Steve Appleford was a features editor for Times Community News and a contributor to the Los Angeles Times Calendar section. He is a Los Angeles native and the former editor in chief of the award-winning L.A. CityBeat. As a writer and photographer, he’s covered riots, political conventions and a whole lot of pop culture for a variety of publications including Rolling Stone, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide and LA Weekly.
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Billie Eilish and her brother and musical partner, Finneas O’Connell, talk to reporters backstage at the 62nd Grammy Awards and share how James Corden “running around singing ‘Bad Guy’” signaled they were on the road to success.
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Kobe Bryant’s death only added to the surreal atmosphere backstage at the 2020 Grammys, already mired in controversy over the ouster of its Recording Academy president and CEO.
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The Foo Fighters, Yola and Sammy Hagar were among artists who paid tribute to Aerosmith at the annual pre-Grammy MusiCares Person of the Year Gala.
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Thrash-metal pioneers Slayer play their last shows ever this weekend at the Forum, not far from their hometown of Huntington Park.
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The Queens of the Stone Age leader gathered ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and Primus’ Les Claypool, among others, and headed out to Joshua Tree for improv and mayhem.
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Short answer: no. But having Joaquin Phoenix dance around to disgraced glam-rocker Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2" was a loaded directorial decision.
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Clark takes on racism and dabbles in hip-hop and R&B on his Grammy-touted album, “This Land.”
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Despite a tumultuous lineup change in 2015, the trio remain a rock staple, and their new album tackles modern sounds and the plague of mass shootings.
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The Cure headline Saturday’s Pasadena Daydream Festival at the Rose Bowl, curated by the band’s own Robert Smith.
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The widow of punk guitar legend Johnny Ramone oversees her husband’s annual tribute at Hollywood Forever, as well as the band’s lucrative legacy