Anarchy in Paris: Métal Urbain, classic French punk rock group
Métal Urbain were Francophone contemporaries of the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Formed in 1976 by Clode Panik, Hermann Schwartz, Pat Luger and Eric Debris,…
Author: Richard Metzger Archives: 08/2014
California Dreamin’: Listen to The Mamas & the Papas’ acapella vocals
“California Dreamin’” was literally written about a dream of California, and it was somewhat of a prophetic dream at that. At the time of its…
MAGMA’s cheerfully insane brand of sci-fi avant garde make them prog rock’s weirdest outliers
H.R. Giger’s cover for 1978’s Attahk album From the Dangerous Minds archives: French progrockers MAGMA sing their lyrics in “Kobaïan,” a made-up phonetic language based…
The director of ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ returns with ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here’
I’m sure that many–if not most–of our good-looking, high IQ readers have seen quirky documentarian Jeff Krulik’s underground classic “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” a short…
Charlie don’t surf: Charles Manson meets the Beach Boys
Although Charles Manson didn’t actually write “Never Learn Not To Love” for the Beach Boys, he did in fact, write a number titled “Cease to…