Jason Perri, Author at Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: The Big, Dumb Fun of Iggy Pop’s New LP

January 6, 2023January 8, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2023, Andrew Watt, Atlantic Records, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Every Loser, Gold Tooth Records, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg, Travis Barker

Every Loser finds the 75-year-old Detroit icon rowdier than ever

Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock

Doing The Unstuck: The Cure’s Wish Finally Gets Expanded

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, Friday I'm In Love, High, Pearl Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Porl Thompson, Rhino Records, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup, The Cure, Wish

Digging into the band’s deluxe edition of their beloved 1992 LP

Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock

A Bouncing Little Baby, A Shiny Copper Penny: Faith No More’s Angel Dust at 30

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Angel Dust, Billy Gould, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, The Real Thing

Why this beautiful, terrifying, schizophrenic masterpiece of a record remains their high water mark

Post-Punk

What We All Want: Gang Of Four Returns!

April 2, 2022June 3, 2022 Jason Perri 2 Comments Buffalo, David Pajo, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, Land of the Free, Sara Lee, Slint, Solid Gold

With Sara Lee back on bass and Slint guitarist David Pajo in the mix, original drummer Hugh Burnham checks in from the road

Alternative Rock

Make No Mistake (Fatal or Otherwise), Del Amitri Are Back

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Jason Perri 2 Comments 2021, Cooking Vinyl, Del Amitri, Fatal Mistakes, Justin Currie

Talking Nostalgia, Brexit and Bob Dylan with frontman Justin Currie as the U.K. alt-pop vets release their first new album in 19 years

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

Keep Your Hand On The Gospel Plow: 25 Years of Dust

July 2, 2021July 15, 2021 Jason Perri 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, All I Know, Barrett Martin, Dust, Epic Records, Gary Lee Conner, MARK LANEGAN, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Van Conner

The final Screaming Trees studio LP was the culmination of what the band had been yearning for since their humble beginnings

Hard Rock Heavy Metal

In Tomahawk We Trust

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2021, Duane Denison, Helmet, Ipecac Recordings, John Stanier, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Tonic Immobility, Trevor Dunn

Talking with guitarist Duane Denison about this great American supergroup’s first new album in eight years

Pop Rock

Rufus Wainwright: Romantical Man

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments COVID-19, Jon Brion, Mitchell Froom, Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow The Rules

An exclusive chat with the second generation songwriting great on his excellent new album and parenting in the Year of Coronavirus

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Punk

Bob Mould Navigates the American Crisis

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2020, American Crisis, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Jason Narducy, Jon Wurster, Merge Records, Siberian Butterfly, Sugar, Workbook

The Minneapolis punk legend rages and reflects on life in 2020

New Wave

The Ghost In You Returns

August 14, 2020August 18, 2020 Jason Perri 2 Comments 2020, Cooking Vinyl, Dinosaur Jr., Love Spit Love, Made Of Rain, Mars Williams, President Gas, Richard Butler, The Psychedelic Furs, Tim Butler

A Chat with Tim Butler of the Psychedelic Furs

Alternative Rock

Devastation At Last, Finally We Meet: Grant Lee Buffalo’s Mighty Joe Moon at 25

September 23, 2019September 26, 2019 Jason Perri 4 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips, Joey Peters, Michael Stipe, Mighty Joe Moon, Netherworld Orange, Paul Kimble, Pistol Star, R.E.M., RNR Globe exclusive

The RNR Globe chats exclusively with bassist Paul Kimble on the legacy of the band’s sophomore masterpiece

Alternative Rock

Still Getting Away With It: A Few Words with Tim Booth of James

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Jason Perri 0 Comments James, Laid, Living In Extraordinary Times, Manchester, The Psychedelic Furs, Tim Booth

With the release of a bold new album called Living In Extraordinary Times, the band returns within the throes of a hostile society

Country and/or Western Folk Punk

Ron Hawkins is Working Towards a Permanent Revolution

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jason Perri 0 Comments Agitpop, Canada, Folk punk, Lowest of the Low, My Butt, Ron Hawkins, Shakespeare

An exclusive chat with the frontman of renowned Canadian folk punkers, Lowest of the Low

Punk Rock

Sunglasses After Dark – An Appreciation of Drummer Nick Knox

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 Jason Perri 0 Comments CBGBs, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Punk, The Cramps

Remembering the original Cramps drummer