Rick Rubin

Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 27: January 2022

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Davies, Devo, Famous Quotes, Fishbone, Gerald V. Casale, Henry Rollins, Infinite Zero, Jim Sullivan, John Norwood Fisher, Rick Rubin, The Kinks

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Heavy Metal Southern Rock 

The Beatles of Boogie Metal

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Elyse Steinman, Greg Strzempka, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Raging Slab, Rick Rubin, Tee Pee Records, The Dealer, ZZ Top

Raging Slab’s overlooked comeback album The Dealer At 20

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Pop Radio Remembrance Rock 

Phil Spector’s Selfish Symphonies

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Axel Stordahl, Brian Wilson, George Harrison, Guy Stevens, Jack Nitzsche, Jerry Wexler, John Hammond, John Lennon, Mitch Miller, Mutt Lange, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Ringo Starr, Sam Phillips, Shadow Morton, The Beatles, Tony Hatch

His classic 1960’s productions feature everything and the kitchen sink, but omit any room for us or our experience

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Blues Heavy Metal 

I’m The King Wolf: Danzig II: Lucifuge At 30

June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1990, Blue Oyster Cult, Chuck Biscuits, Danzig, Danzig II: Lucifuge, Def American, Def Jam, John Christ, Metallica, Ministry, Nirvana, Rick Rubin, Samhain, The Misfits, The Pixies

Danzig’s sophomore mold-breaking blues metal masterpiece still swings low as part of his grand slam album quartet

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Alternative Rock Electronics Industrial 

Everything’s Blue In This World: Nine Inch Nails’ Further Down The Spiral Turns 25

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1995, Aphex Twin, Coil, Further Down The Spiral, Marilyn Manson, nin, Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine, Rick Rubin, The Downward Spiral, Trent Reznor

The Downward Spiral remix album is so much more than a remix album

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African Blues Funk jazz Latin Rock Soul World 

Santana Speaks

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1999, Carlos Santana, Concord Records, Rick Rubin, Santana, Supernatural, Woodstock 1969

A conversation with the celebrated guitarist and bandleader on the occasion of some momentous anniversaries

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Punk Rock 

Record Producer David Bianco Has Died

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Bill Janovitz 0 Comments Buffalo Tom, David Bianco, Gene Simmons, Jon Wurster, Rick Rubin, Smitten, Teenage Fanclub, Tom Petty

Buffalo Tom guitarist Bill Janovitz remembers a guiding hand who believed in bridges

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