This is the full story behind Alice in Chains’ MTV Unplugged (1996): how Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez ended up on a candlelit Brooklyn stage after two and a half years off the road. It’s a story of a trash can beside Cantrell’s stool, Metallica in […]
Blind Melon fought to escape the “No Rain” shadow, dismantling their own image to create Soup. The band’s massive success with their debut single often overshadowed their artistic intent. Tracing the band’s evolution from the commercial heights of their 90s alternative rock breakthrough to the complex, raw sound found on […]
The Smiths could never catch a break. In 1984, Johnny Marr crafted a song that would become one of their fans’ most cherished tracks: “How Soon is Now?” But it didn’t really sound like The Smiths. Producer John Porter pushed for it to be a single, but Rough Trade shot […]
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In 1964, The Beatles had their own “Ed Sheeran moment.” In September of 2026, Ed Sheeran lost his entire lineup of supporting acts and his backing band after billionaire Robert Kraft demanded he drop Macklemore from his tour after the rapper proclaimed “Free Palestine.” It was Sheeran giving up the […]
How did a stalker anthem, a disco hit, and a song about a missing cat all end up on the same Blondie Parallel Lines record? This music documentary explores the chaotic and brilliant sessions that defined the band’s 1978 breakthrough and the stories behind the album’s top songs. We look […]
In 2001, David Bowie was recording an album on a mountaintop when history walked into the room. Between the initial session and the overdubs was September 11, 2001. Bowie’s output from those sessions was Heathen, the 2002 album that reunited David Bowie with producer Tony Visconti after 22 years apart. […]
While the world debated the Britpop rivalry between Oasis and Blur, a new and quite different band took the stage. Placebo seemed to come out of nowhere and appeared to be the antithesis of Britpop. Their song “Nancy Boy” in 1997 announced them as “the Filthiest Band in Britain” full […]
FensePost Vinyl Blog does a quick vinyl unboxing of the girl in red 7″ single “we fell in love in october” with “original demo” as the B-side. I share the difference between the 2020 pressing and the 2021 reissue. Get Your Copy (I earn from qualified purchases): * Single: https://amzn.to/3HnWXLp […]
What many fans consider The Smiths best song, “There is a Light That Never Goes Out,” was almost never a single at all. It sat as a deep cut on The Queen is Dead, the band’s 1986 masterpiece, for more than half a decade until 1992, five years after the […]
