Bob Gendron

"Well, we come up from the gutter/the wrong side of the tracks," proclaims Motorhead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister on the autobiographical "Whorehouse Blues," a surprise acoustic blues romp that closes the...

On his sophomore outing, former Black Crowes vocalist Chris Robinson continues to imbibe in '70s-based tumbleweed poetry and roots rock. But he's abandoned the hippy drivel and corny sentimentality that...

"True Love" finds reggae legends Toots and the Maytals re-recording their classics with a revolving cast of (mainly) pop and rock stars. Without question, the Jamaicans can still lay down...

Simon Joyner has been on a roll for nine albums, and it's time someone noticed. The Nebraskan singer-guitarist's ambitious songs are sepia-toned portrayals of lives well spent or profligately wasted...

Up until now, the most notable event in the Icarus Line's history was the band's smashing open of a display case that contained one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitars. On...

Blending tuneful feedback squalls, double-time guitar chords, throbbing drumbeats and catchy pop melodies isn't anything new. But few groups do it as efficiently and infectiously as Portland's Thermals, the latest...

On his finest solo work in over a decade, David Byrne spins the world's harsh realities into a whimsical landscape seeded with sarcastic truth, sentimental metaphor and surreal fantasy. The...

After flirting with rock and rap-rock, Cypress Hill tries to get back to basics on its seventh studio album. All of the group's familiar thematic conventions are in place, with...

The Von Bondies Pawn Shoppe Heart (Sire/Reprise) The latest major-label catch to follow in the garage-rock wake of The White Stripes happens to hail from Detroit, claims a mixed-gender membership...

Continuing their two-decades-long association, former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul get re-energized with Damageplan. Appropriately titled, the group's debut specializes in pulverizing, no-nonsense metal. In ex-Halford guitarist...