What Was Right There: CBGB, the Bowery, and the Three Stores I Never Looked At
Growing up in Brooklyn, I spent my Sundays at CBGB’s hardcore matinee chasing music. I never noticed the leather shop or the kitchen equipment store right beside it.
The Cure’s Disintegration at 35: Why Robert Smith’s Darkest Album Is His Most Hopeful
Everyone calls Disintegration depressing. They’re wrong. Robert Smith’s 1989 masterpiece is about refusing to give up — and 35 years later, it still sounds like nothing else.
Two Gibsons
The story of two Gibson guitars passed between father and son — a 2008 Les Paul Supreme in Heritage Cherry Sunburst and the old black Gibson that came home.
The Strat vs. The Les Paul Guitar
Fender built a tool. Gibson built a weapon. The Strat vs. Les Paul debate isn’t about specs — it’s about how you believe sound should be made and what kind of player you want to be.
Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys: Political Philosophy in Three-Minute Bursts
Punk didn’t ask your permission. That was the whole point. It arrived like a fist…
Ride the Lightning: Metallica, Fade Away
Metallica · Ride the Lightning · Megaforce Records / Elektra Records · Released July 27,…
