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Remembering Pig: A Piano Player Without Equal

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Jackson, Bob Dylan, Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Mark Knopfler, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, RIP, Sturgill Simpson, The Cramps, Ween

Session superstar Hargus Robbins passes away at age 84

Video

2021: The Year In Music Videos

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Charlotte Adigéry, Combo Chimbita, Gerald V. Casale, Gjon Mili, Iggy Pop, Kim Gordon, Maynard James Keenan, Music videos, Nellie McKay, OutKast, Phoebe Bridgers, The Cramps

From TikTok to YouTube to SNL, the evolution was indeed televised

Punk Remembrance Rockabilly

Aloha From Hell: Lux Interior Turns 75

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 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

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. XXI: July 2021

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Famous Quotes, Huey Lewis, Joan Jett, Lux Interior, Mike Scott, Poison Ivy, Robyn Hitchcock, The Cramps, The Waterboys, William Butler Yeats

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

New Wave Pop

Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

Glam New Wave Pop

Sparks and the Steady Drip, Drip, Drip of Success Pt. I

May 14, 2020May 22, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2020, A Steady Drip Drip Drip, BMG, Franz Ferdinand, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, The Cramps

As they release their 24th LP, Ron Mael speaks exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about how he and brother Russell are keeping from going COVID crazy

Alternative Rock Music Journalism

Pop Top 40: Modern Rock Tracks for the Week Ending March 24, 1990

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Adam Ant, Cowboy Junkies, Depeche Mode, Electronic, Michael Penn, Midnight Oil, Oingo Boingo, Peter Murphy, Pop, Robert Palmer, Sinead O'Connor, Social Distortion, The Beloved, The Blue Nile, The Church, The Cramps, The Creatures, The Smithereens

This is as peak “Poppy Bush Interzone” as it gets

Punk Rockabilly Roots

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Records

Bad Music For Bad People: A Listicle Not for the Always Woke, Ever Timid or Politically Correct

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Anti-Nowhere League, Body Count, Charles Manson, Dead Boys, Fear, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Slayer, Sparks, Starz, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Only Ones, The Rotters, Tiger Lillies

The title is copped from the name of a great 1984 Cramps compilation album, and that’s kind of what this story is about

adblock Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores

Trash Addicts Everywhere, It’s… Something Weird Greatest Hits!

January 11, 2019May 22, 2022 Eric Davidson 6 Comments adblock, Something Weird Video, The Cramps, The Misfits

The first compilation from legendary lost loony flicks resurrectors, Something Weird Video

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