Known for a fiery fusion of rock, blues, and soul, Vintage Trouble continues its mission to harness bigger and more swaggering grooves. But Chapter II- EP1, the new EP from the Hollywood, California-based group, highlights their ventures into more diverse sounds, including more acoustic material and disco, and a greater focus on more multilayered, polished […]
Detroit’s legendary MC5 were probably the first punk rock band — but try to tell the band’s guitarist, Wayne Kramer, that. “I get that. I get the value of that. But that was never what the MC5 was,” Kramer insists when we catch up by phone during rehearsals for the MC50 tour. “We thought it […]
“Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977.” – Pete Townshend “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” is the title track of the MC5‘s 1969 debut LP, recorded over Halloween weekend at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom. The song gained immediate notoriety by its introduction. Singer Rob […]
40 years ago, something happened. The Sex Pistols released their raucous and (at the time) obscene debut album, Never Mind the Bollocks … Here’s the Sex Pistols, an infamous record that rocked the world. To mark the occasion, the band and USM/UMC are revisiting a previous super-deluxe and now out-of-print reissue of the record that […]
In 1998, it wasn’t possible to turn on the radio or MTV without hearing Fastball‘s “The Way” or seeing its music video. The song was one of the decade’s most successful alt/rock songs, and helped the band achieve big things with their sophomore album All the Pain Money Can Buy (a record that also featured […]
Hundreds of bands have produced one monster hit: a catchy, memorable concoction of lyrics, music and vocals that sold millions of copies. But many were somehow unable to follow it with another successful tune. DJs call them one-hit wonders, but musicians hate that moniker. “It is a pejorative term,” says Don Baskin of the Syndicate […]
Steve Jones was one of those kids whose high school yearbook entry would have read “Most likely not to succeed.” His life path was an all-too-certain roller coaster ride to the gutter until rock and roll blew its anarchic spirit into his lungs. The true epitome of an accidental pioneer, Jones’ pile-driving, powerful guitar work powered the engine […]
Nuclear apocalypse – who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops. – Christian Bale You’d better read our Top 11 Apocalypse Songs now – before it’s too late. You never know. “1999” by […]
“Absolutely, categorically, fucking no,” Paul Weller says when asked if ever thinks, even fleetingly, about reforming his mod-influenced punk band The Jam, in the new film about the band, About The Young Idea. “To me it would be against everything we ever stood for.” Fans of The Jam are used to such pronouncements from Weller. […]
Sex Pistols legend/feisty gentleman John Lydon has returned with a new Public Image Ltd. album. This one’s been in the works for a while, as he recently told Rock Cellar Magazine in a feature interview, and now it’s here. Stream What The World Needs Now…below via Spotify: It’s a no-holds-barred, in-your-face barrage of sounds and […]
