Rolling Stone July 14, 2016

VIDEO METAL’S BIGGEST NIGHT In the latest episode of our “Had to Be There” series, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian narrates an animated short film about 2010’s “Big Four” concert – featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and his band – when the metal giants rocked on the same stage for the first time. Says Ian, “I was excited to see the photos and go, ‘Wow, that really happened.’ ” LIVE GOING BACK TO POMPEII Read our exclusive coverage of David Gilmour’s return to the site of the legendary concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii 45 years later for an unforgettable show. POLITICS IT’S TRUMP’S CONVENTION Our politics team goes into the heart of the GOP meltdown: Read daily reports and live updates from the craziest Republican National Convention in our lifetime. MUSIC SUBLIME LOOK BACK Drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson…

King of Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda [“Hamilton Mania,” RS1263], the man who revolutionized Broadway. Musicals can never return to what they were before – post-Hamilton, even the classics seem stodgy. George Smith, via the Internet history students the rap battles between Hamilton and Jefferson. Now I hear them rapping about excise taxes and the Federalist Papers. Talk about a revolution! Mike Brocchini, Merritt Island, FL overhyped, but it’s still great to read an interview with a new master so close to the end of his run. And the factoid that Jefferson accused Adams of being a hermaphrodite in the 1800 election puts the current campaign in much-needed perspective. Stephen Atlas, via the Internet Bernie Speaks great interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders [The Rolling Stone Interview, RS 1263]. Thanks, too, for running it despite the magazine having endorsed Hillary…

1. NAF “Door” A low-flying post-punk torpedo from Jenny Lewis and her new awesomely named band, Nice as Fuck. The droning bass and stark, spacey production imply moody drama, but Lewis’ voice is warm and friendly: “Don’t close the door/We are so close,” she sings. It’s like Joy Division or Public Image Ltd bathed in California light. 2. Neil Young “Love and Only Love” Young’s new ecologythemed live album, Earth, closes with “Love and Only Love,” from 1990’s Ragged Glory, stretching out for nearly half an hour of cloudburst distortion and raging hope. 3. Disclosure and Al Green “Feel Like I Do” U.K. house-music whiz kids flip a bit of Green’s 1972 hit “I’m Still in Love With You” for a glistening late-night dancefloor come-on. 4. Esme Patterson “No River” A subtle Sixties soul throwback from rootsy pop artist Patterson, who…

The former White Zombie frontman, who is spending his summer on the road with Korn, broke down his favorite monster songs. Roky Erickson “Creature With the Atom Brain” It’s a very big-sounding rock song because he’s got a really big voice. The song itself isn’t particularly creepy – it’s the lyrics and delivery. The Cramps “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” Their whole thing is horror-rock monster songs. This is pretty low-fi and trashy. It has a really 1960s garage-rock sound. The Castle Kings “You Can Get Him, Frankenstein” A doo-wop-y song from when I was a kid, like “Monster Mash.” If you went to a Halloween party, you heard this. Tom Waits “King Kong” It’s a great song. He’s just telling the story of the love story of King Kong, screaming in his super-raspy, heavy voice. Misfits “Vampira” I had to pick the Misfits. I’ve…

NO ONE EMBODIES THE 21ST-CENTURY dance party like Diplo, whether he’s cookinguphitswithSkrillex in Jack Ü or making whimsical dancehall with Major Lazer. “People lose their minds,” Diplo says of Major Lazer’s gigs. “At one show, we had naked girls climbing speaker boxes.” This summer, he’ll serve as ringleader at his hip-hop/EDMfestival, the Mad Decent Block Party, which tours the U.S. through October. Play to Win When I’m DJ’ing in Vegas, I might be on for four hours, but when Major Lazer play a big festival, we might only get an hour. When we’re onstage, it’s a competition. If we’re not the headliner, we try to beat every band. Our shows are like a Zumba class. We’re gonna make you dance and participate. Always Steal From the Best We stole all of our original gimmicks…

A Hard Day’s Night 1964 At the opening night, in Fresno, California, McCartney played the song for the first time since 1965. “That chord is pretty iconic,” he says. “I suggested that [we open with] it to the band and we all got a bit sort of goose-bumpy. If it excites us, it will probably excite an audience.” Temporary Secretary 1980 “I made this when I was experimenting with synthesizers and sequencers on McCartney II,” he says of the obscure single, which has recently taken on a second life as a kind of cult hit. “It started getting picked up by a DJ in Brighton, England, then I heard it was being played in clubs. My piano player Wix had to figure out the sequencing. After a few false starts, we got it.” Maybe…