Guns N' Roses

T.I. Previews His New Album Trouble Man in San Francisco

When T.I. took a seat on a couch at S.F.'s Studio Trilogy last night to show guests the short film that accompanies his forthcoming album Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head (due Dec. 18), he had no idea that he was sitting underneath a photograph of Marvin Gaye, whose own album of the same name was part ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Bridge School Videos: Guns N' Roses Play Some Classics, Jack White's Full Set, and More

So Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert went down at Shoreline Amphitheatre this weekend, bringing artists like the Flaming Lips, Jack White, Guns N' Roses, Eddie Vedder, and many more onstage for an all-acoustic show. Somewhat surprisingly, Guns N' Roses actually showed up, apparently ... More >>

Mix Master

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Bridge School Benefit Lineup 2012: Guns N' Roses, Flaming Lips, Jack White, and More

The lineup for the 2012 Bridge School Benefit concert is out! Big names for this year's benefit include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Guns N' Roses, the Flaming Lips, Jack White, and Foster the People. The annual concert -- which helps support the educational institution for individuals with severe sp ... More >>

Tough Guise

"Rock of Ages": Corporate Rock Still Sucks

Axl Rose Is Batshit: His Top Five Craziest Moments

You may have noticed in the last couple of weeks that Axl Rose is running amok all over the press again (it's been a while, Axl, thanks for coming back to us). Not only have there been reports that -- try not to vomit on your keyboards -- he's dating Lana Del Rey (so, so wrong on so many levels we d ... More >>

Buckethead: Show Preview

Jane's Addiction to Release New Album, World Covers Ears in Anticipation

There's a funny thing that happens to a lot of old rock stars. Maybe it's because they're surrounded by sycophants who never say no. Or because all that fan adoration goes to their heads. Or because too much critical acclaim can irreversibly inflate the ego. Whatever it is, quite frequently they jus ... More >>

I Want a Riot of My Own

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasies: Raunchy Album Covers That Didn't Make It

(Complete scene here.)All-around entertainer Kanye West announced the other day that his forthcoming album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, would come bundled with five different album covers. The only one we've seen so far is a painting by New York-based art-weirdo George Condo that depicts a n ... More >>

Faith No More's second coming

Women's Music

Video of the Day: Wake Up Axl Rose

Axl Rose Buddyhead Rapper from twiggysrabies on Vimeo.Too funny. Photos of Axl in all his braids, with a call for GnR's lost soul, whose "Paradise City [went] up your nose," to wake up. Via Buddyhead.

Patterson Hood's flannel anthems

Last Night: The Roots at Davies Symphony Hall

The RootsDavies Symphony HallBetter than: Sitting still for an orchestraLocal music history was made last night as the Roots performed the first-ever hip-hop concert at Davies Symphony Hall as part of SFJAZZ's Spring season. The Philadelphia-bred, Grammy Award-winning group plays in your living room ... More >>

Top 10 Albums That We Hope Will Actually Come Out in 2009 (But Probably Won't)

(Dr. Dre might need an intervention in order to release his long-awaited Detox album)With the music industry in a continued state of shambles, even the average consumer is starting to understand that it's a risky venture to release an album and that this holds true for newcomers as well as those who ... More >>

Eight Steps to a Better 2009

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

Guns N' Roses' fine-print insanity

Lost albums that should remain lost

Coachella, Mortified confessions, Ascended Master and the Golding Collection of Rock Art - Your Monday Morning Hangover

Guitar Hero III Easily the Best Entry in the Franchise

Danzig Breaks Shoulder, Still to Rock SF

Rehab Is for Quitters

The stars need fixin'

Sonic Boom burrows into the inner E.A.R.

Roses and Thorns

The Aqua-Net hold of hair metal

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 27, 2006

The Nice Boys

The Nice Boys

Music News

Important stories about important shit. This week: Train workers in a wreck over latest from Train.

Robert's Rocket?

Fine art, low brow

The Eyes Have It

Veronica Lipgloss & the Evil Eyes continue the age-old tradition of merging sex and trash

Plushy

And now we present a boring interview with a big-time rock star: Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver

Perfect

Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe

SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

Blitzkrieg Pop

Punk has crossed over from underground filth to mainstream fluff, and Vendetta Red suggests that its music is the bridge

Everybody Get Footloose

Dancers run amok in S.F.

Untitled

In his first column, Garrett Kamps ponders the big questions

Love Plus One

Or five ways to make existing groups that much more super

House Of Tudor

Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

Christ on a Crutch

Reel World

Night + Day

Six Degrees of Peter Criss

Night Crawler

Night Crawler