Led Zeppelin perform their first live set on TV, 1969
Led Zeppelin’s appearance on Danish television in 1969 is one of the classic moments of rock music history. It was Zeppelin’s second time on television…
Music Archives: 05/2016
Must-see footage from Samla Mammas Manna, Sweden’s prog-rock fusion jazz rascals
Samla Mammas Manna was a prog rock band that was active during the 1970s and later that seems to have been Sweden’s closest approximation to…
That time Ian McCulloch dressed up as Dorothy from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for a photo shoot
To greet the 1990s, NME commissioned a photo shoot for its last issue of 1989 (December 23-30 issue) featuring Ian McCulloch, the presiding genius of…
Henry Rollins and Lydia Lunch in the erotic, violent ‘The Right Side of My Brain’ (NSFW)
Richard Kern was a big part of the underground cinema of the East Village in the 1980s. Among other things, he directed videos for Sonic Youth’s “Death…
Waxwork Records, the leader in beautifully packaged soundtracks on vinyl (plus a DM premiere)
I love movie soundtracks. The best films usually have awesome scores (which is part of what makes them extraordinary), so whenever I really dig a…
That time the Clash appeared in Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King of Comedy’
An interesting cinematic footnote to the Clash’s time spent in New York City in the early 1980s–while they recorded their sprawling three-record Sandinista album–is their…
KISS, with the vocals half a step out of key, sound like drunk frat boys at a karaoke bar
Post delivers. Here’s KISS doing their 1979 hit off the Dynasty album, “I Was Made For Loving You” — remixed, sounding something like your favorite…
The Smashing Pumpkins–very early on–live for an hour on a local Chicago TV show, 1988
Smashing Pumpkins What you are about to see is some pretty incredible early footage of the Smashing Pumpkins performing songs from their first demo tape…
Unearthed footage of Pink Floyd performing ‘Atom Heart Mother’ at The Amsterdam Rock Circus, 1972
This remarkable footage of Pink Floyd live at “The Amsterdam Rock Circus” was shot on May 22, 1972. The festival was held at Olympic Stadium…
Germany issues commemorative stamp collection in honor of Lemmy Kilmister
One of the five commemorative stamps issued by the German postal service honoring the late Motörhead frontman, Lemmy Kilmister. If you have friends or relatives…