That time the Velvet Underground’s ‘Venus in Furs’ was used to peddle tires…
It’s difficult to tell which lyric in Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs,” off of the band’s debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico, so causes…
Music Archives: 09/2017
Running Gun Blues: Arms dealer uses David Bowie’s image to sell bullets?
The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) conference took place last week in the Docklands in eastern London, and the event featured a creepy, unauthorized…
Krautrock master Klaus Schulze’s porno soundtracks for ‘Body Love’ and ‘Body Love, Vol. 2’
Klaus Schulze is an important figure in the development of the “kosmische musik” known popularly as Krautrock, being one of the founding members of Ash…
Sammy Hagar’s influence on the early Clash
With a nickname like “the Red Rocker” and a home in the San Francisco Bay Area, could the Clash have mistaken Sammy Hagar for a…
A Heavy Metal MONSTER: Obscure German band Night Sun and their 1972 vinyl bombshell
The little-known German band, Night Sun, is one of the earliest groups to blend heavy metal with progressive rock—and they did it really well. They…
Meet Negativland’s Christian rock alter egos, Positivland!
A press photo from Negativland’s It’s All in Your Head Pastor Dick had good news to share on April 1, 1999. “This is a song…