Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge formed the nucleus of XTC, the post-punk band who seemed to corner the market on pop hooks, clever lyrics and seamless produc...
The legendary BBC DJ John Peel is rightly recalled for championing new, obscure and overlooked musical artists. He is less well known for his quixotic atte...
The Berkeley-based Rubinoos were playing rock ‘n’ roll with pop hooks and vocal harmonies long before the record companies lumped them into the “power pop”...
Kristian Hoffman and Lance Loud were best pals at Santa Barbara High School, bonding over a shared love of the Stooges, Velvets, Kinks and Sparks. They pla...
Mike DeCapite’s writerly trajectory reads like a punk band’s Horatio Alger story: Upon arrival in NYC, his first writings were published by Richard Hell, t...
Paul Williams was among the first writers to take rock ‘n’ roll seriously as an art form. He preached that gospel in Crawdaddy!, a magazine he co-founded as a ...
On Plastic Ono Band, the debut album by his post-Beatles group, John Lennon bared his soul and relocated his passion for rock ‘n’ roll. Assisted by Yoko Ono, K...
Howie Pyro needs no introduction but he sure needs your help. Medical bills are staring him in the face as he battles a recent illness that requires a liver tr...
When guitarist Mick Ronson left David Bowie’s band, Earl Slick was summoned to fill that role, as best he could. It turned out he did it quite well; in fac...
On the 45th Anniversary of the film The Man Who Fell to Earth, actress Candy Clark fondly recalls working with David Bowie and director Nicolas Roeg, as well a...
In 1989, journalist Cree McCree had the unusual, almost surreal, experience of conducting face to face interviews—within a 48-hour period—with both the one...
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was the original boundary pusher. No creative urge was safe from his efforts. He was many things—a poet, playwright, artist, cloth...
Ellen Foley might have the most eclectic resume in rock ‘n’ roll. She’s not just a solo artist with a commanding voice and a tough new album (Fighting Words), ...
Ron Turner may be the last (gasp) of the original underground comics publishers still going strong. His Last Gasp imprint, established in San Francisco in 1970...
