30 Photos of Travis Barker’s Unbelievable Tattoo Transformation

Take a photo tour of how his ink has progressed over the years. Continue reading…

MindFree Turns Genre Chaos Into Wizard Rock

The Los Angeles trio treats melody as gravity, holding together a sound built to shock and comfort in the same breath. Genre labels rarely survive contact with a working band. A band may start with one sound in mind, but the music often changes as the members grow and experiment. For Los Angeles-based MindFree, that

ZZ Top Will Keep Touring After Frank Beard’s Death

ZZ Top lost its drummer, its bassist four years ago, and somehow the band is still rolling. Billy Gibbons says that is exactly what Frank Beard wanted. Continue reading…

ZZ Top’s Frank Beard, Texas Shuffle’s Steady Hand, Dies At 77

Frank Beard, the hard-shuffling drummer who anchored ZZ Top for more than five decades, has died at the age of 77.

Charley Crockett’s Dramatic Response to Satanic Band Controversy

To hear Charley tell it, he fired Twin Temple over something simple — and the band, the media and Jack White all exploited the situation for personal gain. Continue reading…

Longtime ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dead at 77

Frank Beard, the drummer behind ZZ Top’s Texas blues thunder for over five decades, died at 77 at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, surrounded by family. Continue reading…