Pop punk bands aren’t too fond of their hometowns. It’s almost a cliché at this point, as much as songs about “friends” and “falling”, but how did this particular trend become such a staple within the genre? I totally do not claim I thought up that beginning bit, see the […]
Why has all the seminal rock music disappeared from the charts? Rock is dead. Or at least that’s what the music press have been telling us for the last half decade. There’s not been a genre-defining rock act that has gripped the public consciousness in forever. Crunching guitar-based music is […]
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The first 500 people to click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE! https://skl.sh/trashtheory3 The Cure are weird. In fact that is part of their appeal. They are outsiders, the forgotten and the lost and so invite that subsection of society. But what makes the band […]
The Smiths were one of the most important bands of the 80s. Fronted by a celibate crooner in love with Oscar Wilde and the New York Dolls, with their music composed by a teenaged Byrds-obsessive, they were at odds with the music of the time. To see Morrissey flouting around […]
Initially punk rock was not profitable. Though it might save your life, seldom did it pay the bills. The music was brash, loud and rarely ever played on the radio, but Nirvana and grunge changed that in 1991. Unlike the classic rock/metal indebted versions of grunge pedalled by Pearl Jam […]
