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Beastie Boys in 1998. (Credit: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)

‘It Took A Lot of Balls’: How Mix Master Mike Helped Make the Beastie Boys’ ‘3 MC’s and One DJ’ a Hit

Kerry King onstage at the Fonda Theatre, during his headline set at the Hollywood venue. It was the second-to-last show in the first leg of his first headline tour as a solo artist. His former band Slayer originally came out of the L.A. metal scene of the 1980s. (All photos credited to Steve Appleford)

Kerry King’s Next Chapter of Thrash

The courtyard of the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on opening night of the Slamdance Film Festival. In 2025, the festival held its first event in Los Angeles since moving from Park City, Utah. (All photos credited to Steve Appleford)

Slamdance Soars West

Cleaned Up Crüe

Snapped: LSR/CITY Opening Weekend NYC (A Photo Essay)

Gary Louris (Credit: Steve Cohen)

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Gary Louris of the Jayhawks

The Stone That the Builder Refused

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Bunny (née Elana Cager and Lady Tigra (née Rachel de Rougemont) of L’Trimm Credit: Geoff Moore)

‘That’s the One That Blew Up?’: How ‘Cars With the Boom’ Made L’Trimm Stars

Mastering engineer Idania Valencia at Sterling Sound (Credit: Andrew Lipovsky)

Master Class: A Conversation With ‘Brat’ Mastering Engineer Idania Valencia

Get Your A$$ on the Art

Dierks Bentley in concert. (Credit Zach Belcher)

A Day in the Life of…Dierks Bentley

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabel of Tears for Fears, (Credit: Steve Rapport/Getty Images)

Every Tears For Fears Album, Ranked

Exotic Bird

Metallica fans attend a concert in Hamburg, Germany in 2023. (Credit: Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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