Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist of US band Television, dies at 73
New York group, which broke up in 1978, best known for Marquee Moon and whose singer-songwriter also worked with Patti Smith
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New York group, which broke up in 1978, best known for Marquee Moon and whose singer-songwriter also worked with Patti Smith
‘GP’ asks a few questions of our own in this essential interview with one of the greatest jazz musicians of our time
No discussion of Cleveland's punk scene would be complete without a chapter on Peter Laughner, who helped start half a dozen bands, including Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu. And yet, Laughner, who died at age 24, has not received that chapter, really, until now. A new 5-disc box set retrospective by Smog Veil Records has been released, an event that sent PKM's Todd McGovern in search of the Peter Laughner chapter, using the voices of many who knew Peter well, including Cheetah Chrome, Miriam Linna, Robert Kidney, Anton Fier, David Thomas, and others.
Jimmy DeSana: Submission at the Brooklyn Museum highlights the work of a talented but lesser-known photographer, artist, and LGBTQ advocate. From his...
Sweetheart. >> the dead boys. >> so in rock 'n roll, anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> richard hell was one of the first to cut his own hair. he was ripping his clothes and then safety-pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance is his. it's pretty clear that he invented that. >> punk in the united states is a music elaboration, a statement of sorts about what music is and how it ought to be played. in england, punk rock is not a musical statement, it is a social one. >> if punks have a home territory, it is here on kings road in the middl...