Guns N’ Roses and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Rock Epic Version of ‘Patience’ in Houston

At Guns N’ Roses’ gig Friday (Nov. 10) in Houston, the guys were joined on stage by a Texas favorite. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons took to the stage with Guns N’ Roses to perform the band’s epic track “Patience.” Not that the collaboration was a complete surprise. Gibbons and the guys of ZZ Top also joined Guns N’ Roses during performances on earlier stops of the…

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Here’s the Best Job Ever on Metallica’s Staff

Talk about a dream job. According to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, the metal band has a full-time archivist on its staff. “We actually have a person who works for us, Bob Pfiefer, whose full-time job is to travel the world in solitude and try and unearth Metallica tapes and Metallica first-generation masters, and that type of stuff,” Ulrich said in an interview with Revolver. “That’s literally his…

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Grunge Fun: Kurt Cobain is Getting His Own Funko Pop! Toy

Now everybody is getting in on the grunge nostalgia, including toy companies. Toy company Funko is creating a new music-themed line of their oh-so cute Pop! vinyl figures, including a plastic model of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The Funko version of Cobain depicts the Nirvana vocalist strumming a guitar and wearing the signature “Smells Like Teen Spirit” green and brown sweater- the same one you see…

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Jack White is ‘Practically Done’ with His New Album

New music from Jack White is coming, and soon, so get ready. The former White Stripes frontman says that his upcoming solo album is “practically done,” in a new interview with Billboard. During the interview, which took place at Detroit’s Making Vinyl conference earlier this week, White dished that he’has putting the “finishing touches” on the follow-up to his last record, 2014’s “Lazaretto.” Now, he’s just giving…

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Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic Relives Iconic 1992 MTV VMA Moment

Remember that time Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic threw his bass into the air during the 1992 MTV VMA Awards, only to have it land right back on the guy? Well, Novoselic recreated that experience – minus that bass falling back on him – during a show with his new band, Giants in the Trees. Check out the Facebook photo below. In other news, Novoselic…

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