Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

March 11, 2007

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS

Flash from hip-hop past

Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. For instance: What if you could blend two records together in syncopation? What if a group of guys rhymed over the beat? And what if you could use those rhymes to say something truly meaningful?

March 11, 2007

THAT'S THEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT

R.E.M. is 'bad' at reminiscing, so they'll gladly let others talk about their passion

R.E.M. was at dinner in Oxford, England, talking about its future when it got the news about the celebration of its past.

March 11, 2007

A Ronette we can't forget

Ronnie Spector remembers walking into a New York studio with indie-rock up-and-comers The Raveonettes and wondering why they were acting so strangely.

March 11, 2007

Glenn Gamboa: Jumping on different band wagons

In 1984, there was no musical middle ground. You had to pick sides, and you had to do it with a with-us-or-against-us intensity that really hasn't been seen since.

March 11, 2007

Spinning the name

In 1983, after splitting from Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel followed "The Message" with another groundbreaking track, the cocaine-themed "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)."