I love the stories behind album covers — where the ideas came from, the controversies they caused, the people behind the scenes.
On Diffuser: Cover Stories – ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’
On My Turntable: This Is PiL
After a twenty year hiatus music’s own Richard III is back with This Is PiL, Public Image Ltd.’s first album since 1992’s That What Is Not. If you’re looking for artistic growth […]
Deep Cuts: The Bromley Contingent and Then Some
There are a few revered flashpoints in rock and roll history, those moments that sparked the audience to go out and form their own bands — The Beatles appearing on Sullivan, for example. […]
50. The Punk and the Godfather (Why It Matters Revisited)
This is the big number fifty in my ongoing narrative, not including the many sidebars and asides. This seems like a good of a time as any for a sanity check. I […]
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