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Punk Remembrance

R.I.P. Pierre Kezdy, 1962-2020: Goodbye to a Good Guy

October 26, 2020October 29, 2020 Jack Rabid 2 Comments Chicago, Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Pierre Kezdy, Punk, Satyricon, Steve Diggle, Strike Under, The Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Ruts, Touch and Go Records

Jack Rabid pays homage to a friend and essential figure in Chicago punk

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Power Pop Punk Remembrance Rock

Farewell Kim Shattuck

February 17, 2020February 21, 2020 Jack Rabid 3 Comments Angry Samoans, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Kim Shattuck, Leaving Trains, No Holiday, Paul Collins’ Beat, Ronnie Barnett, Roy McDonald, The Coolie, The Fastbacks, The Kinks, The Muffs, The Ramones, The Saints, The Who, Troggs, Zeros

A tribute and a belated, rescheduled interview with Muffs bassist Ronnie Barnett, on her life and their band’s final album, No Holiday.

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Greg Sage Is Living In The Land of the Lost

December 30, 2019February 13, 2020 Jack Rabid 8 Comments Greg Sage, J Mascis, Jack Rabid, Kurt Cobain, Meat Wave, Melvins, Mission of Burma, Nirvana, Poison Idea, Rocket From the Crypt, Ryan Adams, The Big Takeover, Thurston Moore, Vivian Girls, Wipers

A long delayed reissue of Wipers’ classic fourth album preserves the continuing legacy of an underground institution

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Wake Up and Smell the Indie Pop with Jeanines

September 17, 2019September 19, 2019 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Alicia Jeanine, BandCamp, Jack Rabid, Jeanines, Jed Smith, My Teenage Stride, New York City, Slumberland Records, Small Factory, Spotify, The Ailsers Set, The Big Takeover, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Velocity Girl, Veronica Falls, Youtube

An exclusive RNR Globe chat between The Big Takeover’s Jack Rabid and New York’s buzziest buzz band

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Power Pop

The Blake Babies: Songs of Innocence… and Bad Experiences Redeemed

June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 Jack Rabid 1 Comment Freda Love, John Strohm, Juliana Hatfield, The Blake Babies

RNRG’s exclusive chat with the Boston alt-rock greats

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This Could Be The Last Time

April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 Jack Rabid 1 Comment Ireland, Melodic Punk, Punk Rock Bowling, The Buzzcocks, The Undertones

The Undertones return to America next month

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock New Wave Pop

Everlastingly Yours

March 18, 2019April 11, 2019 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Elastica, Lush, Modern English, Piroshka

Piroshka is an actually super supergroup

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Inflammable Material at 40

February 18, 2019February 21, 2019 Jack Rabid 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Jake Burns, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash

A conversation with Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns on the punk classic’s anniversary, while looking back at Belfast during “The Troubles”

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Farewell Maximum Rocknroll

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 Jack Rabid 3 Comments

An original contributor looks back

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Chip Kinman and the Return of the Dils

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 Jack Rabid 2 Comments Cheech and Chong, Chip Kinman, Rodney Bingenheimer, The Clash, the Dils

Founder tackles the shocking regroup in the wake of his beloved brother’s death

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