No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani has revealed that the sound of their new album is being influenced by 80′s music, particularly “one-hit wonders”. Currently working on their first album since 2001′s ‘Rock Steady’, Stefani explained how they’ve been inspired by the music from that decade. Read More…

Doug Fieger, leader of the Los Angeles-based power pop band the Knack who co-wrote and sang on the 1979 No. 1 hit “My Sharona,” has died. He was 57. Fieger’s sister, Beth Falkenstein, said he died Sunday at his home in Woodland Hills. He had cancer. “My Sharona” was No. 1 for six weeks. Fieger [...]