This feature is from our new series Into The Mix, which focuses on little-known stories from the Bay Area music scene’s past and present. When San Francisco punk group Crime recorded their first ...

The Michael Jackson estate isn’t happy about a recently-announced digital sale of an early Jackson 5 recording, warning that it “violates the Jackson Estate’s rights” and could lead to a lawsuit. A ...

Before the dawn of Black Sabbath there was Earth. This was the band Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward formed from the ashes of their previous project, The Polka Tulk Blues Band.

Bestselling albums don’t pop out of thin air; rather, they are built, coddled, and obsessed over for months by artists, producers, and writers alike. Most of that process takes place inside a ...