The 1996 high school musical based on KISS’s disastrous 1981 concept album, ‘Music From ‘The Elder”
By 1981, KISS was on the ropes. Due to a number of factors, including the release of two pop-oriented albums, the group had alienated much…
Author: Bart Bealmear Archives: 09/2018
Vector Command: The dark and mysterious recordings by former members of Crime —a DM premiere
Recently, I was saddened to learn that Johnny Strike, singer/guitarist for the pioneer punks, Crime, had passed away. Crime’s debut 45 came out in 1976—Year…
‘Getting Nowhere Fast’: This female-fronted band released one of post-punk’s ‘best’ songs, 1980
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid…
Captain Beefheart loses his shit during tumultuous 1975 gig opening for Frank Zappa
By late 1975, Captain Beefheart’s career was on the rebound. After two albums aimed at a mainstream audience failed to sell, and the dissolution of…
First look at Waxwork’s expanded soundtracks for three Dario Argento classics
Why are Dario Argento’s films so compelling? It’s largely due to his knack for matching fantastic, terrifying imagery with amazing music that fully enhances the…