Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds
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Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds
Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually, what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us? Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and music journalists/critics Steven Hyden and Jordan Ru...
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'Off the Record: David Bowie' — Trailer
The series premiere of 'Off the Record' explores the life — or, rather, lives — of David Bowie by examining each of his iconic personas. Major Tom. Zi...
Suspicious Minds: Elvis Presley vs. Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis Presley was the man to beat when Jerry Lee Lewis made the drive from small-town Louisiana to Memphis in 1956. The piano punisher had come for th...
Their Greatest Feuds (David Geffen): The Eagles Part 3
Our series on The Eagles concludes with a look at the business dealings and lawsuits that took place behind the scenes and the man who helped to shape...
Their Greatest Feuds (1976-2001): The Eagles Part 2
Our special series on The Eagles continues with their post-"Hotel California" years, in which the band was more popular than ever, selling one million...
Their Greatest Feuds (1971-75): The Eagles Part 1
Welcome to our epic three-part series on all of the beefs, feuds, and simmering resentments that occurred inside one of the most successful bands in h...
Chronic Issues: Dr. Dre vs. Eazy-E
Back in the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E were members of N.W.A., one of the most important and iconic hip-hop groups ever. But in the wake of their...
Britpop Battle: Oasis vs. Blur
This is an especially personal one for Steve — back when he was a Britpop-loving teen in the nineties, this was one of the first rock rivalries that h...
Kill 'Em All: Metallica vs. Megadeth
Before there was Megadeth, Dave Mustaine was the guitarist in a promising San Francisco thrash metal band called Metallica. And then he was fired for...
White Heat: Lou Reed vs. John Cale
Two burgeoning musical geniuses came together in the mid-60s to form the Velvet Underground, a group that expanded the definition of what a rock band...
Bad Cops: Sting vs. The Police
In the 1980s, the biggest rock band in the world was The Police. While all three members were blonde and good-looking, they were hardly a conventional...
Antichrist Superstars: Trent Reznor vs. Marilyn Manson
In the mid-'90s, no two rock stars struck more fear into the hearts of parents than Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson. These toxic twins started out hav...
Toxic Tango: Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera
For ‘80s babies, Britney and Christina represent the ultimate fan face-off. Originally friends and co-stars on The Mickey Mouse Club reboot in the ear...
Charming Men: The Smiths vs. The Cure
If you were an alienated teenager in the 1980s — or an alienated teenager during any era who loves the music of the 1980s — then you have probably spe...
Eruptions Part 2: Sammy Hagar vs. Van Halen
Our special two-part series on the battles between Van Halen and their two most famous singers concludes with this exploration of the Van Hagar years....
Eruptions Part 1: David Lee Roth vs. Van Halen
In tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen, we’re devoting a pair of episodes to the two distinct eras of his namesake band. The first installment explore...
Territorial Pissings: Courtney Love vs. Dave Grohl
In the early '90s, no couple in rock was more notorious than Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. The tabloid circus that followed them wearied Cobain's ban...
Divided Souls: Marvin Gaye vs. Berry Gordy
Marvin Gaye's 1971 masterpiece What's Going On was recently voted by Rolling Stone magazine the greatest album of all time. But one person who was not...
Joy Divisions: Bernard Sumner vs. Peter Hook
Joy Division and New Order are two of the greatest and most important post-punk bands of all time, and at the center of those groups are two men: Bern...
Guitar Gods: Jimi Hendrix vs. Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton had earned a reputation as “God” in the mid-‘60s for his virtousic guitar work in R&B-inspired British bands like the Yardbirds and John...
Whitney Houston vs. Mariah Carey: Dueling Divas
Whitney Houston ruled the pop world in the late '80s with a string of infectious hits that included seven consecutive number ones. But when Mariah Car...
Disharmony Part 3: Young vs. Crosby, Stills and Nash
The final part of our epic trilogy exploring the rivalries within CSNY examines the arrival of Neil Young, whose introduction to the highly-combustibl...
Introducing: Blood on the Tracks an iHeartRadio Original
Phil Spector: Murderer. Musical genius. His story is told from the perspective of those who knew him best, his famous so-called friends. Blood On The...
Disharmony Part 2: Stills vs. Crosby, Nash, and Young
In the second part of our special series on the rivalries within the greatest supergroup in rock history, CSNY, we look at the group's original musica...
Disharmony Part 1: Crosby vs. Stills, Nash, and Young
There are so many rivalries within Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young that we're devoting a three-episode arc to parsing them all. In our first episode o...
Klash of the Kinks: Ray Davies vs. Dave Davies
Before the Gallaghers were even born, the Davies brothers were the quintessential Brit-Pop sibling rivalry, brawling backstage, onstage, and in the st...
Wartimes: David Byrne vs. The Other Talking Heads
At a time when most punk and new wave bands cranked their guitars and jacked up their song tempos, Talking Heads came out of NYC with a completely ori...
Blues Rock Blues: Jack White vs. The Black Keys
In the late '90s, The White Stripes came on the scene as a true anomaly: A post-modern blues-rock duo from the Midwest. A few years later, however, an...
Anger Mismanagement: Creed vs. Limp Bizkit
In the late '90s, a time of peace and prosperity for America, two of this country's biggest bands were Creed and Limp Bizkit. In retrospect, they seem...
Diamonds and Rust: Bob Dylan vs. Joan Baez
Joan Baez was the undisputed queen of folk in the early ‘60s when she began sharing the stage with her new boyfriend, a Woody Guthrie-worshipping up-a...
Shoe Drama: Nicki Minaj vs. Cardi B
For much of the 2010s, Nicki Minaj was the most successful female rapper on the planet, selling more albums than any woman in hip-hop ever. But then a...
Culture Warriors: Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd
In the early '70s, Neil Young wrote two classic songs about the south — "Southern Man" and "Alabama" — that annoyed one of his biggest fans, Ronnie Va...
Moonman Mania: Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift
“Imma let you finish but…” When Kanye West crashed Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, he ignited one of the most com...
Wibbling Rivalry Revisited: Liam Gallagher vs. Noel Gallagher
There's a long history of sibling rivalry infecting some of the biggest acts in pop and rock. But there is perhaps no greater example than the brother...
Blink Beef: Mark Hoppus vs. Tom DeLonge
As co-founders of blink-182, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge produced some of the most joyous and gleefully immature pop-punk of the ‘90s. But behind the...
Which One's Pink: Roger Waters vs. David Gilmour
Pink Floyd is one of the greatest and most successful bands of all time, and that is due mostly to the lyrics and ideas of Roger Waters and the guitar...
Alt-Enemies: Smashing Pumpkins vs. Pavement
In 1994, Stephen Malkmus of Pavement wrote a snarky song called "'Range Life" in which he made a few snide remarks about one of the world's most popul...
Boys Brouhaha: Backstreet Boys vs. *NSYNC
In the late 1990s, there were no bigger boy bands than the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. They might have ended up as rivals anyway given that they opera...
Folkie Fight: Simon vs. Garfunkel
Together, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel formed one of the most popular and critically acclaimed duos in rock history, producing classic songs like "Mrs...
Press Punks: Axl Rose vs. Everyone in "Get In The Ring"
Guns N' Roses were the biggest rock band in the world by 1991 — but that didn’t mean they were impervious to criticism. Their double-barreled smash ‘U...
Eminem vs. Machine Gun Kelly: Rap Devils
Slim Shady enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the all time greatest rappers, but in 2015 Machine Gun Kelly made a play for his “Blonde MC fro...