16 Rock Myths Debunked!
SPECIAL SECTION: Rock'n'roll's greatest fallacies -- exposed!
By Spin Staff 11.18.09 7:34 AM
Radiohead are the most important band in the world! Nirvana killed off hair metal! Lady Gaga's music sucks!
Many hold these truths to be self-evident. We don't.
We poke holes in rock's greatest myths. Read our take -- then argue back in the comments boards.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR ROCK MYTHS SECTION!
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The Flaming Lips Are in Complete Control
From their low-fi, high-energy traveling circus to their cockroach like longevity to the hand-lettering of these very words, Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips are in complete control of everything they touch.
By David Peisner 10.15.09 12:26 PM
During the spring of 1994, while the Flaming Lips were barnstorming across America, convincing radio programmers and their own label that a brain-fryingly weird pop tune, "She Don't Use Jelly," from their album Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, could be a hit, I was engaged in a middle-class rite of passage, backpacking across Europe.
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Pearl Jam: Moving Targets
Eddie Vedder and gang have an ax to grind -- and throw -- as rock's former angry young men try a new approach.
By Josh Eells 09.15.09 6:55 PM
You haven't really tasted death until you've been inches away from an ax swung by Eddie Vedder.
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Muse: Pomp and Circumstance
MAGAZINE EXCERPT: From the bombastic songs to the stadium crowds, everything about Muse is supermassive. Will their new album finally bring America to its knees?
By David Marchese 08.19.09 5:33 PM
It's midnight on Manhattan's Lower East Side, and the apple-cheeked guitarist in the baggy tank top doesn't know what's coming. "Yeah, we've got another show in Brooklyn in a couple days," brags Apple Cheeks to Dominic, a skinny blond Englishman in a black leather jacket. It's early summer and the two are standing outside the front door of a small club/bakery called Cake Shop.
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Wilco, Frankly.
From private heartaches to public battles, "the quintessential American rock band" has had a career full of high drama. So why are they now on top of the world?
By Jon Dolan 07.17.09 10:34 AM
School's out. For. Wednesday.
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Available Now: SPIN's 'Purple Rain' Tribute Album!
Find out how to download your FREE album, featuring Of Montreal, Chairlift, the Twilight Singers & more!
By Spin Staff 06.13.09 1:45 PM
Available NOW:
PURPLISH RAIN
SPIN presents a tribute to Prince's Purple Rain
The July issue of SPIN will be your key to downloading the album, so pick up your copy today! Then, check spin.com/prince for details.
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