Kurt Cobain

Juan Flores Rides, and Falls, Again: Deanne Stillman's Desert Reckoning

I swear this heat is messing with my sleep, so that when I woke at four the other morning it was as if the accumulated bodily discomfort of the previous day's scorching here in Modjeska Canyon had stuck around, morphing into some kind of itchy psycho-emotional discontent, a near-existential nervous ... More >>

Courtney Love Is Sued Again...Are You Surprised?

Just when you thought things couldn't get any weirder for Courtney Love, they somehow manage to top the last outlandish incident. Earlier this year, Love's former lawyer Rhonda Holmes and her firm filed a lawsuit accusing the singer of libel stemming from a June 2010 incident where the singer tweete ... More >>

[UPDATED with Frances Bean's Statement] Courtney Love Hates Dave Grohl...Or Does She?

UPDATE, April 12, 2012, 5:51 p.m.:Frances Bean Cobain has also released a statement: While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn.  I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way.  I'm in a monogamous re ... More >>

Steve Aoki Hijacks the System

The prolific electronic music performer/producer talks U.S. dance culture and his upcoming album

Geek Out With Rock's Backpages

Lou Reed in 1973. If this was fat in the '70s, it's no wonder we're all considered obese now.​The online music-journalism archive Rock's Backpages is 10 years old this month. If you've never heard of the site, it's probably because a) you're not a music geek or b) you don't want to have to pay to ... More >>

Bush Is Back

Anaheim's most famous son-in-law, Gavin Rossdale, explains himself, then plays a homecoming show, kind of

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

A Sober Lil Wayne: Brilliant or No?

Here are some solid arguments for and against a clean-living rapper

Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson Talks Hockey, His Sexy Legs, and His Love for Irvine

​Scott Thompson's comedy style is damn sexy--and edgy, funny, witty, and Canadian as well. This Kids in the Hall member is breaking away from three out of the five-person tribe to hit up the Irvine Improv this Thursday (August 4) through Sunday (August 7) along with Kevin McDonald in "Two Kids ... More >>

[UPDATE: Ecstasy & Alcohol?] Amy Winehouse Confirmed Dead, Joins 27 Club as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

​UPDATE, 6:28 P.M., JULY 23, 2011: It seems tabloid newspaper Sunday Mirror will report in tomorrow's issue that Amy Winehouse passed away after an ecstasy and alcohol binge. See the front page image after the jump.ORIGINAL POST, 9:58 A.M., JULY 23, 2011: TMZ confirms that singer Amy Winehouse, 27 ... More >>

Michael Pitt and Courtney Love Dating, AKA Today's Eww Moment

​Courtney Love and actor Michael Pitt are reportedly dating. Totally weird, because Pitt played a fictional character based on Love's now-deceased husband, Kurt Cobain in Gus Van Sant's film Last Days. 

Five Suspects in the Rebecca Black Death Threat Case

​As reported yesterday, YouTube pestilence and "Friday" singer Rebecca Black received death threats in March, leading to an ongoing investigation by the Anaheim PD. We're not sure what's more pathetic--threatening an 8th grader, or a detective having to waste time hunting down anyone who takes Bl ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Foo Fighters at Fingerprints on Record Store Day, April 16

Chad Sengstock/OC WeeklyFoo 'til you're red in the face​The Show: Have you ever seen a guy make the sign of the cross with his face? If you haven't, then you haven't seen the Foo Fighters play live, which is a shame. Frontman Dave Grohl did the head-banging maneuver with teeth clenched several tim ... More >>

Trent Reznor Won an Oscar! Now a Trending Topic on Twitter! (Here's What Everyone is Saying)

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyYou didn't know it then, but this was Trent Reznor wishing for an Oscar. ​If someone told me when I was a 15-year-old, wannabe wrist-slitter relating to Trent Reznor's pain via the Nine Inch Nail's industrial rock sludge that he would one day be wearing a tux at the Academy ... More >>

Animals As Leaders Riff Out

There's more to Tosin Abasi's instrumental prog-metal outfit than guitar heroics

Five Rock Stars Who Should Be 'American Idol' Judges

Now that both Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell are leaving American Idol, rumors abound over who's going to be the next arbiter of taste on the Fox show. J Lo's supposedly signed a deal. Allegedly, Steven Tyler's been asked to join the show. P Diddy's thrown his hat into the ring. Elton John, Jessic ... More >>

Weeding Out the Weenie Roast

Our handy-dandy guide to sorting the wieners from the dogs

Surfer Blood, Detroit Bar, 3/28

Andrew Youssef​The Hype: Surfer Blood have been riding a wave of buzz behind their catchy debut album, Astro Coast. A sign posted outside of the Detroit Bar informed patrons that the evening's performance was being filmed for Carson Daly. It seems that both the Detroit Bar and Surfer Blood we ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

[DVDish] Laughing Pains: Reviews of Margot at the Wedding, American Gangster, More

Great Shakes

Bobcat Goldthwait's back onstage, whether he likes it or not

A Week in the Nightlife

Nerdy garage rock, wiseguy jazz, Binges that purge, Goodfoot turns 9 and Holy Fuck!

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

CD Review

Neil Young, Live At Massey Hall (Reprise/WEA)

Ah, the Smell of It

Das Parfum is a beloved novel. Is Perfume a stinky movie?

Back in Black

Some inspired detours sway Walk the Line from the straight and narrow

Diary of a Loud County

The Year In Live Reviews

For Those About to Bid, We Salute You

Orange County Design Collectives fashion auction offers sameness, subterfuge

Love Without Ego

GB gives the loverman a melvin

Non-Fortunate Son:

John Fogerty should be bigger than Neil Young

Dignified and Old

Joyful Noises

Pearl Jam, Springsteen and R.E.M. open their vaults

The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever: 90 - 129

Around and Back Again

Chicken and chai chat with Steve and Anna

Download o' the Week

The Revolution Is Being Advertised

Dont Say the G-word

Or Mudhoney will punch you in the face

Summer Camp

Burning Down the Road

Hot Hot Heat make their mums proud

Hope They Die Before They Get Old

The rock & roll tragedies that should have been

Were Bad, Were Worldwide

The Offsprings weird, weird realm

Hating Everything

Isnt that sad?

People Have the Power

Patti Smith, 53-year-old mother of two, is still ready for revolution

Reformed Catholic

The Revenge of Frank Black

Pall in the Family

Dimly Perceived Threats to the System attempts to save the family by killing it

'Everything in Gravity Grows'

Just what do those lyrics mean?