The 5 most critically acclaimed punk bands of the 90s
Critics have always had a love affair with punk rock. The uncompromising vision of the genre, tendency of choosing the underground over the
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5 worst hair metal to alternative rock makeovers
The party rock of the late 1980s was a force to be reckoned with on radio and on MTV, the biggest means of promotion of the day. But, with grunge and alternative rock threatening these groups’ very careers, many of them opted for a quick makeover. Cash grab, change of taste or desperate plea for survival? Either way, here are 5 of the goofiest hair metal/alternative rock makeovers.
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If you can listen to only one rock band this Halloween, might as well make it be Demented Are Go!
Why not simplify and enjoy your Hallows Eve celebrations to the soundtrack provided by seminal horror punk band, Demented Are Go. Here’s the brief guide to one of psychobilly’s greatest and weirdest institutions.
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The 5 best selling pop punk bands of the 90s
Few genres are as beloved by music critics as punk rock. While the genre has always shifted in and out of the underground,
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Review of Slipknot – We are not your kind
while the album aims for familiar territory aka scaring the life out of kids and their mothers, the music plays like the soundtrack to a middle-aged man’s mental breakdown in an overcrowded airport.
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Interview with Elvis Depressedly’s mastermind, Mathew Lee Cothran, who talks about privilege, Dylan, his influences and what a movie of his life would look like
Lo-fi provocateur, songwriting pioneer, truth-teller, Elvis Depressedly, aka Mathew Lee Cothran, together with his group, are getting ready to release Depressedelica, a new
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Tool announce new album title. Is this part of the band’s history of trolling fans?
Tool have taken to social media to announce the title of their long anticipated new album. Yes, a new album looks to be
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How Bono became the most hated singer in alternative rock
Ridiculed by John Cooper Clarke through verse. Dissed by Henry Rollins in a spoken word engagement, in Ireland of all places. The butt
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How the Cure refuse becoming a legacy while retaining an intense live following
As far as heroes of alternative rock go few are more important then the Cure, the British band loved post-punk purists, goth kids and
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Iggy Pop keepin’ it classy for new album Free
Iggy Pop, one of of punk and alternative rock’s most important figures, has announced the impending release of new album Free. It is
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