Perhaps the biggest disappointment about Sex Pistols 1977: The Bollocks Diaries is that it’ll go unread by the audience who could use it most. The fan already knows the story. The punk rock dad lived it (and more recently bought the designer t-shit). But it’s …
God Save The Sex Pistols Deluxe Editions If Joe Corre happens to be on your x-mas shopping list, do not get him God Save The Sex Pistols. The book, packed with punk rock nostalgia celebrating the Pistols through poster art and photography, has received two …
First US visit ’64 by Ringo Starr So you’re 23 in a band on their first visit to America. For you the US is a mystical place. Hell it’s the birthplace of the music that makes your band relevant. Your band, BTW, is causing quit …
The above beast is a 2015 recreation of Gibson’s first SG. You’ll find sweet pics of the original in Tony Bacon’s SG Guitar Book: 50 Years of Gibson’s Stylish Solid Body Guitar. While not as famous as the Stratocaster, Telecaster or brand mate Les Paul, …
The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1973 by Mick Rock In 1972 a 25 year-old David Bowie was about to launch Ziggy Stardust on the world. More than an album and tour, Ziggy Stardust was an alter ego created by the young singer songwriter. With Ziggy, …
I am going to go out on a banana tree limb here and say that no other album artist comes close to the epicness of Andy Warhol. The covers you know are The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers and The Velvet Underground and Nico. Both bulging …
Travel to Hong Kong with Blur Comic Book When Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz dropped onto the world in 1998 music loving comic geeks peed themselves with joy. Admit it, your drawers got a little wet when your eyeballs caught sight of the world’s first virtual band. …
Signed Ron and Pete Print from Ron Wood’s How Can It Be? Diary How Can It Be? is a diary kept by Ron Wood in 1965, 10 years before he became a Rolling Stone. Wood has been with the Stones since 1975. Although his contributions …
Just as 70s punk was slow to be picked up in the US, the John Lydon / Johnny Rotten biography Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored is being released close to a year after it dropped in Europe. The book’s North American release is …
The Gretsch Electric Guitar Book So you know the story of rock ‘n’ roll, of Elvis, Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You know about the players, but what about the played, Gibson, Fender and Gretsch? The Gretsch Book is a story of American music and …
Mod: From Bebop to Britpop, Britain’s Biggest Youth Movement Have you ever wonder why The Who target logo appears on art work, posters and clothing with no mention of the band? Neither of have we, because that would be a silly question. But if you …
Rick Rubin is lifting the curtain on some of rap’s biggest hits on Genius.com. If you know RapGenius.com you know Genius.com. The former was a web site that annotated rap lyrics and became popular enough to draw serious investors and the attention of copyright …
Art Kane’s The Who Throughout his career Art Kane created some of the most epic imagery in rock ‘n’ roll. His subjects include Dylan, the Stones, and the Doors. But Kane was more than a rock ‘n’ roll photographer. And Art Kane is more than …
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg My Life as a Ramone Today is the release of Marc Steven Bell’s autobiography Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone. Marc, Marky Ramone, was number 2 of 3 drummers for the pioneer punkers. He replaced Tommy in 1978, who had …
