Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
Flesh For Lulu’s Nick Marsh dead at 53: underrated rocker dies after cancer battle. Nick Marsh, frontman for 80’s new wave group Flesh For Lulu and world music group The Urban Voodoo Machine, passed away from a long bout with cancer on Friday. He was 53 years old. Marsh wasn’t a household name, but he […]
An Interview With Guitarist James Stevenson: Guitarist talks music plans for 2013 and beyond, while also looking back on his impressive body of work. James Stevenson has lent his guitar skills to a formidable list of bands; he’s played in punk rock groups Chelsea and Generation X (alongside Billy Idol), as well as 80’s post-punk […]
Albums Revisited: Gene Loves Jezebel ‘The House of Dolls’ They were too glam for goth, and too goth for glam. And that’s what kept them interesting. Let’s look back at Gene Loves Jezebel’s ‘The House of Dolls’, one of the most addictive albums of the 80’s. It’s March 28th, 1987. I’m at the Arcadia Theatre in […]
The Top 40 Most Underrated Guitarists in Rock Part 1 What makes a great guitar player? Skill is important, but so is emotion. A guitar is the most versatile instrument in all of music, which range in tones, techniques and effects gives every musician their unique sonic palette. Sometimes the most innovative slip through the […]
