Playing bass for Black Flag (1983-85) was just the start of an impressive and eclectic resume that has found her, most recently, working as dialogue editor...
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...
Einar Örn Benediktsson’s career faced an enviable and yet daunting dilemma right out of the gate: His early band, formed in Iceland on a lark with some kindred ...
Australian band, The Church, had hoped to spend 2020 celebrating its 40th anniversary but world events interceded. Bassist and singer Steve Kilbey took the down...
A new expanded reissue of this Irish band’s second album, No Need To Argue (1994), is a reminder (as if we needed it) of the terrible loss of Dolores O’Riordan ...
After two decades as a member of David Bowie’s band, Gail Ann Dorsey never put her bass guitar down, becoming an indispensable part of Lenny Kravitz’s band and ...
One of the breakout bands from L.A.’s original punk scene, X has just released ALPHABETLAND, its first album with the original lineup since 1985. The album arri...
A school mate of John Lydon’s, Jah Wobble (John Wardle) was still a teenager when he joined Public Image, Ltd., and he learned bass on the fly. Not a huge fan o...
Co-founder (with Bob Geldof) of Band Aid and Live Aid, the multi-talented Glaswegian Midge Ure once turned down an offer to join what became the Sex Pistols. Al...
The talented singer, songwriter and performer was friends and collaborators with both Lou Reed and John Cale before embarking on a solo career that has spanned ...
The Boston-based singer and songwriter—who has played with the Blake Babies and the Lemonheads—has carved out a multifaceted solo career since the early 1990s. ...
Joining Public Image Ltd during the making of Metal Box, drummer Martin Atkins stayed through three albums and then played with Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke an...
The Selecter, a vital part of the ska music revival in the late 1970s, are still keeping the beat alive. Pauline Black, one of the original vocalists in the ban...
Eddy Grant has traveled many roads since his best-known hit “Electric Avenue.” Growing up in Guyana, he was influenced by the Mighty Sparrow and calypso but, af...
