By: Will Hermes

Do you suffer from skammdegispunglyndi? For many Icelanders, the cure for this brand of wintertime depression--in addition to drinking--is making weird pop music. And with the unlikely success of majestic drone-rockers, Sigur Rós, the world is looking to the tiny island for the sounds of tomorrow

If you did something dangerously fun and outrageous in the late '80s and '90s that your parents didn't like, you can probably thank Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction. Stalking out of Los Angeles' seedy underground after hair metal wilted, they revolutionized what rock music sounded and looked like, and became the godfathers of the Alternative Nation. This is their shocking history--from wiseguys and Fila headbands to goth surfers, transsexuals, Siamese twins, Lollapalooza, and Carmen Electra. Proceed at your own risk.

Who: Composer Warren Fischer and his Art Institute of Chicago schoolmate/vocalist Casey Spooner. Dancers, backup singers, chocolate-syrup wranglers, and wig fluffers flesh out the duo's live performances.

By: Chuck Klosterman

Why is Axl Rose eating Eminem's soul? <