The origin story of Devo: “A long line of insane, cannibalistic apes”
A 50-year pop art project built around one increasingly plausible premise.
new wave
The genre Kurt Cobain always wanted to be known for: “I’m tired of saying it”
The wrong kind of label.
One-take wonderment: The recording of Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
One take Bush, they call her. Maybe.
The band Brian Eno called a precursor to new wave: “Focused on the same ideas”
An undeniable influence…
Fundraiser launched to fund Missing Persons singer Dale Bozzio’s surgery
Bozzio is suffering from severe capsular contracture.
Introducing Rhizome and The Flavonoids, taking synthpunk to strange new places: “We explore alien soundscapes”
“…tap into modern absurdity and disorder to hatch a new mutation…”
‘I’m in Love with a German Film Star’: the best one hit wonder of the 1980s
“It’s a glamorous world…”
What does Spandau Ballet mean?
No matter which way you slice it, punk rock, for lack of a better term, was pop music. By simplifying the music of the day…