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Rock icon Alice Cooper ripped irreversible gender reassignment surgeries for children as a “fad” and trashed “woke” culture in a new interview. The comments are the third from a high-profile rocker this year and the second to come from an iconic musician whose act at least partially included gender-bending. In a wide-ranging interview with Stereogum about the state of his career and his ongoing touring, Cooper was asked about radical gender ideologies that are targeting young people. The 75-year-old didn’t mince words while he shared his strong opinions on the “absurd” subject. “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender,...

In the wake of his comments about transgender people, rock singer Alice Cooper has lost a sponsorship deal with a cosmetics company. It is common knowledge that the 75-year-old, also known by his given name, Vincent Damon Furnier, is best known for his signature black eye makeup, flamboyant costumes, and horror-themed props such as fake blood and guillotines. There was a plan for him to collaborate with Vampyre Cosmetics on a makeup collection named after him, but the company dropped him due to comments he made in an interview with the music website Stereogum, which led to a fallout between...

Carlos Santana delivered a speech laced with anti-transgender remarks during a recent performance in Atlantic City, New Jersey, telling the audience, “A woman is a woman, and a man is a man.”

Update: A representative for Carlos Santana released the following statement: "Rock Legend Carlos Santana was over-taken by heat exhaustion and dehydration during a concert Tuesday (July 5) evening in Michigan. The guitar great was taken from his show at Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. Carlos was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for observation and is doing well, it was announced by Santana’s manager Michael Vrionis tonight. The statement also noted that tomorrow night's (July 6) show in Burgettstown, Pa. would be...

<p>Music superstar Carlos Santana collapsed on stage at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston Tuesday night.</p>

"[Adele] doesn't bring all the dancers and props ... she just stood there and sang the song and that's it, and this is why she wins," guitarist said Carlos Santana apologized after the guitarist said that Beyoncé is "not a singer" while explaining why Adele won the Album of the Year Grammy. Carlos Santana issued an apology Tuesday after the guitarist said that Beyoncé is "not a singer" while explaining in an interview why Adele won the Album of the Year Grammy. Related Grammys 2017: 5 Reasons Why Adele Won Instead of Beyonce Controversial victory upholds longstanding Grammy traditions "My...

While rock 'n' roll is necessarily classified as a form of pop music, it is actually an idiom whose radical, destructive primitivism established a new type of socio-cultural disorder. It's about rejection of the status quo and celebration of the dis-imprisonment it instills. Always exploited for profit, rock's unmanageable aspects have been steadily diluted by a sinister, commercially driven course of revisionist myth-making. There is no acceptable role in the marketplace for radicals like Charlie Feathers, Poly Styrene, Lux Interior or Roky Erickson, but there's always room for the homogeneous, money-hungry, play-it-safe phonies on this list. These douchebags all have...

In a tribute, musician Harry Belafonte joked that something should be done about Mexican immigration because he'd been overshadowed by Santana's fusion of rock, blues, African and Latino sounds. "Now Carlos is a citizen of the world. He belongs to all of us," Belafonte said. "Carlos, you haven't transcended race and origin. Really, who of us has? You continue to be informed by the immigrant experience on the journey to the great American dream." Before the show, Santana said he'd never been to the Kennedy Center before but the award stands apart for him because it came during the Obama...

Birth name Carlos Augusto Alves Santana Born July 20, 1947 (age 66) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kzd4RDxqLc

When Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., chastised Jay-Z and Beyonce in a TV interview for their recent trip to Cuba, he especially criticized Jay-Z for his adoration of Che Guevara. “I think Jay-Z needs to get informed,” Rubio said. “One of his heroes is Che Guevara. Che Guevara was a racist. Che Guevara was a racist that wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent, so he should inform himself [about] the guy that he’s propping up.” Jay-Z, Carlos Santana, and Johnny Depp — who have all been spotted in Guevara t-shirts in the last decade...

Under a former Native American village in Georgia, deep inside what's now the U.S., archaeologists say they've found 16th-century jewelry and other Spanish artifacts. The discovery suggests an expedition led by conquistador Hernando de Soto ventured far off its presumed course—which took the men from Florida to Missouri—and engaged in ceremonies in a thatched, pyramid-like temple. The discovery could redraw the map of de Soto's 1539-41 march into North America, where he hoped to replicate Spain's overthrow of the Inca Empire in South America. There, the conquistador had served at the side of leader Francisco Pizarro...

LIMA, Peru - Carlos Santana quoted his old friend Jimi Hendrix in an anti-war message here Monday and said his philosophy is the antithesis of President George W. Bush's. "I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing," the 58-year-old rock icon said. "My concept is the opposite of George W. Bush." Santana, speaking to Peruvian journalists ahead of a Tuesday concert, said young people's opposition to the war in Iraq is reaching the dimensions of the anti-Vietnam war sentiment in the 1970s. "There is more...

Alright, I don't why I am still awake as I have to be up in a few hours to feed Owen. What I am most frustrated at is that I pay money to keep this website up so all of you 'fans' can talk about our music. Why would I want to spend that money so the majority of you can sit around and b*tch about us?I understand that you are frustrated that there's isn't any new music for you guys to listen to. We finished this record over a year ago and sent on a lame ass tour we...

Had Che Guevara not been executed by Bolivians in 1967, he may well be celebrating his 77th birthday this week. Or he may have endured a bloody death at the hands of other enemies. Had he lived, Western college students almost certainly would not be walking around campus mindlessly displaying his likeness on flaming red T-shirts. A dead martyr is much easier to lionize than a living dictator. Though he died nearly 40 years ago, Guevara is still sparking controversy. Rolling Stone magazine reported last week that guitar legend Carlos Santana was protested at his June 1 Miami concert. The...

Remember Carlos Santana's attire at the Oscar's not too long ago? You know, the Che Guevara t-shirt I gave him the Useful Idiot Award for? Well, one prominent Cuban-American musician sent Santana a letter to let him know just what a morally abject jerk he really is. The following is Paquito D'Rivera's letter in Spanish followed by my translation: "Me enteré por nuestro amigo Raúl Artiles que pronto te presentarás en Miami; cosa que me parece poco recomendable, ya que no hace mucho cometiste la torpeza de aparecerte en los Oscar Awards luciendo con orgullo un enorme crucifijo sobre una...

Carlos Santana Pledges Funds to Fight AIDS By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Carlos Santana on Thursday pledged the proceeds of his summer tour -- estimated at up to $3 million -- to battling AIDS (news - web sites) as South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu predicted the disease may prove more devastating to his country than the scourge of apartheid. "Join us in spreading a spiritual virus -- a masterpiece of joy on this planet," said Santana, joined by his wife, Deborah Santana and Tutu, in announcing the gesture, which is expected to raise an estimated $2.5...