Noise Rock shows its Pride: Japanther, Early Humans & Black Eyes in DC, 2002
20 years ago, New Lou Reeds’ Stephe DK, Coffinberry’s Nick Cross & I set out from Cleveland to see the best bands ever play Gay Pride…
Rest in power: Douglas Halbert—iconic BIRTH! performer, class act & friend
Here’s a remembrance of a great friend & performer gone way too soon. Updated with Doug’s memorial photos from L.A. & Denver.
9 Shocks Terror’s SoCal tour with Tony Erba & Jim Konya changed my life
Twenty years ago I roadied for perhaps the greatest thrash / hardcore band this planet has ever known, 9 Shocks Terror…
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Rupaul’s Dragcon 2022 recap: This is the way America is supposed to werk
When people come together for something they love—10 gazillion drag queens!—to love what they love together, it’s really powerful.
An oral history of Junking Theory, one of 1999’s greatest bands
In this debut “Noise Rock Nugget” we examine a classic Speak In Tongues band featuring Bobby, Raphi, Danny and Dave…
Experimental folk singer Brian Straw talks new music, sobriety & Speak In Tongues
Brian Straw’s revelatory “Baby Stars / Dead Languages” channels the rebellion and slop of youth into a spare and supernatural new form.
Hardcore legend Tony Erba needs your help
Give what you can—Parma’s greatest natural resource must rise again! 9 Shocks Terror, Face Value, GSMF… Tony’s the best of the best.
Behold the new Pehrspace—check out new music from Cupid & Psyche this Friday
Pehrspace kicks off at 2220 Arts + Archive with Cupid & Psyche, a new project from Abe Vigoda’s Juan Velasquez & Michael Vidal.
Here’s my entire collection of Speak In Tongues photos, clippings & stories
The legendary Cleveland D.I.Y. venue was a crossroads for great musicians & artists—see artifacts that have never been online until now!
Duvalby Brothers singer Buzz Boron has left us a legacy of incredible music
Buzz’s songwriting and performances with the Duvalby Bros. both define and transcend the ’90s post-Grunge time period. He will be missed.
L.A.’s Top 10 underground Halloween concert parties of the 2000s
Go into the mouth of Halloween madness with the artists, musicians, thinkers, doers & fans that make Los Angeles great. Check out the photos!
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Watch: The year Jack E. Jett celebrated Halloween on TV five times with weird celebrities galore (& Sandra Bernhard too)
Halloween is gay Christmas with Butch Patrick, Glen Meadmore, Selene Luna, James St. James & more…
L.A.’s all-star Halloween Covers Night explained by creator Sean Johnson & the Monolators
It’s trick or treat for underground bands as they assume musical alter-egos for one night, like the Sparks cover band Tips for Teens, which I got to play with!
Listen: No Wave icon Lydia Lunch & Sean Carnage talk music, sex and life on the underground scene
It’s not often one gets the chance to spill the ol’ guts to a legend. So when Lydia Lunch calls, that’s a big freaking deal.
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U.S. Rocker writers’ favorite videos from the ’89-93 playlist
The highlights (& lowlights) revealed by U.S. Rocker writers, Cleveland musicians & fans.
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An oral history of U.S. Rocker—Ohio’s greatest rock magazine, Pt. I: The early years 1989-93
The story behind the #1 free metal, punk & underground music magazine, told by the folks who started it.
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All 101 issues of legendary ’90s underground music magazine U.S. Rocker are now online
U.S. Rocker, the greatest hard rock magazine to ever come out of Ohio, is available once more. For free. Like it’s the 1990s all over again!
Fourteen astounding facts about 14 Year Old Girls—plus Pehrspace movie first look!
After fourteen years in a time warp, L.A.’s Nintendo punks are back thanks to VGA Zine—and a new movie.
That time RuPaul chewed me out on the red carpet in front of Kylie Sonique Love & Pandora Boxx
RuPaul teaches Sean the meaning of “If you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready” in front of Drag Race All-Stars Season 6 queens Pandora Boxx and Sonique…
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A Pride month must-see: The Rise & Fall of the Hottest Gay Magazines Ever
Mandate, Honcho, Inches & Playguy publisher George Mavety is an unsung hero of the great gay awakening of 1970s and ’80s culture. Made in cooperation with ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at USC.