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The Best Steve Jobs Tributes From the Web and Beyond [PHOTOS, VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:05 +0000

In the hours following the announcement that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had passed away, numerous tributes began pouring in both on and off the web. Time Magazine literally stopped the presses for the first time in at least 30 years to devote its cover and entire 21-page features section to Jobs. Bloomberg Businessweek scrapped a [...]

YouTubers Rap a Tribute to Steve Jobs in 'We Are All Steve' [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:47:33 +0000

As we’re all sadly aware, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and the creator of iconic products like the iPhone, has been valiantly fighting cancer for years — and given his recent resignation as CEO of the company, he doesn’t appear to be winning.

YouTubers Pantless Knights have put together a terrific tribute song, and the accompanying video features various people — and one Muppet — in Jobs’ trademark black turtlenecks and round glasses lip-syncing a rap about the legendary tech genius.

Mastodon, Nickelback and Others Appear on Album Celebrating ZZ Top, 'A Tribute From Friends'

Chris M. Junior — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:52:41 +0000

The hats, the videos and let’s not forget those long beards: Visually, ZZ Top certainly has left a lasting impression on popular culture over the last four decades.

But many of the Texas trio’s songs are just as memorable. That is confirmed by the wide range of contemporary rock acts — including Mastodon, Coheed & Cambria, Nickelback and Wolfmother — that have recorded 11 of ZZ Top’s tunes for ‘A Tribute From Friends,’ due Oct. 11.

Jani Lane Tribute to Feature Quiet Riot, Great White and More

Chris M. Junior — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:35:29 +0000

They were among the bands that ruled the Los Angeles hair-metal scene in the 1980s. And on Aug. 29, they’ll join forces on the legendary Sunset Strip to honor one of their own.

Quiet Riot, Great White, LA Guns, Enuff Z’Nuff and Slammin’ Gladys are the featured acts for the free, all-ages tribute concert in memory of late Warrant singer Jani Lane at the Key Club in West Hollywood.