For Those About to "Rock"
It's all about context. Genuine Jersey Shore hair-metal bands are
kind of sad. But a group of New York City wiseacres pretending to
be a Jersey Shore hair-metal band? That's comedy gold. Or at least
comedy bronze. In August, Satanicide--whose over-the-top songs and
dim-witted stage demeanor flawlessly evoke heavy metal's
heyday--opened for Mr. Brownstone, a Guns N' Roses cover band, at
Manhattan's Tribeca Rock Club. Here's how they rocked.
By Alex Pappademas; Spin Staff 10.27.03 4:00 AM
It's all about context. Genuine Jersey Shore hair-metal bands are
kind of sad. But a group of New York City wiseacres pretending to
be a Jersey Shore hair-metal band? That's comedy gold. Or at least
comedy bronze. In August, Satanicide--whose over-the-top songs and
dim-witted stage demeanor flawlessly evoke heavy metal's
heyday--opened for Mr. Brownstone, a Guns N' Roses cover band, at
Manhattan's Tribeca Rock Club. Here's how they rocked.
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The Used, 'Maybe Memories' (Reprise)
By Alex Pappademas 08.05.03 3:00 AM
’Nuff respect to the other talented, hard-working, heavily pierced young men of the Used, but it’s all about Bert McCracken. Flaunting a loose-cannon glower somewhere between Jack Black’s and Kurt Cobain’s, venting the torments of his soul while spewing the contents of his stomach, he’s rock’s premier Utah spazz.
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SPIN Record Guide: Essential Glam Rock
The sun was setting on the British Empire. The rush of the
free-love 1960s had ground to a decadent slog. What was a young
rocker to do? Throw on some platform boots and a whole lot of
lipstick and turn it up to 11. The pumping pomp of ’70s glam
helped invent punk and ’80s pop metal, all in one fell
swoosh.
By Alex Pappademas; Spin Staff 08.05.03 3:00 AM
The sun was setting on the British Empire. The rush of the
free-love 1960s had ground to a decadent slog. What was a young
rocker to do? Throw on some platform boots and a whole lot of
lipstick and turn it up to 11. The pumping pomp of ’70s glam
helped invent punk and ’80s pop metal, all in one fell
swoosh.
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Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighting clan have battled drugs,
depression, and the hurricane that is Courtney Love. But could all
this torment somehow make One by One their ultimate sonic
achievement? America's most famous ex-drummer candidly discusses
the future of the Foo
By Alex Pappademas; Spin Staff 07.23.03 3:00 AM
Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighting clan have battled drugs,
depression, and the hurricane that is Courtney Love. But could all
this torment somehow make One by One their ultimate sonic
achievement? America's most famous ex-drummer candidly discusses
the future of the Foo
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Bands to Watch: Sahara Hotnights
Who:
Super-badass, all-girl, glam-punk quartet
Super-badass, all-girl, glam-punk quartet
By Alex Pappademas; Spin Staff 07.23.03 3:00 AM
Where they're from:
Robertsfors, a small town in northern Sweden
What they sound like:
Sleater-Kinney (minus the angst) busting the Runaways out of juvie and peeling off in a 1974 Camaro Z28
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Rock 101: Linkin Park
This one time, at band camp--okay, it was actually Ozzfest
2001, but it really felt like being at camp, and there were bands
there, and it was summer--this huge spider bit Linkin Park's
Chester Bennington on the ass. Bennington is one of Linkin Park's
two singers, the one who does the real singing and most of the
screaming. The spider was, like, a black widow or something. The
welt--which Bennington shows off, with a mix of pride and terror,
on Linkin Park's best-selling DVD Frat Party at the Pankake
Festival--is awe-inspiring in a Jackass kind of way:
black and blue and about the size of an orange.
By Alex Pappademas; Spin Staff 07.08.03 3:00 AM
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