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Duran Duran's Simon LeBon Talks Losing his Voice Onstage, Recording with 'Fans' and Being Inspired by Jim Morrison

Duran Duran ringleader Simon Le Bon talks to Spinner about the band's new record, 'All You Need Is Now,' and why they're still, y'know, hungry like a wolf. ... Read More »

Primus' Les Claypool Talks 'South Park,' Tom Waits' Politics + 'Green Naugahyde'

Primus' quirky blend of popping bass, atonal guitar and odd time signatures has impressed critics since day one, and now the rockers are back with a new album titled 'Green Naugahyde.' ... Read More »

Nick Lowe Is Through With Producing, Worries About Lack of 'Magic' With Wilco

Nick Lowe discusses his new album, 'The Old Love,' his tour with Wilco and why he's "through" producing. ... Read More »

Blondie Stick Together in Spite of 'Acrimonies' to Release 'Panic of Girls'

Blondie's Deborah Harry talks about 'Panic of Girls,' the band's collaboration with Beirut's Zach Condon and the group's legacy. ... Read More »

Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About Kate McGarrigle, His Famous Children and Being a Grandparent With Leonard Cohen

Cramming a four-decade career into one package is no easy task. For Loudon Wainwright III, curating '40 Odd Years' was such a painstaking experience that he compared it to "drowning kittens." ... Read More »

Rickie Lee Jones Stays True to 'Defiant' Songs, Performs With Bob Dylan in Israel

Rickie Lee Jones discusses her first two albums, her acclaimed career, new DVD 'Live in Stockholm' and performing with Bob Dylan in Israel. ... Read More »

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Mulls Future Work With 'Bastard' Bandmates, Talks New Box Set and Syd Barrett's 'Suffering'

MATS ANDERSSON, AFP/Getty Images Pink Floyd's status as rock legends is set in stone, but fans ... Read More »

The Monkees' Davy Jones Recalls Beatles Friendship and Mike Nesmith's Disloyalty

The Monkees singer Davy Jones talks about the band's reunion tour and the band's storied history, including their friendship with the Beatles and how Mike Nesmith had "ulterior motives." ... Read More »

Marianne Faithfull Questions Accuracy of Keith Richards' Autobiography, Considers Iconic Career

Marianne Faithfull talks to Spinner about her new album, 'Horses and high Heels,' trying to move beyond her druggie rep, and why she wishes Keith Richard didn't say such awful things in 'Life.' ... Read More »

Journey's Jonathan Cain Credits Success to Dad's Support After Tragic School Fire

Journey's Jonathan Cain talks the band's amazing comeback and recalls surviving a deadly school fire in Chicago and how it inspired his dad to support his son, no matter what. ... Read More »

Tim Robbins Turns Folk Singer, Says Why He 'Can't Support' Obama or Jon Stewart

Getty Images Tim Robbins has come out as a singer-songwriter at age 52. This move from film to ... Read More »

Bob Mould Looks Back on His Closeted, 'Self-Hating' Days and Husker Du's Legacy

Noah Kalina In his 30-plus-year career, Bob Mould has always been known for his driving ... Read More »

Rage Against the Machine Look Back on 20 Years of 'Terrorizing' Audiences

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello looks back on the band's 20-year history and their upcoming festival L.A. Rising. ... Read More »

Gregg Allman Never Thought Twice About Death Before Liver Transplant

The Allman Brothers frontman talks about how he got Hepatitis C from a tattoo needle at 20, the band's upcoming Beacon Theatre benefit gig, why he got sober and how he never worried about death before his transplant. ... Read More »

Men Without Hats Still Doing 'Safety Dance' While Avoiding the 'Nostalgia Bandwagon'

Men Without Hats mastermind Ivan Doroschuk talks to Spinner about doing the 'Safety Dance,' lending his music to 'Glee,' and way MWH is ripe for revival. ... Read More »

Devo Say 'Stupid' Sarah Palin Proves Their Theory of Devolution

Devo talks to Spinner about being "pioneers that got scalped," the idiocy of Sarah Palin and the devolution of the world. ... Read More »