Fender Kurt Cobain Jaguar With the distortion-level coverage of the Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage of Heck drops on May 5th on HBO, we thought we’d look at one of Fender’s signature Cobain guitars. In all, we counted 6 on fender.com The Kurt Cobain Jaguar is …
Original Sticky Fingers vinyl with zipper The Rolling Stones are giving Sticky Fingers a deluxe reissue treatment. It’ll be interesting to see if the hype around the new package and the accompanying tour will have any effect on demand of the original Sticky Fingers vinyl with …
The Damned: Don’t You Wish We Were Dead
With its premiere at SXSW, complete with a gig by the band, The Damned: Don’t You Wish We Were Dead served up a bit of punk history.
Ask people to name two early British Punk bands and you’ll hear The Clash and the Sex Pistols. From here the list will start to vary, you’ll hear The Undertones, The Vibrators, and The Buzzcocks. Another top contender for Punk Rock Family Feud would be The Damned. They were the first UK punkers to release a record. Firsts aside, they never achieved the notoriety of the The Clash and The Pistols probably on account of them leaning into goth. While most of the early punks embraced the bubblegum simplicity of the music, the Damned created darker melodies. Continue reading The other punk band.
Gibson Les Paul Warhorse As far as electric guitars go, the Gibson Les Paul is an elder statesman. But it’s certainly not lute old. So artist James A. Willis’ reimagining of the 20th century six-string with an 1812 Revolutionary War vibe is pretty interesting. The …
The Charted Connections of Rock! The Chart offers a look at some of the most famous and surprising rock ‘n’ roll collaborations. If you thought Rod Stewart was a bit of a whore with the ladies wait till you see what he was up to …
Ramones (Product) Red Converse All Star Hi-Tops
Spring means new kicks. New Converse means I may not play in a garage band, but I want that vibe. This is largely attributed to the Ramones.
Truth be told, there’s probably been more models of Ramones Converse than the band ever wore between them. These (Product) Red editions are sweet (and sadly out of stock everywhere we looked). The hit of red is cool, but they look nothing like the Keds the band worn on the cover of their first album.
That’s right kids, the band attributed with turning Chucks into the rock ‘n’ roll shoe didn’t wear them as much as you’d think. The band wore Keds on the cover of their first album. Joey never wore them at all. He needed more support. Who knew fallen arches was punk?
Others myths you might wanna prepared yourself for are: Alice Cooper never bit a head off a bat. Gene Simmons does not have a cow’s tongue. And none of the Ramones were actually siblings. Continue reading The Ramones Converse myth
Vintage Modified ’72 Tele Thinline The Squier Vintage Modified ’72 Tele Thinline is based on the reimagined Telecaster Fender released in, you guess it, 1972. If you’re a fan of Spoon, you’ll recognize the tone of the Telecaster Thinline. Jon Britt Daniel has been playing …
Hanging Rock Lithograph The Rolling Stones have release a deluxe set of last year’s Austrailian-New Zealand 14 on Fire Tour lithographs. A custom print was created for each stop of the tour with some cities getting two pieces. We featured the Bondi Beach poster from the …
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 know someone who is curious about the origins of the MODest of icons, Mod: From Bebop to Britpop, Britain’s Biggest Youth Movement has the answers.
For the most part music-influenced fashion is brash, rude and, from time to time, shockingly effeminate. Let’s be honest the hair bands of the 80s weren’t, shopping at Just for Men. But no musician’s wardrobe has been as dashing as the Mods. Like Hip Hop culture is to rap, Mod culture was to Jazz. A look and attitude embraced by the musicians and fans alike. And when rock ‘n’ roll replaced jazz as the it music, Mods may have changed the record, but they didn’t change their closet. Continue reading Where the Who target logo comes from (and other things Mods know that you don’t).
Joe Strummer Foundation Without People, You’re Nothing T A while back we reported that Strummerville, the foundation created in the wake of Joe’s passing, was being rebaptised The Joe Strummer Foundation. Aside from no longer reminding us of a Justin Timberlake SNL skit, ‘Bring it …
Tragically Hip Fully Completely Hockey Jersey Not many Canadian rock ‘n’ roll bands are as true north strong and free as The Tragically Hip. These guys bleed beaver blood. So naturally they know that a good time to release their limited edition Fully Completely Hockey …
ESP 40th Anniversary Custom Stream G
The ESP 40th Anniversary Exhibition Limited Series is now available through ESP dealers. The one-of-a-kind models were on display at NAMM ’15 and are rarer than a cat fart. On the ESP site you’ll find 20 custom originals. If you’re into collectibles axes feel free to hyperventilate. Continue reading Not your average ESP
Elvis Presley’s 1st recording Jack White has dug deep into the rock ‘n’ roll record crate for Record Store Day. Earlier in the year, Jack quietly bought the first ever recording by Elvis Presley for $300,000. Recorded in Memphis back in 1953, it cost Elvis $4 …
U2 Pop Mart Gig Poster by Rex Ray Being Saint Patrick’s Day we thought we’d be totally unoriginal and feature a U2 gig poster. But don’t let our Guinness soak imaginations influence your appreciation of the piece. Produced for U2’s Pop Mart Tour back in …
Martin D-35 Brazilian 50th Anniversary Limited Edition
Martin is celebrating the b-day of one of its most successful models with the D-35 Brazilian 50th Anniversary Limited Edition.
Over the years the D-35’s warm bass tones has provided accompaniment for folk singers and rockers alike including Elvis, Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen. Remarkable when you know that it was a guitar built out of necessity as much as imagination. 50 years ago Martin needed to do something with the leftover rosewood from the D-28. The leftover pieces had small defects and were starting to take up more space than Paul Simon’s ego. They could have simply thrown them away, like Paul done did with Art, but someone at Martin had a better idea. They decided to create a 3-piece back with what was essentially scraps. The sweet surprise was that by inserting a third piece between 2 twin pieces, it gave the acoustic a sweet one-of-a-kind behind. Continue reading Baby got (3-piece) back.