Ted Nugent

Too Bad The Wolverine Isn't as Interesting as Hugh Jackman

Henry Rollins: Still Angry After All These Years

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I turned 52 years of age on the 13th day of February. That morning, I found myself completely u ... More >>

Rise of the Guardians Review: With Alec Baldwin as the Voice of Santa Claus, What's Not to Like?

Fiona Apple - Hollywood Palladium - 7/29/12

Fiona Apple Hollywood Palladium 7-29-12 See also: Our Fiona Apple slideshow It's hard to be a Fiona Apple fan sometimes. Half a decade can go by between tours, and the notoriously reclusive singer-pianist has released only four albums since emerging as a teenage phenom in 1994. Apple's latest albu ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings

This really happened. See #1 for details.​When it comes to presidential endorsements, musicians tend to be pretty predictable. Most all of them seem to go for Democrats, except for Ted Nugent. And then, inevitably, the Republican candidates go ahead and use the left-leaning rockers' music anyw ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Sleep is the Cousin of Death

​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I have spent well over half of the last 30 years living on the road, all over the world ... 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 >>

Can Reality TV Ever Really Rock?

Lina Lecaro Reality's realest rockin couple (from Cali): Millionaire Matchmaker's Rachel Federoff and Destin Pfaff at Svedka party.​This past weekend, LA played host to the "Reality Rocks Expo," a two-day celebration of "reality, unscripted, factual, and lifestyle" television at the LA Convent ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse: Exclusive Interview

Down (and out) with the Clown

L.A.'s Andrew Breitbart Announces 'Big Ol Gay Party' For 'These People' at Conservative Convention In D.C.

Andrew Breitbart welcomes the gay crowd. Sort of.​L.A.-based conservative pit bull Andrew Breitbart is about as right as it gets here on the left coast. But that doesn't mean he isn't down with the rainbow massive. To prove it Breitbart pulled out every musical stereotype in the book (declari ... More >>

Tonight: Brandon Flowers, Darker My Love, Ted Nugent, the Prids, Cotton Jones, Adam Stephens

Lucy HamblinBrandon Flowers​While the Killers have decided to give their engines a rest after seven years of making hits and touring behind them, frontman Brandon Flowers is keeping his motor running. He's struck out on his own, making a solo album Flamingo from songs he wrote while the Kille ... More >>

Big Wangs, Little Wangs: Bieber, Glambert, Ke$ha and more at Wango Tango

No matter how indier than thou you think you are music-wise, uber pop hits can make it into your consciousness, whether you like it or not. Unless you make an adamant point of blocking them, these ubiquitous confections need not be heard on mainstream radio like KIIS FM, either. They will seep in vi ... More >>

Where the Elite Meet to Turn You Off Meat

Still A Pistol: PR King Mitch Schneider Looks Back (Ozzfest) And Forward (TMZ)

Celebrating 15 years in the publicity business this month, the Mitch Schneider Organization is more than a PR company, it's a bonafide taste maker. It's garnered both the trust of the music world's biggest artists and promoters (Sex Pistols, X, Coachella, Ozzfest) and consistent consideration from u ... More >>

Ozzy Osbourne Fights Blazing Fire at BlizzCon 2009, Hoses Thousands

This past weekend Ozzy Osbourne gigged BlizzCon, the convention held by top-tier gaming producer Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of, among others, World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. From the photos that LA Weekly's Eric VanBeek snapped during the show at the Anaheim Convention Center, th ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Kills, Lady Sovereign, Fischerspooner, the Dears

Also, Sun Kil Moon, St. Vincent, Alexandra Hope and others

Ted Nugent is Visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past

Back in September I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for Seth MacFarlane's new Web series, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, and got a sneak peak at what the animated YouTube series had in store for the coming year. One short I didn't get to see was this little gem, "Ted N ... More >>

Whip the Vote: Devo Plays for Obama Back Home in Swingin' Ohio

Mark Mothersbaugh: "Some counties in this state were won by as little as nine votes"

Rock Picks: The Ting Tings, The Fratellis, Rilo Kiley

Also, Nico Vega, Martha Wainwright and more

Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Pastrami

A deli owner's obsession with Axl and company begets the definitive behind-the-scenes account of the band's rise

Fashion Faux-Tel

And rebels with a cause

Trondheim Rock City!

Scandinavia’s biggest rock fest, featuring Aryan cuties, a Nazi bowling alley and the prime minister’s glam grandson

God Free

Music’s Masked Avenger

They Don’t Make 'Em Like That Anymore

The Real Black Realness

Droning Man

Cliff Martinez: The buzz

Boy Wonder

Liam Lynch has more in his utility belt than silly songs and sock puppets

Pure Class

Motor City Madness

A garage full of Detroit rock

The Horror, the Horror,

Before American Movie, before Blair Witch, there was Demon Lover Diary

The Ghosts of Dogtown

A quarter-century later, the Zephyr Competition Skate Team still rules

Less Than Zero

The new age of intolerance

For Earth Below

Nebula: Synthetic dreams of metal machines

Sleepless in Hamtramack

Mirror, Mirror/Liar, Liar

A pair of comedies set in a ghouls' paradise

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