Trump & DeSantis Come Out Backing Racism Yesterday we were contrasting Neil Young’s “Southern Man” (1970) with Lynyrd Skynryd’s “Sweet...

-by Denise Sullivan By now you’ve seen the viral video of Justin Jones singing “Ain’t Going to Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” with Joan Baez...

As the old guard of the music industry make their exit, as Sire Records Seymour Stein did this past weekend, so dies most of what made...

On Sunday, record business legend and personal mentor, Seymour Stein, passed away after a long battle with cancer. He figures prominently...

All 4 of my grandparents came to America as penniless immigrants from Eastern Europe, making my parents first generation Americans....

There were some wonderful perks to working at a record company— and particularly to being a top executive. Personally, I appreciated the...

by Noah Well, this'll piss off those smug cretins at FOX "News." It seems that a German band named Weimar was given the ol' pinkslip...

I’m still looking for that astrology workbook of mine. I ventured into a room I never go to and saw shelves and shelves of books, tapes,...

The first time I met Chaka Khan was just before Christmas, 1978. She was 25 and I was 5 years older. She was just starting a new solo...

I hitchhiked to Miami— or tried to— when I was in high school, 14-15 years old. I was apprehended by the state highway police on the New...

The first half of this 1977 interview with former Clash bass player Paul Simonon— who will be 67 next month— ran Wednesday evening. At...

The Clash were never on any label I worked for. But they were my favorite band for a long time. I expect to write a lot about them in the...

A few months ago, I was talking with a Senate candidate about AC/DC, his favorite band. It kind of blows my mind to imagine someone in...

After I couldn’t stand one more moment watching CBS Records butcher the bands on my label, 415 Records, I took a job as general manager...

When I was growing up, this was the Devil's Music: "You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain Too much love drives a man insane" A few...

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about how Jefferson Starship’s then-young guitarist Craig Chaquico had traded me a tour jacket for an...

I went to work for Sire because I was crazy about the alternative rock the label was famous for— from the Ramones, Richard Hell, the Dead...

I’m embarrassed. I can’t remember how I first met U2. I know I was in London and it was before they had any music out. I’m guessing I met...

Sandy Pearlman and I used to drive into Manhattan from Stony Brook for every Exploding Plastic Inevitable Velvet Underground show in 1966...

Anyone who has noticed my career in the music business probably associates me with alternative music. I started the first punk-oriented...