.Bill Kopp

David Bowie was one of popular music’s most groundbreaking artists.  He was the Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, the Man Who Fell...

Deadheads didn’t invent taping concerts. As Clinton Heylin chronicles in his exhaustive 1994 book, Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, people...

On Tuesday, some familiar names in heavy metal like Megadeth and Five Finger Death Punch rock the Shoreline Amphitheatre. With them is a relatively...

Formed in 1984 by bassist Les Claypool, Bay Area prog/metal/alternative band Primus have long since established their bonafides as an original outfit, with nine...

The life of a touring musician is perilous enough: The general hazards of the road make everyday existence a constant challenge. Add to that...

Among the compelling cast of characters in Peter Jackson’s sprawling Get Back documentary is an American photographer named Ethan Russell. Though his role in...

Looping—the use of digital equipment to record and play back sounds in real time for musical self-accompaniment—has been around for decades. It’s most often...

The Supersuckers have made a career out of not being serious. How else to explain a body of work that includes songs like “Pretty...