Kellogg’s Corn Flakes art project featuring David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed
Like three of the four members of Talking Heads, Bobby Grossman had been studying at the Rhode Island School of Design before vamoosing down to…
Music Archives: 02/2018
‘I Got You Babe’: The Rolling Stones camp it up miming to Sonny and Cher, 1965
Hosting Ready Steady Go! in September of 1965, The Rolling Stones camped it up in this “mime contest” version of Sonny and Cher’s hit–then at…
Meet Chandra, the pre-teen who released a fantastic post-punk record in 1980
Chandra Oppenheim was just twelve years old when her debut album, Transportation, was released. Until recently, I wasn’t familiar with Chandra, but when I did…
Cock rock: Dig the groovy, sleazy sounds of The Plaster Caster Blues Band
I’m sure that many readers of this blog are familiar with the legendary Plaster Casters, the Chicago groupies who made Plaster of Paris molds of…
Alice Cooper was in a long forgotten rock opera with members of The Who, Roxy Music & Moody Blues
Around 1974, Alice Cooper fully morphed from a group’s name to that of a solo artist. While Cooper’s fellow bandmates moved on to various solo…
A mysterious army of angry Velvet Underground fans respond to negative review of first VU show, 1965
On December 11th, 1965, the Velvet Underground played at a high school in New Jersey. It was the first show the Velvets played for money,…
Killer early footage of Wendy O. Williams and The Plasmatics tearing up CBGB
A recently uploaded video features some of the earliest footage of Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics, performing March 1st, 1979 at CBGB, doing their…
MORE IS MORE! The inimitable Mrs. Smith on the history of heavy metal shred guitar
Last summer, Dangerous Minds introduced you to “Mrs. Smith,” an outrageous, hilarious, posh New-Englandy matron who plays breakneck-speed heavy metal guitar solos. Since then, her…
Send in the Clones: Photographs of extreme Cure, Motörhead, Bjork, Sex Pistols, & Dolly Parton fans
Cure fans. The first time I saw someone dressed-up to like one of their cultural idols it was a young lad, no more than fifteen,…
‘Satanic Panic’ era televangelist has the hippest ‘alternative rock’ record collection
Typically Christian anti-rock crusaders during the “Satanic Panic” era of the 80s were coming out strong against heavy metal and sometimes punk bands. The Hell’s…