interview Archive
19 Jun 2024
Blue Öyster Cult: Archival Intelligence (part 1)
Blue Öyster Cult’s classic lineup spotlighted on Ghost Stories, a new AI-meets-archives set Masters of what used to be called metal (known these days as melodic hard rock), Long Island’s […]
18 Jun 2024
Crowded House’s Neil Finn on the 1986 Smash “Don’t Dream it’s Over” (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… This feature first appeared in SPIN Songs in the Vault When I formed Crowded House, I’d already had a pretty good stack of songs in the […]
17 Jun 2024
Crowded House’s Neil Finn on the 1986 Smash “Don’t Dream it’s Over” (Part 1 of 2)
This feature first appeared in SPIN “Our albums have always had elements of melancholy,” says Neil Finn, leader, singer, guitarist and songwriter for Crowded House. “And some of the best […]
06 Jun 2024
David J on the Creative Process and the Inner Flame of Inspiration
Former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets bassist shares his personal archive of home demos David J (Haskins) first entered the public consciousness in 1978 as bassist and collaborative songwriter in […]
28 May 2024
Polyrhythmics: All for One and One for All
The band’s name suggests a sound that draws from the complex and intricate rhythms of the African musical tradition. But while Seattle-based Polyrhythmics began with Afrobeat as a musical starting […]
23 May 2024
Book Excerpt: The Red Rockers’ ‘Condition Red’
As a companion to my previous post – a three-part feature on The Red Rockers’ debut album – here’s an excerpt from my second book, Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records […]
22 May 2024
Teenage Underground: The Beginnings of The Red Rockers (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Between live dates in and around San Francisco, The Red Rockers pestered Howie Klein to give them a record deal. Klein and business partner Chris Knab […]
21 May 2024
Teenage Underground: The Beginnings of The Red Rockers (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… The Red Rockers played locally and began to develop a following. And they traveled as far as Houston and Atlanta, playing gigs in those larger markets […]
20 May 2024
Teenage Underground: The Beginnings of The Red Rockers (Part 1 of 3)
New Orleans (by way of San Francisco) foursome The Red Rockers scored a hit in in 1983 with “China,” a single from the band’s second LP Good as Gold. Reflecting […]
17 May 2024
After Forty Years and Counting, for Tesla it’s Still ‘Time to Rock!’ (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Tesla’s most recent studio album was Shock, released some five years ago. Not counting the live album, since then you’ve released two singles, in 2021 and […]