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Dive into the history of horror punk, from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" to AFI and Alkaline Trio.

Mark Andrews is recalling his introduction to the music of the Sisters of Mercy in the autumn of 1984. As he recollects, it was the song Floorshow, which a fellow sixth former was playing in their school common room.

They may no longer get many teenagers at their shows spending all their money on merchandise, then throwing up on the way home, though that certainly…

Orgy Social Enemies Release Date: 8/18/1998 Reviewed on 9/7/2006... Great CD!! Definitely not wimpy, in the alternative/rock range, but not too heavy either! And... "Blue Monday"...Need I say more? :) CD Reviews Barry Dejasu (5 out of 5 stars) "Ever since 1999 or so, Ive been fascinated by this band, as well as perplexed by the great loathing which many people have towards them. I found Orgy so different from the rest of the pack of KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, Creed, and Nirvana wanna...

A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed "Little Richard Wagner" who redefined rock melodrama Rob Sheffield, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron saint of karaoke...

Rolling Stone Menu A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed “Little Richard Wagner” who redefined rock melodrama By Niels van Iperen/Getty Images In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was th...

The brilliant songwriter for Meat Loaf, Céline Dion and Bonnie Tyler, who has died aged 73, reminded us that pop music should involve fantasy and a sense of the ridiculous

The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 80 – 61 The second part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s includes Pavement, Suzanne Vega, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr., and more. 80. Sisters of Mercy – “More” (1990) Jim Steinman, famed writer and producer of wonderfully overblown theatrical rock like Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”, was a nat...

The 100 Best Alternative Singles of the 1980s: 80 – 61 Just imagine songs this extreme making the American Top 40, let alone the Top 10… unthinkable. 80. Bob Mould – “See a Little Light” (1989) After the disintegration of Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould retreated to rural Minnesota to plot his first solo album. The highly polished, largely acoustic Workbook was a radical departure from the raw and edgy rock he’d been known for in his prior band. His songwriting talents were maturing and he ...

Smile and the World Smiles With You (Self-released) Gatecreeper isn’t the only Arizona band to unleash nastiness recently: on New Years’ Day, Phoenix trio Fluids dropped Smile and the World Smiles With You, a three-track EP that cements them as the goregrind band to beat. While Mortician is an influence du jour in the underground now, their early efforts carried a “man discovers fire” energy, stumbling upon primitive brilliance that can’t be replicated by average dudes consciously du...