On the opening day of South by Southwest (SXSW), San Diego artist Steve Poltz dropped the following tweet: S---! Music legend Alex Chilton dies, age 59. Poltz followed his tweet with lyrics from the ...

Paul Westerberg and the Replacements spoke for countless artists and diehard fans when they wrote a song called "Alex Chilton" in 1987: "Children by the millions sing for Alex Chilton when he comes ...

So as it turns out, he did not die in Memphis. But nonetheless, over the next few days, as devout fans grieve his death (at 59, of an apparent heart attack, in New Orleans), latecomers to Alex Chilton ...

It's sadly poetic that Alex Chilton passed away a mere few days after the Stooges were finally granted induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Like that Iggy Pop-fronted Detroit band, Chilton ...