass over here and check out the new Priest

Sexy Mother Folker

11 questions in 15 minutes with Paul Westerberg

The Contemporaries

Time of the Session

When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

Bob Forrest Tells All

"Johnny Depp made me do it!"

All Shook Down

Paul Westerberg's basement tapes

Bring the Sauce

To live, love and leave before dying in L.A.: how the Beastie Boys beat the very odd odds