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Aerosmith, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Mötley Crüe, Rolling Stones, The: Big Deals: How Money Fever is Changing the Music Business

Report by Fred Goodman, Musician, January 1992

"IN MARCH of 1985 the band was broke. People were selling their houses. The IRS was calling every day." ...

Journey, Poison: Party On, Dude: Rock Package Tours

Report and Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 24 May 2001

GET READY, Houston, 'cuz here they come – rolling into town in waves all summer long. No, not the Bayou City's infamous mosquito swarms, but ...

Metallica: Don't Tread On Me! Metallica Sue 'Em All In Court Case Spectacular!

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 22 October 1994

Gloves off as Metal masters take on record company in legal scrapof the decade! Lars tells all! ...

More Outrages at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Shame! 
Shocking! Scandalous! Typical. 
Plus, Another Sinister Cabal Unmasked!

Comment by David Dalton, Gadfly, 22 March 2001

NOW WHAT did I do with my invitation? Not that I had any intention of attending (on moral grounds, mind you). The $25,000 a table ...

Queens of the Stone Age: Mean Fiddler, London

Live Review by Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, 6 July 2002

THERE ARE people everywhere. Crowded at the front of the stage, clogging the bar, hanging on the stair rails, queuing for the toilets. The room ...

MTV snaps up video rights

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, August 1984

SAN FRANCISCO — Rock-video fans who don't get their MTV — and that means seventy-five percent of the country's households — were at the losing ...

Peter Frampton: Frampton hits the middle

Report by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 3 October 1976

After 10 years on the fringes of popularity, Peter Frampton is suddenly on top. ...

Rolling Stones, The, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Rod Stewart: All rock stars have a price, even Mick Jagger

Report by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 28 June 2009

The biggest names in music have been enjoying a nice little earner – getting paid millions to perform for the super-rich. ...

Consolidated, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pixies, The: Doing the slam: Tales from the mosh pit, where rock 'n' roll is a contact sport

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 23 February 1992

THESE DAYS, rock 'n' roll has become a contact sport. Not all rock 'n' roll, of course. You won't see slam dancing at a Moody ...

Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., The, Puff Daddy, Jodeci, Craig Mack: Puff Daddy: Born To Be Bad

Interview by Frank Broughton, i-D, May 1995

A multi-platinum music mogul at just twenty four, Sean "Puffy" Combs is the face of future hip hop. meet a Bad Boy made good. ...

NSYNC: Britney can move, Christina can blow and *NSYNC got some street cred with 'Gone' — is blue-eyed soul the rebirth of cool?

Comment by Amy Linden, Honey, March 2001

IT WAS A seminal moment — as if life had just been discovered on Mars. The world's biggest boy band was on BET's 106 & ...

Accept, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Warrant, Winger, Vince Neil, Cinderella, Trixter: Who Killed the Hair Bands?

Report by Alan di Perna, Musician, May 1995

IN JANUARY OF 1992, singer Vince Neil appeared on the cover of this magazine, lighting a cigar with a thousand-dollar bill. His band, Mötley Crüe, ...

Popzilla: SFX Entertainment

Report and Interview by Ted Drozdowski, The Boston Phoenix, 23 March 1998

How one man is gobbling up the nation's concert business – and what it could mean for you. ...

Radiohead, Thom Yorke: Thom Yorke: Ghost in the Machine

Interview by Nick Kent, MOJO, August 2006

Q: What happens when "a bunch of stupidly self-critical pathological overachievers" form a rock band? A: They become Radiohead. Thom Yorke talks candidly to Nick Kent ...

Nirvana: This Is Pop

Retrospective and Interview by Keith Cameron, MOJO, May 2001

The plan was simple: make a raw, honest punk album within 14 days. Then big business intervened. The troubled story of Nirvana's In Utero. ...