He's got the tats, the scars, and the skills: 50 Cent is the quintessential East Coast gangsta rap icon, the crown prince in the kingdom of Eminem and Dr. Dre, the star of movies and video games . . .  …

With its name lifted from a French football club whose glory days belong to the '70s, Saint Etienne was a conceptual project dreamed up by a couple of music writers who successfully made the leap from  …

In its classic formation, power trio Mahogany Rush — frontman and guitar god Frank Marino, bassist Paul Harwood, and drummer Jim Ayoub — muscled its way into the '70s with debut album Maxoom ('7 …

Allein an Verkaufszahlen gemessen, sind Destiny's Child die weltweit erfolgreichste Frauenformation der Popgeschichte. Über 46 Millionen Platten verkauften die Sängerinnen, dazu gesellt sich noch der W …

From the start, there were at least two Ferrys at the terminal: the maverick art-rocker who fronted Roxy Music's enigmatic career, and the louche crooner toying with standards such as "These Foolish Th …

Un orfèvre de la chanson — « un artisan » dit-il — méticuleux, de bon goût, alors qu'il rêve d'être « trashy ». Mais n'est pas punk qui veut : Benjamin Biolay tient plus d'Oscar Wilde que de Sid Viciou …

Throughout an incredible sequence of rock hits starting in the early '70s, 10cc mastered the trick of making intelligent, often satirical records that appealed equally to the mainstream and the highbro …

From the moment Billy Idol turned up with Generation X on Top of the Pops in 1979, miming badly beneath a curled lip stolen from Elvis, it was clear he exuded greatness: Gen X had the credibilit …

From its conception, Roxy Music was an alliance of wit, sophisticated art direction, and electronic rock wizardry. Founding member Bryan Ferry (like co-conspirator Brian Eno) would venture into the sol …