During "Let There Be Rock," near the end of AC/DC's set Sunday night at the Forum, guitarist Angus Young sprinted down the catwalk to a small circular near the middle of the arena. ...more

December 21, 2008

Quality Guitars and Musicians Supply offers lessons for acoustic, electric, bass, as well as drums and keyboards. ...more

June 8, 2008

"American Idiot" kicked Green Day into levels of respectability no punk ever imagines. Having to follow it apparently didn't appeal to the trio, so it sidestepped the issue with a new identity. ...more

June 5, 2008

It's midafternoon and High on Fire's Matt Pike is nursing a hangover. "I had way too many shots last night," Pike says by telephone from a tour stop in Little Rock, Ark. "It really hit me over the head." ...more

January 31, 2008

Any metal band can rip off the top of your head. Dillinger Escape Plan nests in your brain, laying eggs that hatch twisting rhythms, jazzy interludes and melodic surprises. If 2004's "Miss Machine" bested the competition, "Ire Works" makes plain DEP has no competition. ...more

December 13, 2007

Not long after Jan Donahue's husband left for a two-year tour of duty in Iraq, one of her neighbors tied a yellow ribbon around a tree in the Donahue's yard. ...more

November 10, 2007