The documentary covers Chicago’s punk scene from 1977 to 1984, looking at a period before hardcore became the defining mode. It treats the city as a distinct community rather than a regional footnote.
The documentary covers Chicago’s punk scene from 1977 to 1984, looking at a period before hardcore became the defining mode. It treats the city as a distinct community rather than a regional footnote.
The mail-order club that made CD ownership feel like a rite of passage will stop accepting orders in September, closing the last chapter of a 71-year distribution story.
Eminem’s 2002 hit cut across rock and rap audiences by trading his incendiary reputation for a question rooted in his own past—and the result rewrote what a crossover single could sound like.
Between two of the biggest hits on The Joshua Tree, a politically charged song and its Neil Jordan-directed video were quietly shelved—left dormant for decades by a band unsure of its own creation.
In a new interview, Thorogood recalls the pressure to write an original hit after touring with the Rolling Stones, and how the song became a perennial tough-guy anthem.