Showing posts with label proto punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label proto punk. Show all posts

Sunday, January 17, 2021

New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69


R.I.P. Sylvain Sylvain

“His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision,” Lenny Kaye writes of pioneering musician who had been battling cancer

 Read the full article on Rolling Stone

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Iggy Pop was once critically beaten up by some angry bikers in the crowd



The most incendiary artist in his day, Iggy Pop became famed for his riotous behaviour during his live shows with The Stooges. His ruthless energy was unstoppable and it often got him into trouble. One such time saw him getting routinely beaten up by a group of angry bikers in the crowd.



Sunday, June 16, 2019

Thursday, April 25, 2019

OHN CALE : THE MIDWIFE OF PUNK ROCK


It is Billy Hough’s passionate belief that our musical world would be a different place if this brilliant Welshman hadn’t collided with Lou Reed, Nico, Jonathan Richman, Patti Smith, Iggy and the Stooges, and so many others.



Friday, April 12, 2019