rawk Archive
25 Mar 2019
Hundred-word Reviews, March 2019 Part One
I can’t point to specific reasons as to why this is the case, but in recent months there has been more than the typical amount of really good music finding […]
23 Mar 2019
Deep Purple’s Long Goodbye
If Deep Purple had done nothing more than record “Smoke on the Water,” the band would have earned a place of honor in rock history. Though the riff-based classic (with […]
22 Mar 2019
How You Gonna See Me in 40 Years: a Look Back at Alice Cooper’s ‘From the Inside’
Alice Cooper (the individual born Vincent Furnier, not the band) was a notorious carouser and a founding member of the Hollywood Vampires softball team/drinking club. Cooper was part of the […]
20 Mar 2019
A Look Back at ‘Redd Blood Cells’
This is the third of three non-overlapping Redd Kross features. Enjoy. — bk Way back in 2001, the White Stripes were riding high with the release of their third album, […]
19 Mar 2019
Hot off the Press: Redd Kross’ Hot Issue
This is the second of three non-overlapping Redd Kross features. Enjoy. — bk In a way, Redd Kross is a band captured in time. When brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald […]
18 Mar 2019
Shootout at the Bubblegum Factory: Redd Kross
This is the first of three non-overlapping Redd Kross features. Enjoy. — bk Since forming in 1980, Hawthorne, California-based Redd Kross has been expertly straddling the link between punk rock […]
11 Mar 2019
They Showed Us: ‘The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands’ at 40
This feature is now serving as the basis of a longer, more in-depth discussion of the album in a chapter of Bill Kopp’s upcoming book, What’s the Big Idea: 30 […]
04 Mar 2019
Ozzy Osbourne Says Farewell But Not Goodbye
If Black Sabbath didn’t single-handedly invent a particular kind of heavy rock, the Birmingham, England group certainly refined it. Beginning with the group’s self-titled 1970 debut, Black Sabbath proved itself […]
01 Mar 2019
Ghost Keeps the Spirit of Theatrical Rock Alive
Swedish rock band Ghost cuts a striking image, with masked musicians and a lead singer, Tobias Forge, who used to dress like a demonic pope (today he wears slightly more […]
28 Feb 2019
The Paradox of Ghost
Arising out of Sweden’s vibrant metal scene in 2006, Ghost has carved out a unique place in the rock landscape. Fronted by songwriter and vocalist Tobias Forge, the band is […]