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September 1963: A young R&B combo called the Rolling Stones are rehearsing, preparing for a recording session. Their manager, former Beatles publicist Andrew Loog Oldham, was tearing his hair out. They were about to record their second single, a follow-up to their modestly successful remake of Chuck Berry’s “Come On.” But they had ...

Rock ‘n’ roll had, for the most part, lost its “roll” by 1970. It became rock music—self-serious, dour, pompous, filled with pretensions to being “art.” It ceased being fabulous teenage noise, filled with Chuck Berry’s playful swagger and Elvis’ hypersexualized pelvic thrust and rebel sneer. Kids wanted something loud and flashy, full of energ...

It stands to reason LGBTQIA+ culture informed, inspired and enmeshed with punk, down to the crossover with the ’70s glam scene that helped spawn it. After all, both worlds were essentially the Island of Misfit Toys, from the Rankin/Bass 1964 holiday special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: a rebel culture for those whose ideas don’t fit in the mainstream, where your fellow outsiders accept you for

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 of your best moments in three minutes or less. You can also master these seven-inch beauties hot, perfect for loud music. Then...

After his recent appearance in The Suicide Squad, Jared Leto will be returning to the screen to play Andy Warhol in a new biopic, which Leto will also be producing. (via The Guardian) The film, entitled Warhol, will tell the life of the pop artist, using Victor Bockris’s 1989 book Warhol: The Biography as a guide for the screenplay, which will be written by Terrence Winter, who’s worked on such fi

Pop culture mainstay Andy Warhol is the focus of Converse’s newest line of footwear and apparel. Entitled the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Andy Warhol Collection, high and low top sneakers and graphic tees are available. Plus, the shoes glow in the dark, an ode to Warhol's black light paintings. Read mo... Read More ...