Tag: Joy Division
These 20 songs from the ’80s left a lasting mark in the underground
The ’80s are usually looked upon in two different mindsets. The first is usually through the prism of mass-culture nostalgia from those who were...
QUIZ: Do you know when these classic ’70s punk albums were released?
Record collectors of any sort can be a persnickety bunch. But few can be worse than punk-rock record collectors with titles spanning from the...
10 hits from the ’90s you had no clue were covers
When California rockers Ugly Kid Joe (whose frontman Whitfield Crane went on to briefly lead significantly harder rockers Life Of Agony) followed up their...
QUIZ: How much ’70s punk trivia do you really know?
For many, first-wave punk was the sound of liberation. Chainsaw guitars, locomotive drums and screaming singers delivered brutal street poetry about the times. It...
The sleeves of these 25 old-school punk singles are as cool as the music
As recently established here, the 45 RPM record was the greatest medium for punk rock. It's compact, it's affordable and brevity's of essence—distill all...
Here’s how Dylan Minnette chose music for a ‘13 Reasons Why’ episode
Actor Dylan Minnette is known for two things. The first is his portrayal of Clay Jensen, the heroic but flawed high school teen in...
Top 10 new-wave emo artists to keep on your radar
Emo music is often relegated to the past. With bands such as the All-American Rejects and My Chemical Romance dominating the airwaves in the...
15 punk-rock albums of 1979 that still rule four decades later
By 1979, punk was firmly established. Seemingly, a million new bands formed weekly, releasing great singles seconds later. But some of the old guard...
Nine Inch Nails: 30 years of electronic-rock genius ranked
Sure, there were certainly more than a few aggregates who came before him. But it’s undeniable that Trent Reznor who, under the banner of...
An appreciation of Joy Division 40 years later by Geoff Rickly
Unknown Pleasures, the gloriously bleak debut album by Manchester post-punk band Joy Division arrived exactly one month before lead singer Ian Curtis’ 23rd birthday...
