Sloan: Still Pretty Together
Twenty years is a long time to do anything with anybody. So when the Chris Murphy, Andrew Scott, Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland – collectively known as Sloan – recently celebrated their 20th anniversary of being a band, there was good reason for music...Peter Hook: Closer
As a founding member of legendary bands Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook easily secured his place in music history. Now, 30 years after the death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, Hook has taken to the road reviving the band’s albums Unknown...Philip Oakey of The Human League: Here Comes The Mirror Man
When Philip Oakey formed the Human League in 1977 with his Sheffield, England art school mates Martyn Ware and Ian Marsh, the art collective/theater group/band were dedicated to the idea of creating detached electronic music using only synthesizers. It...
Three Times a Lady Sniff
Three Times a Lady Sniff The loss of virginity – Butthole Surfers virginity that is – is a tender time, recalled with hilarity in this excerpt from Dave Brigham's book "(C)Rock Stories" How could I resist the Red Worms’ Tour of Superhot Lots? My high school buddy John...Styx: Regeneration I and II
It might just be a youth spent growing up in southern New Hampshire, but Styx is the kind of band I find it embarrassing to suggest publicly you might enjoy. While the group’s early work could be considered a weak Midwestern imitation of Queen,...Paul Collins: The Kids Are The Same
Paul Collins: The Kids Are The Same https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UaMghNaNpA If there is a guy who quintessentially sums up the idea of “Mature Hipster”, Paul Collins is it. Slogging away at the fine art of power pop for more than 35 years Collins has been become not...Let’s Tune Our Weapons: A Mere Mortal’s Introduction to the Thunderous Ragna-Rock of THOR
Let’s Tune Our Weapons: A Mere Mortal’s Introduction to the Thunderous Ragna-Rock of THOR It becomes obvious to anyone who watches Jon Mikl Thor work that he is a true showman who commits himself to his craft 100%. No matter how rockin’, strange or...Thus Spoke Thor
Thus Spoke Thor There are musicians who diligently ply their craft with their instruments, and then there are those who themselves ARE the instrument; such is Jon Mikl Thor. In 1973 Thor won the Mr. Canada bodybuilding title, and shortly thereafter began...The Misfits: Night Of The Living Punks
The Misfits: Night Of The Living Punks If you missed Devo performing their earliest songs on their recent tour, no worries: this new film puts you right in the action. What better place to interview legendary goth/horror punk rockers than a cemetery? So...
