Linkin Park

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

Stone Temple Pilots (and Scott Weiland) Need to Give Up on Stone Temple Pilots Already

Imagine, for a moment, how sick of your singer you have to be to fire him or her -- especialy when there's still a shit-ton of money to be made out of sticking with the douche. Back in February, Stone Temple Pilots confirmed yet again that Scott Weiland was a bigger pain in the ass than a serious bo ... More >>

SF MusicTech Summit: Big Predictions, Blanket Dismissals, and Lots of Bad Words

Prediction: In 10 years, no one's going to care about owning music as long as they have access to it. Prediction: No one except for .1 percent of music listeners and Neil Young will pay for Neil Young's high-quality digital audio service. Prediction: In 3030, mashups will finally be legal. So i ... More >>

Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Comes Out as Transgender; Internet Explodes with Support and Shock

It should have been obvious to us all for years. In 2007's "The Ocean", Against Me! vocalist, Tom Gabel sang "If I could've chosen, I would've been born a woman..." Most listeners at that time took it as a statement of solidarity with women from a vocalist who made a career out of being vocally poli ... More >>

Awkward! The Top Five Most Uncomfortable Grammy Moments

​This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of the show last minute, due to Brown having beaten the crap out of Ri-Ri on their way over. We kno ... More >>

Adele, Future Queen of Divas

Live 105's BFD: Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, the Strokes, Bad Religion, Wolfgang Gartner, More

Linkin Park, coming soon to a Shoreline near you.​If you're one of those for whom it just ain't summer before a big-time rock radio bash, listen up: Live 105 yesterday announced the lineup for its annual BFD concert, which goes down Sunday, June 5, at Shoreline. Your headliners: Multiplatinum rock ... More >>

Metallica Fans More Likely to 'Do It' on a First Date, Dumb Survey Says

"Nice to meet you. Wanna do it?"​Surprise! Metallica and Nirvana fans are more likely to have sex on a first date, while those who like Coldplay and Adele are the least likely to go all the way.Those are the findings of a not-entirely-scientific survey by online dating site Tastebuds, which matche ... More >>

The Top 5 Dave Grohl Smackdowns

You may have seen Dave Grohl a few days ago giving Glee creator Ryan Murphy a good verbal kicking for acting like a prissy pants (no surprise there -- have you seen that show?) every time an artist refuses to let him use their music for the series. Grohl -- clearly the eternally sane voice in a worl ... More >>

The Billboard Social 50 Proves Internet Fame Can Only Get You So Far

Bieber: Fame via YouTube​In early December, Billboard launched a new chart called The Social 50. It factors in all the times an artist is mentioned across various social media outlets and ranks them accordingly. When I heard about this, I was expecting to see a mix of both big name artists and a ... More >>

Music for Swingers

The Giants' theme songs get us thinking outside the batter's box.

The Dirtbombs Surround Us with Sirens

Macworld Coverage 2008: Randy Newman Sings, Steve Jobs Talks, Media Scrambles, and Nerdfest Rolls On

Previewing Bandwidth

Take Cover

Patti Smith offers a beacon of light in '07's slew of dismal tributes

Placebo releases Extended Play '07

Hocus-Pocus

With its somber sophomore record, Elefant shows its sleight of hand

Behind the Muzak

What do you mean you didn't keep score while watching the Grammys? We did.

Gorillaz

Demon Days

Caught in a Mosh

System of a Down's Fillmore show was the bee's knees. The proof was in the mosh pit.

Rondo Brothers

No Time Left on Earth

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Handsome Boy Modeling School

White People

Award Show Performers

Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Ruby Skye

Special Delivery

How Story of the Year went from delivering pizzas to dishing out the rock

Grumpy Old Punks

In the age of Blink-182 and Yellowcard, being punk ain't what it used to be. Just ask the seniors in Pirx the Pilot.

Polishing the Brass

Judging from last week's Music Law Summit West, the future of the music biz is unclear – but that's not what the RIAA wants you to think

Kings of the Stone Age

A quarter-century ago, the Weirdos jump-started West Coast punk. Now they're back.

Decisions, Decisions

Things to do this week: See Rachel's, see the Darkness, form band, rule world

True Grit

With its latest album, Death Cab for Cutie reclaims the word "indie"

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not

a pejorative

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

Holiday Listings 2001

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Thrown for a Loop

Local indie rock group 20 Minute Loop attempts to find the middle ground between darkness and light