Boy Bands
How Teen Girls' Hysteria for Boy Bands Became an Unstoppable Force
From the Beatles to One Direction, all-singing and all-dancing pop groups have claimed the hearts of many teenage girls.
Why Do Adult Women Love One Direction Slash Fanfiction?
Although One Direction has broken up, their influence lives on in homoerotica written by female fans.
Backstreet Boys and N'Sync Are Making a Zombie-Western Together
Brought to you by the same people who made 'Sharknado.'
Stephen Hawking Finally Breaks Silence About Zayn’s Exit from One Direction
The boy band may still be intact in another universe, the physicist says.
Why 2014 Was the Year of the Revamped Boy Band, Starring One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer
On One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, and why they're built to last.
We Read One Direction’s 2015 Annual and Discovered a Band in Breakdown
Entering the band's christmas book as evidence they won't make it to 2016.
With 'Four,' Are the Boys of One Direction Growing Up?
You probably hate this band. That's cool. But with their new album, it might be time to take a listen.
Joe Lean from Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong Has a New Band With an Equally Shit Name
The song's pretty good though. We spoke to Joe to find out where the fuck he's been for seven years.
I Saw the Backstreet Boys Perform at a Mall
Seeing the Backstreet Boys at the Grove is a sublime experience. It was reminiscent of what is must have been like to see the Beatles' rooftop concert in 1969, except surrounded by chain restaurants. Where else could you see an actual cheesecake...
What's the Worst Band of All Time?
Only a select group of elite bands become so wildly popular for no good reason that people start hating them. It’s this last group of bands we’re interested in today—people we ran into on the street, who’s the worst band of all time?