From the release of their sophomore effort, Pretty.

As Election Day approaches, many musicians are stepping up efforts to rally voters to the polls come November 4. The latest to vote with their instruments? Hip-hop luminaries the Beastie Boys, staunch Obama supporters who just unveiled a handful of "Get Out and Vote" shows.

Legendary Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant may have recently refuted rumors that he's reuniting with the band for a world tour -- but according to, er, Twisted Sister screamer Dee Snider, that doesn't mean that the Zep's efforts are kaput.

Details about punk pop luminary Green Day's next full-length have been few and far between since we last checked in with the boys. But according to ex-Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson, the band is hard at work on the follow-up to 2004's American Idiot -- and they've recruited a familiar producer to man the soundboard.

After a decade of waiting, waiting some more, and pretending the wait is over, the wait is, indeed, definitely, probably, possibly over.