The Go-Gos

Dub/Reggae New Wave Pop Rock Ska 

Terry Hall of The Specials Gone at 63

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Fun Boy Three, Our Lips Are Sealed, RIP, Terry Hall, The Colourfield, The Go-Gos, The Specials

The legendary British Ska pioneer died following a brief illness

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Funk New Wave Pop Prince Rock Soul 

A Pocket Full of Horses: Prince’s 1999 at 40

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 1999, 40th Anniversary, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Joe Jackson, Little Red Corvette, Men At Work, Phil Collins, Prince, Stray Cats, The Go-Gos, Warner Bros.

Looking back at the Purple One’s breakthrough double LP

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Films New Wave Punk Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Giving the Kids a Voice: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 40 

September 1, 2022September 4, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Elvis Costello, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, The Go-Gos, Van Halen

A look back at the book, the movie and the soundtrack 

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk Rock 

Redd Kross’s Neurotica at 35: Still Playing Their Songs

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Jeff McDonald, Merge Records, Red Cross, Red Kross, Redd Kross, Steven McDonald, Teen Babes From Monsanto, that dog., The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Muffs, Third Eye, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone

Looking back at the album where the teen babes from Monsanto became men

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Music Journalism 

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Announces Its Class of 2021

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ahmet Ertegun Award, Billy Preston, Carole King, Charley Patton, Clarence Avant, Class of 2021, Early Influence Award, Foo Fighters, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Musical Excellence Award, Randy Rhoads, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, The Go-Gos, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren

Tina Turner, JAY-Z, Todd Rundgren, Kraftwerk and Carole King among the names to be inducted at this year’s ceremony

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020March 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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Pub Rock Punk 

Little Did We Know About Kursaal Flyers

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments Cherry Red Records, Kursaal Flyers, Lone Justice, Rank & File, The Bangles, The Blasters, The Go-Gos, The Knack, The Plimsouls, X

A new box set shines a light a most underappreciated English band

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Music Journalism New Wave Pop Punk 

A Punk Rock Valentine

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir, Beauty and The Beat, Kathy Valentine, Memoir, The Go-Gos

The legendary Go-Go’s bassist lays it all on the line in her stirring memoir

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Music Journalism Rock 

Not All the Single Ladies — Hall Admits Just a Single Lady

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments 2020 Inductees, Bette Midler, Big Mama Thornton, Bjork, Celia Cruz, Chaka Khan, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Jann Wenner, Joel Peresman, Labelle, Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Selena, Shirin Neshat, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Sussan Deyhim, The Go-Gos, Whitney Houston

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame still a Man’s World

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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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Rock Rockabilly 

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

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