JAH WOBBLE: TUNED TO THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE
A school mate of John Lydon’s, Jah Wobble (John Wardle) was still a teenager when he joined Public...
Interviews
FRIED & JUSTIFIED: INSIDE THE POST-PUNK YEARS (1978-98) WITH MICK HOUGHTON
Mick Houghton came of age as a pop music ‘obsessive’ in the 1960s. By the 1970s, he was...
KATHY VALENTINE: ALL SHE EVER WANTED
Kathy Valentine was born with a rock ‘n’ roll heart, so it was no surprise to find herself...
KICKING ASH: FRANK SECICH OF BLUE ASH AND DEAD BOYS, REVISITS HIS POWER POP ROOTS
Signed to Mercury the same time as the New York Dolls, Ohio-based Blue Ash was part of a...
TAQUILA MOCKINGBIRD: KEEPING PUNK HISTORY ALIVE IN L.A.
Taquila Mockingbird developed a following in LA with her various bands (punk and jazz) beginning in 1977, and...
THE FEELIES: GLENN MERCER ON HIS BAND AND THOSE CRAZY RHYTHMS
The Village Voice, during punk’s heyday, called The Feelies “the best underground band in New York.” But, outside...
HEAVY RAIN: THE EXODUS OF LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY
If there was a Mount Rushmore for reggae, Lee “Scratch” Perry’s would be one of faces carved on...
HANK RANK ON CRIME, DANIEL JOHNSTON, BILL NYE & SHUT UP, LITTLE MAN!
Henry Rosenthal might just be West Coast punk’s Renaissance Man. One-time drummer for the legendary S.F. punk band...
MOOGS, THEREMINS, AND LSD: LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE’S SUBVERSIVE PSYCHEDELIA
While Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin were setting the musical tone for 1960s counterculture, Denver-based Lothar & The Hand...
BRIAN JONES: A DEGREE OF MURDER
Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones’ troubled but gifted guitarist and blues maven, made a few attempts to find...
ORK RECORDS: STARTING AN INDIE-ROCK REVOLUTION ONE SINGLE AT A TIME
What do Richard Hell, Television, the dBs, Alex Chilton, the Feelies, Cheetah Chrome, Lester Bangs and Mick Farren...
CAROL KAYE: THE BOSS OF THE BASS GUITAR
Carol Kaye started as a jazz solo guitarist, working the club scene of 1950s LA, when she was...
MARSHALL CRENSHAW IS HAVING ANOTHER FIELD DAY
The master of power pop burst on the scene in 1982 with a debut album that turned heads...
SEARCH & DESTROY: UNDERGROUND ART AND PUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO
Search & Destroy, a visually arresting San Francisco punk zine, began publishing in 1976, and quickly set a...