You wonder if it began: I’ve got my pen-cil! A Michigan university student has been suspended after writing an essay titled “Hot for Teacher,” after the 1984 song by Van Halen.

Paul O’Neill is lucky enough to see his dream come to life on the stage every night. He calls it “Rock Theater”

Somebody once said that there’s a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. I moved a step closer to that line back in 1978

Andy Rehfeldt, a YouTube favorite for his headscratchingly brilliant mashups combining such things as smooth jazz and hard rock, is back with a hilarious bossa nova take on Judas Priest’s “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin.’”

An armada of metal standouts will join forces for an unprecedented tour aptly titled Titans of Rock, including members of Guns n’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Kiss, Metallica and others.

Some days, it’s a song; some days, it’s an entire album. There’s been more “album” days than “song” days lately, possibly because much of the stuff I tend to listen to doesn’t work well as single tracks.

We love Adele’s poise, her earthy attitude, the roiling emotion in her voice. So why don’t we love the newly crowned six-time Grammy winner’s album 21? Blasphemy, right?

As the Foo Fighters await word on whether they’ll claim any of the amazing six Grammys they’re up for on Sunday, frontman Dave Grohl and producer Butch Vig reminisced about their initial project together: Nirvana’s supernova hit Nevermind.

Jethro Tull’s unexpected 1989 Grammy win over Metallica in the newly created Hard Rock/Metal Performance category still resonates, decades later.

With Def Leppard set to hit the road for a U.S. tour this summer, and a film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” in the works, it seemed like a good time to revisit this guilty pleasure …