Rockabilly

Punk Rockabilly 

Rabbling Up The Rousers

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, 2025, CBGB, Duane Eddy, Hurrah, Left For Dead Records, Madonna, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Rousers, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, The Rousers

Rediscovering a lost NYC punk band

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Punk Rockabilly 

Early Cramps Classics Back On Wax

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1980, 1981, 1984, Bad Music for Bad People, I.R.S. Records, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Psychedelic Jungle, Songs The Lord Taught Us, The Cramps

Three seminal LPs back in stores now

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Garage Rock New Wave Pop Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Mrs. Clash: A Chat with Pearl Harbour

April 12, 2024April 15, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1980, Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too, Ian Dury, Liberation Hall Records, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Pearl Harbour, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, The Clash, The Tubes, Topper Headon

The punk/New Wave era luminary offers insight into her wild career in rock ‘n’ roll

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Alternative Rock Garage Rock Remembrance Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Dex Romweber Gone at 57

February 18, 2024February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cat Power, Dex Romweber, Dex Romweber Duo, Dexter Romweber, Flat Duo Jets, Jack White, RIP, Sara Romweber, Sarah Shook

Fans and friends shocked, saddened over the psychobilly great’s sudden passing 

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Alternative Rock Punk Remembrance Rock Rockabilly Roots 

You Can’t Kill Me: Celebrating the Life of Mojo Nixon

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Geffen, Debbie Gibson, Don Henley, Elvis Presley, Mojo Nixon, Neill Kirby McMillan Jr, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Skid Roper

The revered rock ‘n’ roll outlaw died unexpectedly at age 66

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North Americana Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Master Blaster: A Chat with Dave Alvin

November 26, 2023November 29, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments Dave Alvin, Gun Club, Liberation Hall Records, Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters, Phil Alvin, The Blasters, The Third Mind, Victor Krummenacher

How a new collection has renewed interest in a great American band

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Alternative Rock Garage Rock New Wave Punk Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Meet “The Brains” of Modern Psychobilly

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 Steve Kirwan 0 Comments Billy Idol, Colin Irvine, Colin the Dead, Depeche Mode, Gui Kitty, Montreal, Psychobilly, Quebec, Rene De La Muerte, Rene Garcia, Soft Cell, The Brains, The Cure

Digging the untamed sounds of the renowned Montreal trio

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Garage Rock Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Still The Queen: The Cramps’ Poison Ivy Turns 70

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 18 Comments Boston, Lux Interior, New York City, Poison Ivy, Punk, Rockabilly, The Cramps, The Rat

Celebrating the career of punk guitar icon

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Rock Rockabilly 

Downtown 81: Tav Falco Recounts East Village Adventures

August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 2022, Alex Chilton, Downtown 81, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Jim Sclavunos, Johnny Thunders, Ken Stringfellow, Memphis, Mike Watt, Panther Burns, Tav Falco, Tav Falco Panther Burns, Will Rigby

The Memphis punkabilly figure is currently on the road through the fall

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New Wave Rockabilly 

The Blasters Brought Greaser Cool to the Punk Party 40 Years Ago

December 31, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Barry Allen, Dave Allen, Slash, Slash Records, Steve Berlin, The Blasters

One of the greatest albums of the ‘80s was fixated on the ‘50s

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Punk Remembrance Rockabilly 

Aloha From Hell: Lux Interior Turns 75

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 75th birthday, Alex Chilton, Flamejob, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, RIP, Smell of Female, Songs The Lord Taught Us, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on his years in conversation with the dearly departed Cramps frontman

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Bluegrass Blues Country and/or Western Dead Folk Psychedelics Remembrance Rock Rockabilly 

Commander Cody, a True Original, Breaks the Bonds of Earth

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Commander Cody, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, George Frayne IV, San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

The San Francisco mainstay and trucker rock icon who defied categorization was 77 years old

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Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Greg Antista and The Lonely Streets: The Neon Heat Is On

September 17, 2021September 23, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Bad Religion, Big Sandy, Brian Setzer, Buzztop Hurricanes, Greg Antista, Greg Antista and The Lonely Streets, James Intveld, Jessica Kaczmarek, Jorge E. Disguster, Mink Daggers, Russell Scott, Shake Stomp and Stumble, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Hangmen, Under the Neon Heat, Warren Renfrow

The former Joyride guitarist’s handpicked crew of West Coast punk veterans emerge from the pandemic with a wide-ranging second album

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Rock Rockabilly 

ALBUMS: A Round of Applause for Wanda Jackson’s Encore

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 1 Comment Angaleena Presley, Candi Carpenter, Elle King, Encore, Lori McKenna, Luke Laird, Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson

The Original Riot Grrl gives us one last kick in the ass on her way out the door

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Blues Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Lara Hope and The Ark-Tones: Rocking Through the Pandemic with the Rockabilly Rebels from Upstate New York

July 12, 2021March 28, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, COVID-19, Eddie Rion, Here To Tell The Tale, Jeremy Boniello, Kingston, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, Matt Goldpaugh, New York, pandemic, Sower Records, Upstate NY

How this talented husband-and-wife-led band are making Kingston the modern-day capital of New York Rock

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