The Monsieurs: C’est La Guerre!
The Monsieurs: C’est La Guerre! Boston's boy-fronted girrl band takes no prisoners. Loud, noisy and seemingly lacking actual Frenchmen, The Monsieurs blew me away when I finally caught up with them a few months back. Two beautiful ladies – guitarist Hilken...
Poster Children: All Grown Up
Poster Children: All Grown Up A tour, a re-release and a reason to fall in love all over again with the Midwest's finest - We talk to founding member & bassist Rose Marshack. The year is (mumble mumble) and I am a young band manager at CBGBs. I am in NYC for one of...
Your New Favorite Letter: A band called E
Your New Favorite Letter: A band called E Dark, glorious, shattering sounds from the trio behind Come, Neptune and Karate. What does an indie noise supergroup look like? E It’s the single letter moniker that brings together the burning talents of Thalia Zedek (Come,...
Their Name is Divine: The Glorious Noise of Divine Weeks
Their Name is Divine: The Glorious Noise of Divine Weeks LA's greatest "could have been" band reunite with a knockout new release and live show to follow. We get the scoop from frontman Bill See. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. 25 years ago Divine Weeks were one of...
Robyn Hitchcock: I’m Not Bob Dylan
Robyn Hitchcock: I’m Not Bob Dylan Robyn tells Rocker why he's no Bob Dylan, why his songs are like an old house, and why having a band is his most expensive hobby If you are like me (and I know you are) then you discovered the music of Robyn Hitchcock in...
Lunch With Chet: Dogzilla reunites for Chetstock!
Lunch With Chet: Dogzilla reunites for Chetstock! Reunited for one night only, the band raise money for Chetstock! a film tribute to Chet's Last Call. Oh how we love a reunion show! And Dogzilla is one we’ve waited an extra long time for. The wacky, heavy, funky,...
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers: The Saddest Music in The World
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers: The Saddest Music in The World What do you get when you join the talents of one of the most influential hypno-delic guitarists of the 90’s, with the crushed-velvet vocals of one of the former Creation label’s finest? What do you get when...
Andy Summers: The Blessing & The Curse
Andy Summers: The Blessing & The Curse The former Police guitarist on his new rockumentary “Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police,” and the greatest rock record you never heard. The Police was not, as some faux-historians would have you believe, the band...
The Prefab Messiahs: The Resurrection Is Now
The Prefab Messiahs: The Resurrection Is Now Is it just a coincidence that one time Wormtown’s finest, The Prefab Messiahs, are releasing their first album of new material in about 30 years just in time for Easter 2015? It can’t be, can it? Yet the new...
Kim Fowley: Dead Man Rockin’
Kim Fowley: Dead Man Rockin’ "Nobody cares about you" was rock's most outrageous promoter's final message to young bands. We revisit our bizarre deathbed interview with the legend. The number one rule in music marketing is “Death Sells!” Nothing increases the...
Jim Peterik: Eye Of The Survivor
Jim Peterik: Eye Of The Survivor You may not know the name Jim Peterik but you know his songs. First, as lead guitarist and singer of Ides Of March, Jim wrote, sang and played guitar on the rock radio (and car commercial) staple “Vehicle. As the lead guitarist...
