In 1979, Dave and Phil Alvin formed the Blasters, a band that grew out of their love of the blues and folk music nurtured at the legendary Ash Grove club in L.A...
Signed to Mercury the same time as the New York Dolls, Ohio-based Blue Ash was part of a pre-punk wave pushing against the pretentions and bloat of 1970s rock &...
Roger McGuinn, as a founding member and guiding force of The Byrds, had a huge impact on rock 'n' roll of the 1960s, before embarking on a long and distinguishe...
One of the most distinctive bass players in rock history, Jack Casady came to prominence with Jefferson Airplane, but his resume stretches back to Little Anthon...
Hunter S. Thompson became a known quantity with the publication of Hell’s Angels (1967), but it wasn’t until he teamed up with Ralph Steadman for the first time...
Founding WURM member and Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski talks to Eric Davidson about the California punk rock scene in the 70s and 80s, the recent reissue of...
Sonny Curtis grew up with Buddy Holly, played in the Crickets and shaped the future of rock & roll. Then he just never stopped working, as part of the ...
Pamela des Barres takes you on a history-filled jaunt, co-starring Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Don Johnson, Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, that end...
Only in LA, it seems, could a former US Marine, World War II hero and alleged bankrobber, transform himself into a natural foods restaurateur, polygamous leader...
First spotted at the premiere of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, Gram Parsons - the new Byrd, then Flying Burrito Brother and later, solo artist - made an instan...
Set the Wayback Machine for the Sunset Strip in 1974, at a decadent rock ‘n’ roll palace during the peak of glitter-mania, with special guests David Bowie, Elto...
PKM talks to Student Teachers’ drummer Laura Davis-Chanin about her new memoir, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer’s Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the ...
Pamela Des Barres shares the origin story of her love of the thrift store treasure hunt, the goldmine of vintage fashions that changed her life, and the encount...
Tom Wolfe forged a place in our collective consciousness for car enthusiasts, hippies, pilots, surfers, strippers and the monied elite, and helped make tho...
