rawk Archive
03 Feb 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Six
Continued from Part Five… Bill Kopp: We’ve spoken in the past about Brotherhood recordings that might still be “in the can.” I know that no finished cuts – that is, […]
31 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Five
Continued from Part Four… Bill Kopp: I understand you remained close to Drake Levin in the post-Brotherhood years. I believe you mentioned that the two of you even played music […]
30 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Four
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: We’ve talked in the past about the relatively few live dates that Brotherhood did. On those dates, which songs from the pair of albums […]
29 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: Any other stories from that time period you’d like to share? Perhaps the one about Jimi Hendrix showing up at RCA while you were […]
28 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: When you and I had our conversations that formed the basis of my Brotherhood history (and the revised/updated liner notes for Brotherhood: The Complete […]
27 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part One
I’m a big fan of the music and story of Paul Revere and the Raiders. The group was one of the most prominent in 60s pop culture, but they’re somehow […]
17 Jan 2014
Album Review: The Warlocks — Skull Worship
For many years now, it’s been a shortcut to hip/trendiness (for some, at least) to claim that your group sounds like the Velvet Underground. But merely echoing some of the […]
15 Jan 2014
Album Review: New Model Army — Between Dog and Wolf
New Model Army are one of those groups whose body of work has gone all but unnoticed in the USA while enjoying some measure of success in the band’s home […]
13 Jan 2014
Album Review: Night Beats — Sonic Bloom
Modern perspectives on 60s garage rock have littered the musical landscape in the 21st century. But I’m reminded of an oft-repeated response to all that by a friend of mine. […]
03 Jan 2014
Re-Revisiting Creedence, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: With Creedence Clearwater Revisited, you and Stu Cook and the guys pretty much run through all of the hits. You’ve been playing those songs […]