Surrounded by farms in the middle of the American Midwest, Peoria, Illinois isn’t known for much more than corn stalks and conservatism. Peoria’s even-keeled cultural temperament has made it…
The Lunachicks never reached the level of success that contemporaries like L7 or Babes in Toyland were able to claim, but they certainly had…
Why should ska be written off as the butt of every joke? This question is at the heart of Aaron Carnes’ In Defense of Ska,…
At first it was just called Hard Rock or Metal, then, more appropriately, Pop Metal or Glam Metal. Eventually, it was just referred to…
Have you ever wondered what it was like growing up on the Lower East Side of New York, hanging out with your friends and…
Every city with a great music scene has a great venue associated with it … New York had CBGBs; Los Angeles has The Whisky;…
When compared to my music collection, I’ve read surprisingly few books on punk. Five, to be exact—including the one under discussion. And yet, a…
Composer and producer Brendan Canty remembers his favorite concert well. “[It was] just unhinged and surprising, and welcome, and immediately seared into my memory…
The careers of Kiss, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and, to a lesser extent, Starz, have been linked going back to the late ‘70s. In Doug…
Without Bad Religion, it’s hard to believe many outsides of California would have ever heard bands like Rancid, The Offspring or NOFX. Beside the…
