Rick Rubin is an icon and legend in the music business, and he also happens to be a massive fan of professional wrestling and discussed it with Marc Maron. Rubin, who cofounded Def Jam and was extremely influential in bringing hip-hop to the mainstream, appeared on Maron’s WTF Podcast and discussed his love of the wrestling business. Rubin famously was the financial backer for Smoky Mountain Wrestling for most of its 1991 through 1995 run and talked about how he still watches a lot of it. You can check out some highlights below, per Fightful:
On still being a big fan today: “I absolutely love it. I watch more than eight hours every week. There’s a tremendous amount of pro wrestling on TV. It’s a really beautiful, fine art form. It’s storytelling taken to the next level. It’s beautiful. It’s American Opera.”
Music Legend Rick Rubin Comments On His Love For The Pro Wrestling Business, More );
Music legend Rick Rubin was a recent guest on Marc Maron’s “WTF Podcast” and discussed his love for pro wrestling. For those unaware, Rubin cofounded “Def Jam” records and was instrumental in bringing hip-hop to the mainstream back in the late 1980s/early 1990s. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On still being a big fan today: “I absolutely love it. I watch more than eight hours every week. There’s a tremendous amount of pro wrestling on TV. It’s a really beautiful, fine art form. It’s storytelling taken to the next level. It’s beautiful. It’s American Opera.”
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Peter G. Davis, Music Critic of Wide Knowledge and Wit, Dies at 84
He wrote with passion and bite about classical music, and especially opera, over a 50-year career at The Times and New York magazine.
Peter G. Davis in 1990 on a visit to Sissinghurst Castle Garden in England. As a student years earlier he toured Europe’s summer music festivals.Credit.Scott Parris
Feb. 19, 2021
Peter G. Davis, who for over 30 years held sway as one of America’s leading classical music critics with crisp, witty prose and an encyclopedic memory of countless performances and performers, died on Feb. 13. He was 84.