The first 500 people to click can get two free months of Skillshare Premium: http://skl.sh/trashtheory Christmas songs are contentious. Some love their yuletide trappings and their annual arrival fills them with joy. Some are less thrilled. There is very much a cultural divide between the two camps. Those in retail […]
The first 500 people to click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE! https://skl.sh/trashtheory2 In 1995 two of the biggest bands in Britain went head to head in one of the biggest chart showdowns of all time. Those bands were Blur and Oasis. The songs were […]
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 […]
When people think of the most influential artists in punk, there are some obvious options. You’ve got the Clash, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Black Flag, Fugazi. But a band that get overlooked for their considerable influence is the Buzzcocks. Think about it. Their 1977 Spiral Scratch EP […]
This is Pale Waves. They are quickly becoming one of the most interesting and talked about bands of 2018. Earlier this year they were top 5 finalists in BBC’s New Sound of 2018. So far in their short careers they have sell out tours, millions of streams and a cultishly […]
When is a milkshake not a milkshake? When its a metaphor. Food and love making have always been linked, as are both essential parts of life, base level physiological needs. And while combined seems like a good idea in the moment, in reality often ends in unpleasant stickiness, itching and […]
For many My Chemical Romance were the band that changed their life, the band that saved them. But something about them really fucking irked a certain subsection of rock fans. In 2007, readers of British rock magazine Kerrang voted them Best and Worst band of the year, such was their […]
Songs about sex have always been a cornerstone of pop music, even if they weren’t always as explicit as they are now. Songs like ‘My Neck My Back’ were never going to fly in 1964. But the majority of songs about sex are all about the desire, the act, so […]
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 […]
There’s a mythic element to the band Refused and their 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come. They were a nobody punk band from Umea, Sweden, who, after 7 years of by-the-numbers hardcore, dropped a perfect statement of an album before disappearing, never to play again. That album fused […]
