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Rolling Stone Menu How ‘Two Minutes to Late Night’ Created the Web’s Wildest Quarantine Covers Series
The team behind the irreverent heavy-metal talk show reflect on roping big names like Les Claypool and Max Weinberg into their off-the-wall yet musically legit Bedroom Covers
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During the past year, the virtual jam wherein a group of artists each claim their own corner of a 16:9 YouTube screen to rock out in isolation, together has become as ubiquitous as Zoom conference calls, online schooling, and any other pandemic-era activity. Pearl Jam did it for Covid relief. The Rolling Stones did it for Global Citizen. Metallica did it very quietly. But few virtual jams have been as relentlessly creative and consistently surprising not to mention flat-out awesome as the ones featured in metal-themed talk show
At one point in the Tumblr era,
Lana Del Rey (Elizabeth Grant) became a symbol of the website’s ideal aesthetic. With a blend of deeply emotional lyricism, haunting vocals and the occasional self-destruction music video, she appealed to a vast audience and inspired some of the most iconic looks at the time. The flower crown from the “Born To Die” music video transformed into a
Coachella staple, as did her Americana imagery in “Ride.” Del Rey’s presence on Tumblr and in the mainstream was nothing short of sensational.
Marina And The Diamonds – Marina Diamandis
Marina Diamandis of
Marina And The Diamonds had one of the most unforgettable aesthetics of the Tumblr era. Her album