While most musicians are able to separate their "real selves" from their stage selves, DMX has always been driven by the inner demons that follow his every move. On one level, he's the kind of God-fear …

Here's the thing about Guns N' Roses: Axl Rose could've taken three decades to deliver Chinese Democracy and we'd still consider him one of the most important, and iconic, frontmen …

Let's take a look at the numbers first: Guns N' Roses has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. Luck's got nothing to do with it either. Like the Beatles and the Stones before them, it's  …

Aimee Mann's career has seen its fair share of record-company wrangles, but she has emerged from all of them defiant and bursting with the pure talent that makes her one of the most vital artists activ …

To get a real sense of Aimee Mann's genius, it pays to delve further into her beginnings with post-new-wave popsters 'Til Tuesday. Although she went solo back in '93, she collaborates regularly with fo …

Ask Pantera about their "overnight success" in the early '90s and they'll probably laugh right in your face. After all, they spent nearly ten years slugging it out on the cover-band circuit and issuing …

Whether we're talking about their final, Reinventing the Steel days (the sputtering drums of "I'll Cast a Shadow," the dizzying guitars of "You've Got to Belong to It") or a sorely overlooked ro …

Chicago's Wilco has slowly but surely evolved into something . . . phenomenal. Over the course of seven groundbreaking studio albums, and a fistful of fascinating collaborations - notably the two-part  …

Some of Wilco's best songs have gone relatively unnoticed, which is why we're digging deep into their catalog, bringing to the surface some of the group's most brilliant, if overlooked, cuts. Experimen …