michael jackson

If we’re to believe the Twitter conspiracy theorists (and come on, when are Twitter conspiracy theorists ever wrong?), Avril Lavigne apparently died in 2003 and was replaced by a lookalike. But this complicated (get it?) theory isn’t the only music-related conspiracy to have made the rounds on the internet. From Andre...

Ahmed Best, the voice behind Jar Jar Binks, revealed in an interview with VICE that Michael Jackson originally wanted to play the character—but with his own personal touch, (via Rolling Stone). "Me, Natalie Portman and George 's kids—we were at Wembley arena at Michael Jackson's concert," Best says. "We were t...

Nothing cuts through the tension in an episode of Game of Thrones like Michael Jackson's "Thriller." A new video mashup that surfaced online this weekend shows the horde of White Walkers from last week's episode rising to the classic Michael Jackson track. Read ... Read More ...

In the final installment of our video Q&A with Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, we celebrate our 30th anniversary as a magazine by discussing 30 years of influences on FOB.  The guys talk about the members of the band's disparate influences—from Michael Jackson to Iron Maiden—and how they come together to create something all their own.  ...

The "smoove," sexually seductive Zelliack--comprised of Sky Eats Airplane's Zack Ordway and ex-Tesserect vocalist Elliot Coleman--have released a new cover of Michael Jackson's "Baby Be Mine," which you can listen to below. You can still pick up their debut EP, Noir Tone, on bandcamp for just $1.  ...

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on top. SOURCE MATERIAL: Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" FROM...

Below you can watch In Fear And Faith perform a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." The third anniversary of Jackson's death was this past Monday, June 25.