System of a Down, 'Mezmerize' (American/Columbia)
The best Armenian-American Gypsy-riffing pinko-metal band ever!
By Keith Harris 07.07.05 3:00 AM
System of a Down's breakthrough album, Toxicity, hit stores on September 4, 2001, and within eight days, the "selfrighteous suicide" mentioned on hit single "Chop Suey!" had a meaning the band never could've anticipated.
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Audioslave, 'Out of Exile' (Interscope/Epic)
Polarizing arguments solved by mutual head-banging.
By Andrew Beaujon 07.05.05 3:00 AM
Aren't you sick of hearing about how Seattle's liberal latte-lickers don't understand Cheyenne's conservative lager-lifters?
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The Records That Changed My Life: Bernard Sumner of New Order
Bernard Sumner, founding member of Joy Division and New Order, might have blazed a path for generations of angsty dance-punk bands, but he still finds inspiration in rock's glory days.
By Adrienne Day 07.04.05 3:00 AM
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Pretty Hated Machine
The Bravery's Sam Endicott shrugs off an early backlash.
By Chuck Klosterman 07.01.05 3:00 AM
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Missy Elliott, 'The Cookbook' (Gold Mind/Atlantic)
Hip-hop braggart's secret: She likes to rap!
By Julianne Shepherd 06.27.05 3:00 AM
"Y'all don't really know my life," Missy Elliott insists on her sixth album. She's right -- but The Cookbook doesn't get us any closer to understanding who she is.
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Foo Fighters, 'In Your Honor' (Roswell/RCA)
Leaving Kurt behind, Dave Grohl finds nirvana.
By Joe Gross 06.20.05 3:00 AM
Recently, like many culture-defining personalities of the '90s -- Bill Clinton, Barry Bonds, Saddam Hussein -- Dave Grohl has been thinking about his legacy. He'll always be the young punk from harD.C.ore suburbia who became the rhythmic force behind the Band of a Generation. But he'll also be the guy who parlayed his assets into his own project, complete with hit singles and funny videos.
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