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KINKY 101: LIFE ADVICE FROM DOMINATRIXES

Fiona McQuarrieJanuary 20, 2020

JOHN PEEL: HIS LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY

Richie UnterbergerJanuary 16, 2020

TELSTAR: THE SONG, AND THE FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS

Charles MonaganJanuary 15, 2020

DIANE NOOMIN: UNDERGROUND COMIX ARTIST GOES FROM TWISTED SISTER TO EMPOWERING WOMEN

Alan BisbortJanuary 14, 2020

ARTIST RALPH STEADMAN CELEBRATES HUNTER S. THOMPSON AND THE BIRTH OF GONZO

Gregory DaurerJanuary 13, 2020

POP EATS ITSELF: OR, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL

Billy HoughJanuary 9, 2020

Spotlight

WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL RECORD? DEKE DICKERSON SAYS IT’S ‘ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK’

Deke DickersonJune 14, 2019
LINK WRAY, INVENTOR OF THE POWER CHORD, SNUBBED AGAIN

Deke DickersonFebruary 1, 2018
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME HATES WOMEN!

Sylvie SimmonsJune 14, 2017

Editors' Picks

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN: THE TRANSFORMATION OF DONOVAN LEITCH

Richie UnterbergerSeptember 19, 2019

In 1966, a Scottish folkie with beatnik affectations suddenly morphed into a pop music pioneer, segueing from “Catch the Wind” to “Sunshine ...

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EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: ROCK & ROLL WAS INVENTED IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY! – BY DEKE DICKERSON

Deke DickersonJune 12, 2019

Deke Dickerson charts the birth of Rock & Roll music—as we know it—to the early 1950s, and a little seaside resort town called Wildwood,...

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A RIOT OF THEIR OWN: THE FIRST GENERATION OF FEMALE ROCK BANDS

Jim AllenJanuary 17, 2019

It didn’t start with the Runaways or the Go-Go’s. 60s bands like Ace of Cups, She, The Girls, Goldie & The Gingerbreads, The Untouchable...

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STERLING SPEAKS! STERLING MORRISON’S LAST INTERVIEW WITH LEGS MCNEIL, 1995

Legs McNeilOctober 11, 2018

Sterling Morrison (1942-1995) was the guitarist for the Velvet Underground, appearing on all four studio albums that the band made. He left ...

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THE MC5’S WAYNE KRAMER TALKS ABOUT THE HARD STUFF

Todd McGovernSeptember 3, 2018

Fifty years after the recording of the MC5’s first album Kick Out the Jams and the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Wa...

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THE LONESOME DEATH OF DANNY RAPP: THE FRONT MAN FOR DANNY & THE JUNIORS

Burt KearnsJuly 24, 2018

Danny Rapp, the man who first sang “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay” and “At The Hop” stumbled and fell after stardom faded by Burt Kearns &a...

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WILD JIMMY SPRUILL: SCRATCHING OUT THE HITS

James MarshallJuly 10, 2018

James Marshall charts the epic tale of New York City’s rock’n’roll history, embodied in the story of the city’s greatest rock’n’roll guitar ...

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BP FALLON: A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ZELIG

Amy HabenApril 11, 2018

BP Fallon's music career started at the Beatles' Apple Records, which led to publicity work for T. Rex, Thin Lizzy and Led Zeppelin, managin...

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FROM IGGY TO LENNON: BOB GRUEN’S LIFE WITH THE BAND!

Amy HabenNovember 17, 2015

Interview By Amy Haben - Funny thing is, when I was a teenager, I used to rip out these great color photos of The Sex Pistols from a large photo book in-between the shelves of the library and take them home to hang on my wall. Twenty years later, I'm sitting down with the creator of those shots. Bob is seriously one of the coolest guys I know....

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