afro-punk

'80s Afro-Punks Fishbone are reforming for new political LP with Fat Mike

Fishbone keyboardist, trombonist and songwriter Chris Dowd is describing a creative miracle: hollandaise sauce. “You’re taking an egg and some olive oil. Two components that wouldn’t mix together,” he explains, “but you whisk it together a certain way, and that causes it to bond.” Dowd, who studied at the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu earlier […]

Prince Terrence began with hardcore in order to arrive at goth slow-jams

There’s something bold and brazen about the culture of the “punk lifer.” No cubicle farm could ever hold them. And they’ve spent more on tats and piercings than they have utility bills. With no fixed address, their only roots are in the scene. Fortunately for him, that life wasn’t good enough for Prince Terrence.  It’s […]