Critics may deride Disturbed's orthodox approach to doomy nü metal, but one segment of the band's fan base wouldn't have it any other way. A growing cult of students at yeshivas -- all-male Jewish parochial schools -- are risking expulsion by sneaking in copies of the band's albums and listening between Talmud classes and prayer services.

1. HOMEMADE POSTER "I was on tour with Chris Brown, and one of my fans gave me this poster with my pictures. To have a grown male fan, it really shocked me, but I was happy to know that someone really cared and knew my background, like where I'm from. I think that's pretty special."

Hordes of young people gather in the middle of nowhere, raising devil horns and pumping fists along to a rock-radio staple. Laser lights penetrate the deep night sky and catch dust particles launched by the stomping of boots on desert ground.

Since her star turn in Lost in Translation, Scarlett Johansson has always managed to keep a foothold on the classier, cool side of Hollywood. But now, with her Dave Sitek-produced debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, due out May 20 on Atco/Rhino, the comparisons to fellow musically-inclined young actresses were sure to follow.

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
The pitch: As unconventional and free-form as the poet-rocker herself, photographer turned filmmaker Steven Sebring's cerebral but humane portrait was shot over nearly a dozen years with Smith's full participation.

In 2005, Panic at the Disco's debut, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, arrived overflowing with logorrheic song titles, histrionic hooks, and teenage angst. It earned them a platinum record, but also scores of skeptics -- among them the band's own guitarist/lyricist Ryan Ross (okay, almost). "I can't knock that album too much," says Ross.