Forget everything you've ever heard about punk rock starting with the Ramones in the mid-'70s. The Stooges had them beat by years, as they kicked out the jams like a more destructive version of their D …

One thing people forget about Iggy Pop - thanks to such speaker-shattering Stooges songs as "Death Trip" and "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell" - is just how prolific he was as a solo artist during th …

Justin Timberlake was just five years into his solo career when FutureSex/LoveSounds spawned six Top 20 hits, making him the first male artist to do so since Michael Jackson unleashed Dangero …

Although his toothy grin and nerdy specs lent him the appearance of an insurance salesman, Buddy Holly was a true rock 'n' roll legend - a pioneer at the cutting edge of pop who did more for music in t …

Led Zeppelin stormed out of the '60s U.K. scene to define the sound of '70s rock. These four horsemen of the sonic apocalypse took all the elements floating around the late-'60s rock world - blues, fol …

Led Zeppelin's meat and potatoes was undeniably the blues, and they set the pace for legions of long-haired blues-rock warriors by working their mojo on Windy City classics; crank up "You Shook Me," wh …

She got her start as the foul-mouthed protTgTe of the Notorious B.I.G. in Junior M.A.F.I.A. (see the lo-fi gangsta rap classics "Get Money" and "Player's Anthem"), but Lil' Kim easily forged her own id …

In an era when Shania Twain and Faith Hill are marketed as "country" artists, it's almost mandatory to look outside the scope of country music to find country music. While Neko Case likely won't …

When you've got as many gifts as Richard Hawley, it's hard to keep them under one roof - he's lent his guitar skills to everyone from Gwen Stefani to Pulp, sung with Arctic Monkeys, and even acted in t …