Rick Rubin

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have always made an effort to include a provocative visual component with their music, an aesthetic that has encompassed everything from their outlandish stage getups to the memorably bold covers for albums like 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' and 'Mother's Milk.' The band is continuing that tradition with the cover for their next release, 'I'm With You,' due August 30 from their

It's been eight long years since we've heard anything new from ZZ Top, but fans can look forward to a new album soon -- and guitarist Billy Gibbons says it's "a return to the early ZZ Top roots." The upcoming, as-yet untitled set, which will be the band's 15th studio album in 42 years, is currently being recorded with executive producer Rick Rubin, who's also serving as a band advisor in

He's been one of the most sought-after producers in rock for 25 years -- and now that he's also co-chairman of Columbia Records, Rick Rubin is also one of the busiest, with his hands in a dizzying list of current and upcoming projects. Rubin discussed a number of those albums during a recent Billboard interview, conducted to celebrate the huge success of Columbia artist Adele's new album, '21' (wh