The Chrome Cranks Spent The Night At My House
In 1996, while on tour to promote their album “Love In Exile,” The Chrome Cranks played a show at the venerable punk rock club, The Satyricon, in Old ...
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Richard Hell and the Blank Generation
Richard Hell is widely acknowledged as one of the prime movers of punk rock. Born Richard Meyers of Lexington, KY in 1949, he moved to New York City in 1966 aft...
The Story of Instrumental Rock, pt. II
In Part One, I briefly touched on the fact that for a time, Instrumental Rock was the pop music of the era. That era was a few brief years in the early 1960’s, ...
Richard Lloyd, Guitar Player
Richard Lloyd was a guitar player in the band Television. Not the rhythm guitar player. Not the second guitar player. No. One of the two guitar players in the b...
Instrumental Rock Pt. 1
Let me let you in on one of rock n roll ‘ s biggest secrets… Not everyone writes lyrics for songs graduated college with a degree in literature. In fact, it is ...
Music & Poetry
My serious unprofessional writing career began when I was seventeen. It was my senior year of high school, and that year with the release of “The Doors Greatest...
The Dream Syndicate “How Did I Find Myself Here”
Fresh off a tour that saw the reunited band playing a set of songs focused on their first two records, “The Days Of Wine & Roses” & “Medicine Show”, The...
The Rain Parade – Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Originally released in 1983, “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” by The Rain Parade is as near perfect an album I have encountered. To my ears in those days,...
New Facts Emerge – The Fall
Released worldwide today, July 28th, the new album by The Fall, has the weight of years working against it. The group has been an ongoing concern for roughly 40...
Led Zeppelin Ears
When it comes to listening to music, the general populace has a serious case of Led Zeppelin ears. This is condition brought about by an overexposure to or an o...