Bob Gruen has been inside rock and roll longer than most people have been alive. He's on the floor with Led Zeppelin, in the room with John Lennon, backstage with The Clash and the Sex Pistols — and he saw everything. But there was one rule he never broke: when…
There's a reason Bob Gruen never had to testify in court — and it has nothing to do with luck. Bob Gruen has photographed everyone — John Lennon, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Rolling Stones. He had access to the most unguarded moments in rock history. And he had…
Tony Hawk. The Strokes. Foo Fighters. De La Soul. Tom Sachs. Stacy Peralta. Long-form conversations with the people who actually make the things worth talking about — no PR questions, no soundbites. Photographer and author Justin Jay goes deep on craft, failure, and the work behind the work. Subscribe so…
Tony Hawk. The Strokes. Foo Fighters. De La Soul. Tom Sachs. Stacy Peralta. Long-form conversations with the people who actually make the things worth talking about — no PR questions, no soundbites. Photographer and author Justin Jay goes deep on craft, failure, and the work behind the work. Subscribe so…
Bob Gruen didn't plan it. Sid Vicious did. The story behind one of the most iconic punk photographs ever taken — now in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. #Shorts #BobGruen #SidVicious #PunkPhotography #RockPhotographySubscribe now → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNH5UGRKI5E1AUBWAk-OkrA?sub_confirmation=1 Website → https://www.theplugwithjustinjay.com Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-plug-w-justin-jay/id1517322794 Spotify →…
Sid Vicious grabbed a hot dog, looked at the camera, paused — then calmly smeared mustard and ketchup across his own face. Bob Gruen still wouldn't have done it himself. That photo now lives in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Bob took it during a sound check, in an…
Her therapist had noticed something about her years before she understood it herself. Zosia Mamet spent years showing up at work — confident, assertive, fully herself — while quietly being a passenger in her personal life. Her therapist saw the split long before Zosia could name it. It took her…
Zosia Mamet spent years being a passenger in her own life while being completely in control at work — and she only recently understood why. She gets into the concept her father calls Doctor Theater — the idea that something turns on when you're performing that carries you through anything,…
It's not the crowd. Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes on what actually kills a show. He breaks down the one technical nightmare that derails performers more than anything else, how The Strokes went from tearing each other apart after bad nights to one of the most self-assured live bands in…
The Chili Peppers had a no girlfriends rule on tour. Old school, old world. The Beastie Boys' studio was the opposite — Biz Markie, Q-Tip, New York, everyone just friends. Ione Skye practically lived there because no one was treating anyone like Yoko Ono. Two completely different ideas of what…
Everyone brings you coffee. Someone does your makeup. You have a trailer, a chair, people doing everything for you. Ione Skye says that's exactly why actors are like children. From her full conversation on The Plug w/ Justin Jay #IoneSkye #SayEverything #Hollywood #ActorsLife #SayAnything
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament has quietly self-funded 27 skate parks across Montana — driving the state every summer to sweep the concrete himself. It started with one park in Missoula that snowballed into something he never planned. Now he's got 10 more towns penciled in for the next three years.…
Jeff Ament has sold out arenas with Pearl Jam for 35 years. The thing he looks forward to most every year is building skate parks for kids in Montana. Full conversation on YouTube. Link in bio. #Shorts #JeffAment #PearlJam #Skateboarding #Montana Subscribe now → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNH5UGRKI5E1AUBWAk-OkrA?sub_confirmation=1 Website → https://www.theplugwithjustinjay.com Apple Podcasts…
Glen E. Friedman had to stop the interview. "Enough people talk too much about the Beastie Boys." His book is Run DMC and the Beastie Boys — and he wants you to remember which name comes first. Without Run DMC, there are no Beastie Boys. Full stop. #Shorts #RunDMC #BeastieBoys…
Sly Stone's performance was jaw-dropping. Then Dick Cavett walked him straight to the couch — no commercial break, no cut. It was unmistakable he was on cocaine. Cavett just let it play out on live TV. You'd never see that today. #Shorts #DickCavett #SlyStone Subscribe now → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNH5UGRKI5E1AUBWAk-OkrA?sub_confirmation=1 Website →…
For thirty years, Johnny Carson watched America from the most powerful seat in television — and almost never told you what he thought about any of it. Almost. Dick Cavett recalls the one exception: Carson, mid-show, looked into the camera and called a sitting American governor "shocking and shameful and…
The most personal song Chris Shiflett has ever written came from a silent argument he never had — with strangers at a surf break during COVID. Shiflett grew up in Santa Barbara in the 1980s and hasn't lived there since 1989. When he came back during the pandemic, Hammond's Beach…
The most personal song Chris Shiflett has ever written came from a silent argument he had with strangers at a surf break during COVID. Chris Shiflett — lead guitarist of the Foo Fighters — grew up in Santa Barbara in the 80s and hasn't lived there since 1989. In this…
In 1987, Chuck D told Glen E. Friedman that his photography would outlast hip-hop — and neither of them fully understood how right he was. In the back of a car, coming off a night at the Latin Quarter, Chuck D told Glen E. Friedman something he wasn't ready to…
Before Glen E. Friedman became the defining photographer of hip-hop's early years, he thought the Beastie Boys weren't worth his time. Glen E. Friedman didn't think the Beastie Boys deserved to be photographed. He'd already produced the most successful punk record of the '80s, had quit managing Suicidal Tendencies, and…
P-Rod has one hard rule about who gets judged in skateboarding — and it has nothing to do with race. Paul Rodriguez grew up on a block with a Korean neighbor, two Jewish kids two doors down, and a Black friend around the corner. Not because anyone planned it that…
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament has resented the label grunge since day one — and the Temple of the Dog credits tell you exactly why. Ament knew Krist Novoselic long before Nirvana existed. When they blew up and the scene got labeled and packaged, he had a specific grievance: Temple of…
“It feels like skateboarding changed… and not in a good way.” Arto Saari reflects on how skateboarding has shifted for a new generation trying to come up today, especially around the loss of full video parts and the move toward constant short-form content. He talks about how the industry feels…
Pain isn’t the goal in skateboarding — but it becomes part of the loop that keeps you going anyway. Arto Saari reflects on the blurred line between pain, repetition, addiction and obsession in skateboarding. From repeated injuries to the mindset required to keep pushing through them, he breaks down why…