Ric Ocasek

With no TV reality show to flog them this time, the duo of Shwayze and Cisco Adler are hoping the new Shwayze album, "Let It Beat," will bring them a greater kind of musical credibility. Read More

Let's just be honest for a moment: the Weezer of the 21st century has been perpetually dogged with a very simple (and alarmingly frequent) criticism—that they aren't the same Weezer that emerged in 1994. Read More

Click here for all The Signal's stories on Shwayze and the sixth annual Summer Meltdown concert in May 2009. Read More

Shwayze is set to release their 2nd album, "Let It Beat" on November 3rd, 2009, just 2 days before the tour begins. Read More

I led a semi-sheltered suburban life in my high school years, so it wasn't until MTV made its debut on my cable system a year after it launched in 1981 that I really started getting exposure to music that wasn't AC/DC or Rush. But that's not all MTV was able to do. Read More