DAVID GODLIS: THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER AT CBGB
Because he brought a street photographer’s eye to the party, Godlis captured New York’s early punk scene at...
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THE RUBINOOS HAD FUN, FUN, FUN: AN INTERVIEW WITH JON RUBIN
The Berkeley-based Rubinoos were playing rock ‘n’ roll with pop hooks and vocal harmonies long before the record...
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: LIFE INSIDE HIS BURNING HOUSE
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), multimedia artist, musician, AIDS activist and provocateur, brought a punk sensibility to NYC’s downtown gallery...
MILES COPELAND: HIS LIFE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS
Miles Copeland III was already a veteran music promoter and manager when the punk scene exploded in London....
SCAT RECORDS REBORN: CLEVELAND ROCKS AGAIN
Cleveland’s Scat Records, brainchild of Robert Griffin, set a high bar for indie labels in the Midwest, especially...
KID CONGO POWERS: DREAMING ABOUT LUX & POISON IVY, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE AND SEAN DELEAR
The genial former member of the Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds and a collaborator with...
CARTOONIST PETER BAGGE: BEYOND PUNK, GRUNGE AND HATE
Music defined the punk and grunge eras, but comics played an essential role, too. Cartoonist Peter Bagge, an...
FOUR DEAD IN OHIO: GRAPHIC NOVELIST DERF BACKDERF REVISITS HIS LOCAL HISTORY
Derf Backderf, the Cleveland-based artist best known (until now) for his long-running strip “The City” and his graphic...
LUC SANTE: CHRONICLER OF NEW YORK’S ‘LOW LIFE’
As a chronicler of New York’s underside and forgotten histories, Luc Sante walked straight out of the pages...
DAVID GODLIS: HISTORY IS MADE ON THE STREETS
Photographer David Godlis is one of the foremost chroniclers of downtown NYC in the 1970s. His unique, flashless...
DAMNED IF YOU DO: PAUL GRAY IS BACK INTO THE WORLD
The Damned have traveled far beyond their UK punk roots over the decades, fueled by humor and refreshingly...
EWOLF: LIVING IN A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD
A Detroit-based photographer who was also in the hardcore punk trio Angry Red Planet, Ewolf began documenting the...
REMINDER RECORDS: JEREMY THOMPSON’S LOVE OF LOST RECORDS
After his first vinyl reissues label, Sing Sing Records, was laid to rest in 2014, Jeremy Thompson couldn’t...
THE GHASTLY ONE: JIMMY MCDONOUGH TALKS ABOUT ANDY MILLIGAN AND HIS TRANSGRESSIVE CINEMA
Jimmy McDonough is best-known for his exhaustive bios of Neil Young (Shakey), Tammy Wynette (Tragic Country Queen) and...