No More Beatlemania: The Monks Meet Rock & Roll By Zack Kopp
An unconventional musical act composed of former U.S. GIs in Germany, the Monks were active for a few years in the sixties before Polydor records spoiled the party...
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Chaos Groupie Sondra London Sings By Zack Kopp
Mainstream Americans likely first heard about Sondra London as a “serial killer groupie.” This title came from her romantic association with accused serial killer and convicted murderer G.J....
A conversation with Gary Wilson about lucky breaks, Endicott, and pet ducks
Gary Wilson started writing avantgarde classical music at 13 years old in his hometown of Endicott, New York, which he says he’ll always have in his heart and...
David-Ivar Herman Dune: Notes From Vinegar Hill By Courtney Knopf with Zack Kopp
There’s a myth of California and, more specifically, Los Angeles, that reaches far across the wire of popular culture—opportunity and prosperity; As-Seen-On-TV glamour and sunshine. The reality, of...
Border Music with the Mekons’ Jon Langford by Zack Kopp
Jon Langford is a founding member of arguably the most contrary of the first crop of English punk bands (their first release Never Been in a Riot, was...
Pretty Tunes With Sour, Disassociated Lyrics: A conversation with the Jazz Butcher by Zack Kopp
Gentleman Adventurer Pat Fish (a.k.a. the Jazz Butcher) founded the group by that name (also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis...
Spotlight on Glam Queen Cherie Currie
The digital edition of Cherie Currie’s Boulevards of Splendor, with 3 bonus songs, including a remake of Runaways’ classic “Queens of Noise,” came out on April 28th on...
The Alarm: Mod Roots & Welsh Poetry
Alarm founder Mike Peters has lived in and around his hometown of Rhyl, in Northwest Wales, all his life. Accordingly, all the clubs and stages of that vicinity...
Death To Dr. Madd Vibe
BEFORE the phrase “punk” became well-known, a Beatles and Alice Cooper-inspired black band in Detroit called Death consisting of three brothers was bashing out songs just as rocky...
A Conversation with Claudia Woodman, Claudzilla, and Gothsta
We Must Not Let The Squares Win: A Conversation with Claudia Woodman, Claudzilla, and Gothsta Claudia Woodman’s drive is rooted in generations of committed counter cultural activism. Her...