The Muse story is relatively short. They formed in Devon, England in 1997, although the three members had been banging it out in bands together since they were 13.

Stone Gossard caught up with Paul Cashmere to talk all things Pearl Jam and Brad. From the Noise11 archives Stone Gossard tells the story.

Soul legend Mavis Staples kicked off her second weekend Coachella festival set with a tribute to Prince on Friday.

Bruce Springsteen opened his Brooklyn concert with the Prince classic 'Purple Rain' on Saturday night.

The names of Australia’s pop stars Dami Im, Cyrus, Taylor Henderson and Stan Walker are attached to a charity under investigation by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Starting a studio and founding a record label in the early 50s was a bold move. Sam Phillips did it though. The decision for his career path also changed music history and created the template for what became rock and roll.

2003, Melbourne, Australia and Duran Duran are about to tour the country in their original line-up for the first time in 20 years. Getting the original line-up back together seemed near impossible after 1996 when founding member John Taylor walked out of the band he started two decades earlier.

The Black Keys are Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. They hail from Okron, Ohio, the home of Devo but we can honestly say they sound nothing like Devo.

In 1997 Prince appeared on The Muppets.

Queensland born Soprano, Mirusia debuts her first studio album “This Time Tomorrow” on the ARIA Pop charts at number 21 and the Classical Crossover Chart at number 2 this week.

For the previous eight weeks the ARIA Albums Chart have had an album debuting at the top of the charts (we’ve had eleven in total this year so far), but this week something unique occurs, a former No.1 album climbs back to the top spot in the country.

Gnash and Olivia O’Brien barely hold onto the top spot on the ARIA Singles chart for a second week with the now Gold (●) selling track “I Hate U, I Love U”.

Martika’s big hit ‘Love Thy Will Be Done’ started out as a prayer and then was given a make-over by Prince to become the song you know today.

An Instagram.com comment Justin Bieber reportedly posted online criticising Prince is completely fake, according to the singer's representative.

Iron Maiden fans in New Zealand will be able to buy a special edition All-Blacks t-shirt around the Kiwi tour.

Prince's second wife will be dedicating a new school to the late legend after building it in his honour.

The announcement that Prince had died was made late on Thursday morning in the U.S. The Billboard charts for the week closed at midnight Thursday night.

A post-mortem examination into the sudden death of music icon Prince is under way in Minnesota.

It is questionable if there has ever been a metal band as influential as Iron Maiden. They are now legendary.

After 15 years, sure, there are a few grey hairs and a few extra pounds but the band that were around at the conception of new wave sound like they have just picked up where they left off.

For White Stripes fame came suddenly on the heels of their third album 'White Blood Cells". No-one really paid that much attention until then.

Few artists have earned the term legend next to their name. George Benson has. Over a forty year career Benson has succeeded as one of the world's greatest guitarist and traveled across the jazz, R&B and AC music genres.

Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson has spoken with media about the death of Prince and has confirmed that there are “no suspicious circumstances”.

George Harrison 1943 - 2001

In 1988, we were introduced to Joe Satriani with the summer surf instrumental of the year "Always With Me, Always With You". Satriani, a accomplished San Francisco guitar teacher had worked with a steady stream of students including Steve Vai, Kirk Hammit and Counting Crows Dave Bryson.

The term New Wave was created in 1977 for a little band from New York City. The name of that band is Talking Heads.

In 2002 Brian Wilson spoke with Paul Cashmere of Noise11. Here is the interview from the Noise11 archives.

Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma in 1983. In a career that has spanned more than 20 years, frontman and founder Wayne Coyne has become an expert in musical experimentation.

Justin Bieber is once again the laughing stock of the world after making an inane and egotistical comment after the death of Prince.

Lily Allen demanded "pics or it didn't happen" after Rita Ora posted a tribute to late singer Prince.