A merry Iggy Pop talks drugs, blood, and Bowie in obscure 1980s TV profile
The other day I came across an entertaining Iggy TV segment from the ‘80s that I had never seen before. The clip had recently been…
Author: Bart Bealmear Archives: 07/2018
The *other* Velvet Underground featured a future AC/DC founder and a singer who set himself on fire
Did you know there was another 1960s group called the Velvet Underground? The American Velvet Underground are now pretty much a household name, but for…
The surprising origins of the KISS merchandising machine that generated $100 million in the 1970s
It’s a common misconception that the band KISS had a master plan from their earliest beginnings. We recently told you how the marketing of the…
This disturbing yet upbeat 1980 song by all-female post-punk band LiLiPUT features a rape whistle
The all-female Swiss group Kleenex (later LiLiPUT) were one of the most playful acts of the post-punk era. The unit formed in Zurich in 1978,…
John Mellencamp was once a glam rocker, covered Bowie and the Stooges in the 1970s
To learn that John Mellencamp was not only in a glam rock band in the early 1970s, but also covered David Bowie’s “The Man Who…