Ghoulish makeup and "horror punk" weren't yet part of the Misfits' schtick when Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only made their live debut at a CBGB audition showcase in 1977.

2 In 2007, they collaborated with a couple other British artists under the name the Death Ramps and played a few secret shows. Some of their songs were released as Arctic Monkeys B-sides.

So, below, we spotlight 35 of the most offensive band names ever. Of course, everybody has a different interpretation of what's over the line (or if a line should exist at all), but to cover our ...

The epicenter of grunge in the '90s extended only a few miles beyond Seattle, so it's not surprising that proximity bred some incredible creative synergy.

1 Before Green Day, singer-guitarist Billie Joe Amrstrong and singer-bassist Mike Dirnt played their first show together under the name Sweet Children at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, Calif., in 1987.

Kanye West has never been one to give up.So it shouldn't surprise that he's repeatedly crammed Star Wars references into his songs. Among them are "Gone" from 2005's Late Registration where he ...

Pearl Jam covering Tom Petty makes perfect sense. Pearl Jam covering "I Won't Back Down" makes even more sense. The song first appeared on Petty's first solo album, 1999's Full Moon Fever, and ...

Below, we take a look back at the crooked path White took on his way to becoming an icon and rank each of his albums in order of awesomeness. But make no mistake: If it's got White's face on it ...

Eurythmics albums ranked. They eventually called it quits at the end of the '80s, but reunited for one final record a decade later, after Lennon and Stewart both launched solo careers with varying ...

Whether they created groundbreaking new sounds or were pioneers in the digital era, these are the artists most responsible for the state of alternative music now.

For 30 years, R.E.M. participated in some of the most iconic, strange, beautiful, amusing and endlessly watchable music videos in the history of the medium.

When the Smashing Pumpkins released their debut album in 1991, nobody was paying much attention to what Billy Corgan was singing. 'Gish' was all about the guitar noise the band unleashed. The ...