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Music Archives: 08/2016

Meet Craig Smith, L.A. pop-folk golden boy turned lost psychedelic genius, then tragic acid casualty

Rock lore loves to romanticize the drug casualty. Of course it’s wrong, but it’s so hard to resist imagining the tantalizing might-have-beens that surround the…

Ron Kretsch
Aug 30, 2016

Vintage driver’s licenses once issued to Alfred Hitchcock, Johnny Cash, James Brown & more!

Johnny Cash’s California driver’s license issued in 1964. Back in 2013 my Dangerous Minds colleague Tara McGinley put together a post containing images of passports…

Cherrybomb
Aug 26, 2016

The rise and fall of Tower Records and how the music industry screwed the pooch in the late ’90s

I just finished watching Colin Hanks’ impressive documentary on the rise and fall of Tower Records, titled All Things Must Pass. While I’d recommend the…

Christopher Bickel
Aug 26, 2016

Laibach? There’s an app for that

The poster for Laibach’s upcoming show in Ljubljana You say you love Laibach, but what are you really willing to do for the cause? When…

Oliver Hall
Aug 25, 2016

Life-size bronze Lemmy statue unveiled at Rainbow Bar & Grill

Photo by Mike Maglieri via DIO on Twitter A bronze Lemmy statue was unveiled last night at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard…

Tara McGinley
Aug 25, 2016

‘Twin Peaks’ soundtrack reissue pressed onto ‘damn fine coffee’ color vinyl

Behold the ‘Damn Fine Coffee’ edition of the newly reissued vinyl soundtrack for the original ‘Twin Peaks’ television series. A little over a week ago–on…

Cherrybomb
Aug 24, 2016

Attention rock snobs: New Holy Sons single will burrow its way into your brain like an earworm

Photo of Emil Amos by Eliza Sohn I’ve probably played this new Holy Sons‘ track, “It’s My Feeling”–a stunning cover of a song originally recorded…

Richard Metzger
Aug 23, 2016

Elf: Early recordings of Dio covering Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry & Black Sabbath in 1972

Elf. Like many of our DM readers I’m a huge fan of everything that the late Ronnie James Dio did during his time walking among…

Cherrybomb
Aug 18, 2016

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke sings ‘MacArthur Park’ with the Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell

Richard Harris’ seven-and-a-half-minute reading of Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park” is not for me. I like watching Harris on-screen well enough, and I like Jimmy Webb’s…

Oliver Hall
Aug 18, 2016

Altamont, The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day

I could feel it before I got there. Several miles out and the dark vibes curled through the air like a toxic vapor. Serpentine streams…

Marc Campbell
Aug 15, 2016

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