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The Sex Pistols

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Happy Birthday, Johnny Rotten!

    ​Born John Joseph Lydon on January 31, 1956, the man later known as Johnny Rotten became the ultimate punk protagonist. An unlikely icon, he helped revitalize rock 'n' roll by discarding its mores and stripping it down to the basics. Both he and his first band the Sex Pistols were famously de ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    Less You Know: Bad Brains Guitarist Dr. Know Is a Man of Few, Powerful Words

    ​Born John Joseph Lydon on January 31, 1956, the man later known as Johnny Rotten became the ultimate punk protagonist. An unlikely icon, he helped revitalize rock 'n' roll by discarding its mores and stripping it down to the basics. Both he and his first band the Sex Pistols were famously de ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2010

    Brooklyn Rap Clan Ninjasonik to Bump Grand Central

    ​Born John Joseph Lydon on January 31, 1956, the man later known as Johnny Rotten became the ultimate punk protagonist. An unlikely icon, he helped revitalize rock 'n' roll by discarding its mores and stripping it down to the basics. Both he and his first band the Sex Pistols were famously de ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 27, 2009

    Munching Across the Great Divide

    Before South Park, Trey Parker wrote a musical about a cannibal.

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Troubadour Alejandro Escovedo Brings His American Tales to the Culture Room

    Before South Park, Trey Parker wrote a musical about a cannibal.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Punk Veteran, American Troubadour Alejandro Escovedo to Play Culture Room on Sunday

    Journeyman singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo has performed solo for a number of years now, but he sure has played in a lot of bands, too. It's a theme that recurs throughout his latest album, Real Animal. A loose memoir of sorts, the album's subject matter and styles span Escovedo's 30-year musi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 2, 2008

    Glam Supreme

    A new book captures the New York Dolls

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Rachid Taha

    A new book captures the New York Dolls

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Global Shakedown

    No travel visa required on this global music voyage

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    Full Q&A with the Virgins

    No travel visa required on this global music voyage

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists

    A new book compiles punk's greatest hits and biggest tools

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Eyeball to Eyeball

    Ten Tons of Smackdown and You

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Where the Money Goes

    Sometimes you just want to hang with people who sip champagne through surgically enhanced lips

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    The Cribs

    Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (Warner Bros.)

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    The Sex Pistols Sell-Out--Again

    Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (Warner Bros.)

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    On-line Interview: Greil Marcus

    Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (Warner Bros.)

  • Music

    March 29, 2007

    Ted Leo

    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Love of Diagrams

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    OC Agents

    Agent Orange

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    People Who Died

    Death Becomes You masters the art of persistence.

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    Night of the White Pants

    Death Becomes You masters the art of persistence.

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Put It on Vibrate

    The Vibrators

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Paranoid Time

    DVD chronicles the life of the Minutemen.

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Venue Verses

    If only They Might Be Giants would do a tune about South Florida

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    Drum Lineage

    If only They Might Be Giants would do a tune about South Florida

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2005

    Pork Rock

    If only They Might Be Giants would do a tune about South Florida

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2005

    Snowbirds of Rock

    If only They Might Be Giants would do a tune about South Florida

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Devotchka

    How It Ends (Cicero)

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    A Big, Big Love

    Reunited... and a Pixies fan is forced to face the music

  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Glass Clouds

    Nebula brings back the Paleolithic age of stoner rock

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    Pit Bullies Skate

    Medleys, broken bones, nosebleeds from the Anarchy Orchestra

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2003

    Got the Blues?

    The Sound Advice Blues Festival celebrates its 17th year

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    Just Like Heaven

    David/Donna Lee Parsons takes the very last train into the Mouth of the Rat

  • Film

    September 18, 2003

    Ad-libbing on Tokyo Time

    Sofia Coppola and her cast get Lost in Translation

  • Music

    August 7, 2003

    Summer Listening List

    Don't dog our dog-day favorites, dig?

  • Music

    March 13, 2003

    Negro Modelo

    After blackface, gay-baiting, nervous breakdowns, and Aryan brotherhood, Turbonegro reclaims the States

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    The Buzzcocks

    Buzzcocks (Merge)

  • Music

    January 9, 2003

    Say It Ain't So, Joe

    Reading something into Strummer's death

  • Music

    October 31, 2002

    Peaches 'n' Speed

    Manipulating the media in the name of coochie rap

  • Film

    August 29, 2002

    New Order World

    In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs, and, most of all, myths

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Rocket from the Tombs

    The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs (Smog Veil)

  • Music

    January 10, 2002

    Can You Hear the Tinkling Sounds?

    In favor of abolishing the pay-to-pee penalty

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Female Problems

    TheStart adds a dose of estrogen to the nu-metal sweepstakes

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2001
  • Music

    December 14, 2000

    Joy to the World

    Local groups pool their gloom for a tribute to Joy Division and New Order

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Bait and Shift

    Have the former industrialists of Pitchshifter become children of the Korn?

  • Film

    June 1, 2000

    Young Guns

    The Filth and the Fury

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Oasis

    Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (Epic)

  • Music

    November 11, 1999

    Short Cuts

    The Clash, The Isley Brothers

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Short Cuts

    Richard Buckner, The Ramones

  • Music

    April 30, 1998

    Themes Like New

    Richard Buckner, The Ramones

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