Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers: Exploring DEVO’s forgotten spin-off
“They didn’t get it.”
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 01/2026
The Beatles song that cost $250,000 to license for a needle-drop in ‘Mad Men’
As Don Draper would say, “That’s what the money is for.”
Ralph Carney, a vital component to Tom Waits’ “original” sound
A multi-instrumentalist from “the land of strange and whimsical.”
The singer Johnny Marr hailed as a true artist: “She believed in magic”
Not just a great singer, but a singular voice.
‘Signed DC’: Arthur Lee’s uncompromising description of addiction on Love’s debut album
Inspired by the plight of an ex-bandmate.
Antony Price: The fashion designer “vital” to the success of Roxy Music
“Before Roxy Music, fashion hated rock and rock hated fashion.”
The less obvious influences of the not-so-grungy Stone Temple Pilots
Notably more than a one-trick pony.
The Depeche Mode album Dave Gahan called “spooky” to listen back to
“It’s as if I plotted my own demise”.
The Guns N’ Roses song inspired by Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
An unlikely percussive homage.
Who originated the Willie Nelson classic ‘Red Headed Stranger’?
“The song itself was a little miniature movie.”
‘The God Abandons Antony’: The 100-year-old Greek poem that inspired Leonard Cohen
A city becomes a woman.