Steve Appleford

Chester Bennington, Linkin Park's Raging Soul, Soared Beyond Nu-Metal

Steve ApplefordJuly 21, 2017

It was no coincidence that Linkin Park rose so far above their nu-metal peers. Their music had a complexity and emotional honesty to it that few bands of the era did — and their screaming frontman was at the heart of that....

After More Than 30 Years, The Melvins Are Still Keepers of the Noise

Steve ApplefordJuly 5, 2017

"We lose 20 percent of our audience with every record, but we gain new people along the way," says frontman Buzz Osborne of his group's relentlessly uncompromising, ever-evolving sound....

How Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes Made Peace With the Paris Attacks

Steve ApplefordFebruary 21, 2017

More than a year after terrorists killed 89 people at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris, the band's ringleader remains as volatile as ever — but also feels the weight of what his band has come to symbolize....

Artist Korin Faught and Tool Guitarist Adam Jones Let Us Inside Their Space (VIDEO)

Steve ApplefordNovember 18, 2016

Korin Faught and Adam Jones live in a home filled with art and toys. It rests on a hillside overlooking the Malibu shore, and it's where Faught paints large canvases of women that feel soft and romantic on the surface, while suggesting undertones of tension and despair. Jones, Faught's husband,......

Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Is Our Last Real Rock Star

Steve ApplefordOctober 22, 2014

The time has arrived for a changing of the Elvis at Pink Duck Studios. The velvet painting on the wall just isn't cutting it, and Joshua Homme wants it replaced. "That velvet Elvis sucks," Homme tells his studio manager. "It's truly awful." So down it comes, switched with a more......

The xx Are Grown Up, But Still Lovesick

Steve ApplefordOctober 12, 2012

The xx were a rising young, Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band. After nearly three fast years on and off the road they had one thing left to do: move out and grow up. It's easy to forget that the London trio were still teens when this thing started, crafting whispery......

Bobby Womack: His Health Failing, His Mother Dying, the Soul Legend Comes Back From The Brink

Steve ApplefordJune 12, 2012

Bobby Womack is on the phone from the hospital, and he sounds ready to leap right out of that sickbed. "I miss the road," he rasps anxiously. "I miss being with the people." The Los Angeles soul legend has had a rough few months: colon cancer, pneumonia, fading eyesight, lungs......

Guns N' Roses – The Forum – 12/21/11

Steve ApplefordDecember 22, 2011

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 Complete List Axl Rose aims to......

Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender On Raw Meat And Sexism In Mexico

Steve ApplefordNovember 28, 2011

See also: *Teri Gender Bender is the Most Volatile Woman in Rock *Our review of Iggy and The Stooges and Le Butcherettes at Hollywood Palladium, 12-01-11 This week's feature story is about Teri Gender Bender -- neé Teri Suarez -- of Le Butcherettes. Let's just say she has no intentions......

Le Butcherettes

Steve ApplefordNovember 24, 2011

See also "Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender on Raw Meat and Sexism in Mexico." "You love me, you love me and now you wanna kill me!" wails Teri Gender Bender of the band Le Butcherettes, as her long hair rocks violently back and forth. She leans back, farther and farther, until......

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Steve Appleford

Chester Bennington, Linkin Park's Raging Soul, Soared Beyond Nu-Metal

After More Than 30 Years, The Melvins Are Still Keepers of the Noise

How Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes Made Peace With the Paris Attacks

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The xx Are Grown Up, But Still Lovesick

Bobby Womack: His Health Failing, His Mother Dying, the Soul Legend Comes Back From The Brink

Guns N' Roses – The Forum – 12/21/11

Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender On Raw Meat And Sexism In Mexico

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