Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and more. He's written books about Jethro Tull, Opeth, and Dream Theater. In his spare time, he likes to yell at strangers about how much Genesis sucked in the '80s.
Jordan Blum
The Most Underrated Albums by 25 Big Rock + Metal Bands
Let's dig past the classics!
Paramore’s Hayley Williams Recalls Reaching Out to Taylor Swift After 2009 MTV VMAs Incident
'[Swift] is really cool and did not deserve that,' Williams reflected.
Why Doesn’t RHCP’s Anthony Kiedis Use Twitter? Flea Offers Wonderfully Sarcastic Answer
Well, I guess that explains it.
Why Paramore’s Hayley Williams Says People View 2000s Pop-Punk with ‘Rose-Tinted Glasses’
'It was an alternative scene for a reason – it was weird.'
Dave Grohl Just Got His Own Comic Book, and It’s Awesome
There goes my hand-drawn hero!
11 Best MTV Shows That Were Actually About Music
That’s what it was created for, after all.
Foo Fighters Issue Statement on Future Without Taylor Hawkins
'We're going to be a different band going forward,' the band writes.
Dave Grohl Covers ‘At Seventeen’ With 16-Year-Old Daughter Violet for Hanukkah Sessions
The original was made famous by singer/songwriter Janis Ian in 1975.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Welcomes First Baby with Wife Melody Ehsani
Congrats to the happy couple!
10 of the Most Hated Rock + Metal Albums (and Why)
You can’t please ‘em all.