Punk icon John Lydon turned down an offer for his band Sex Pistols to take part in the London Olympics celebrations, branding the event a waste of money and accusing organizers of trying to hijack ...

A rare recording of the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen has gone on sale for $16,000. Record Collector magazine editors claim the A&M Records' version of the 1977 single is the world's most valua...

Green Day have been crowned the kings of punk in a new Rolling Stone online poll. The California trio beat out The Clash, The Ramones and the Sex Pistols to land atop the fans' countdown of the b...

A collection of Sid Vicious' newly-discovered artwork is set to fetch $6,400 at auction.

Punk rocker John Lydon has launched a scathing attack on Jay-Z, dismissing the rap superstar's work as a "parody." The former Sex Pistols frontman insists he is no fan of the hip-hop mogul and has...

A track by British dance act The Prodigy has been voted the most controversial song of all time. The band's 1997 offering, Smack My B**ch Up, was banned by the U.K.'s BBC network - the sex and dr...

The Slits frontwoman Ari Up has died at the age of 48. The punk pioneer passed away on Wednesday after suffering a "serious illness," according to her stepfather, Sex Pistols rocker John Lydon. ...

Legendary rockers the Sex Pistols have bottled the scent of the punk era by launching the band's first fragrance. The group has teamed up with French beauty brand Etat Libre D'Orange to create a...

John Lydon's punk collective Public Image Limited (PiL) will make their first U.S. TV appearance in 18 years when they perform on late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on April 7. The former Sex Pi...

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning have put their new rock star skills to good use by re-recording four Runaways tracks for the soundtrack of the upcoming biopic about the all-girl band. The songs...

Happy Birthday to: Pop superstar Justin Timberlake (1981) Actress Portia de Rossi (1973) British actress/singer Minnie Driver (1970) Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman (1964) British sin...

Happy Birthday to: "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen (1965) Olympic snowboarder Shaun White (1986) Sum 41 bassist Jason McCaslin (1980) 30 Seconds to Mars guitarist Tomo Milicevic...

Happy Birthday to All-American Rejects guitarist Mike Kennerty (1980), Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (1980), actor Simon Rex (1974), "Lost" bad-boy Josh Holloway (1969), British actor Julian...

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Traf...

Pinpointing the creative zenith of the Grateful Dead's career would be a challenge fit for even Sisyphus. That said, one could do a lot worse than looking to the fabled spring tour of 1977, long co...

Hell raising Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious has been voted the most controversial rocker of all time. Vicious - real name John Ritchie - died of a heroin overdose in 1979, months after he was ac...

The Welsh Indie-pop group Los Campesinos! rocked the EARL (East Atlanta Restaurant & Lounge) with loads of glockenspiel-laden selections. Frontman Gareth multitasked between a single drum and the...

The music video for My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row" has finally made its North American debut. The song, a reinterpretation of the Bob Dylan classic, was recorded specifically for the upcomi...

Happy Birthday to *NSync member Justin Timberlake (1981), "Arrested Development" actress Portia de Rossi (1973), British actress/singer Minnie Driver (1970), Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman (1964), ...

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...

Paul McCartney has crushed hopes an important piece of Beatles memorabilia has been unearthed - he insists he made the Eleanor Rigby character up. A payslip dating from 1911 and featuring a ho...

The biopic is a longstanding Hollywood tradition. There are the big budget epics like the now infamous Elizabeth Taylor vehicle "Cleopatra," David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia," or Richa...

Happy Birthday to Olympic snowboarder Shaun White (1986), Sum 41 bassist Jason McCaslin (1980), 30 Seconds to Mars guitarist Tomo Milicevic (1979), "The Bold and the Beautiful" actress Ashley Jones...

Welsh rocker Gruff Rhys has backed up allegations John Lydon was involved in an assault on Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke. Rhys, frontman of cult bands the Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, ...

Punk legend John Lydon has furiously denied allegations he was involved in a racist attack on Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke. Okereke has alleged he was in a fracas with Sex Pistols singer Lydon ...

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has accused Sex Pistols singer John Lydon of involvement in a racist attack at a Spanish music festival. Okereke claims the incident took place backstage at th...

Happy Birthday to All-American Rejects guitarist Mike Kennerty (1980), Brazilian supermodel Giselle Bundchen (1980), actor Simon Rex (1974), "Lost" bad-boy Josh Holloway (1969), British actor Julia...

Billy Idol has recorded two brand new songs for The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself, a new career-spanning CD, Deluxe Edition CD/DVD and digital collection to be released June 24 by Capit...