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  Check Out Silversun Pickups' 'Live on Letterman' Set

  June 5, 2012 – The list of artists who've gotten the tap for a full Live on Letterman showcase is pretty eclectic — Adele, the Shins, Peter Gabriel, to name a few — and now Silversun Pickups have joined the crew. The band played "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)," the lead single off their strong-selling new album Neck of the Woods on the regular show, then turned out a nearly hour-long set you can watch here, now! …
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  Indestructible: The Most Durable Rock Stars Alive

  October 27, 2011 –  …
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  '80s Metal Stars Talk Nirvana's 'Nevermind'

  July 26, 2011 – When Nirvana's Nevermind arrived some 20 years ago, '80s metal was already well on its way out (see SPIN contributor Chuck Eddy's 2009 essay on the subject). But the arrival of Kurt Cobain and Co.'s blockbuster album added an exclamation point to the musical transition. Here's how five rockers, circa 1991, remember Nirvana's arrival: NIKKI SIXXMötley Crüe I announced the album before its release on [MTV's] Headbangers Ball. …
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  Def Leppard, Cheap Trick Tour: "Bigger, Faster, Louder!"

  March 4, 2009 – '80s rock titans Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, and Poison have announced a triple-icious U.S. tour for this summer -- and according to Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, it's going to be "bigger, faster, louder, and more extensive" than ever! The four-month, 40-date jaunt kicks off June 23 in Camden, NJ, and ends Sept. 7 in San Bernadino, CA. What can you expect? In a word: fun. …
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  Will Def Leppard Follow AC/DC to Wal-Mart?

  November 3, 2008 – With their recording contract set to expire, and major label "bean-counters" getting them down, Def Leppard are currently looking to Radiohead and the Eagles for career advice. "If Radiohead and the Eagles can go off and do it on their own, that's an acceptable yardstick to measure our own chances by," singer Joe Elliott told Australia's The Age. …
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