U.S. Rocker
TagTwo decades ago Speak In Tongues closed; here’s SIX years of photos, clippings & stories from my collection in remembrance
The legendary Cleveland D.I.Y. venue was a crossroads for great musicians & artists—see artifacts that have never been online until now!
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.
U.S. Rocker writers’ favorite videos from the ’89-93 playlist
The highlights (& lowlights) revealed by U.S. Rocker writers, Cleveland musicians & fans.
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.
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!
I skipped the last Nirvana show to book my first concert—here are the recordings!
Sorry, Kurt. Craw and Boulder were the genesis of Monday Nights back in 1993—and their music has stood the test of time.
U.S. Rocker’s Brenda Mullen in her own words
Who was this maven of metal, this seer with a skinny cigarette? Brenda’s U.S. Rocker encouraged creativity in 1990s underground music culture…
U.S. Rocker’s Brenda Mullen has died
Brenda boosted the careers of countless underground bands, artists, writers & photographers with her influential and long-lived underground magazine…
1996 was the best SXSW ever: exclusive video, photos & more
Craw, Primitive (aka Sheilbound), Edsel, Throckmorton, The Frans—check out full interviews & never-before-seen images from the best Austin trip ever…
Recollections of Stephen Kasner, Artist
I’m sharing Kasner memories from Cleveland and Los Angeles, plus images and a U.S. Rocker that have never been online before…
Razak Solar System goes green for the Green Party at Speak In Tongues in 2000
The Green Party Of Ohio asked Razak Solar System, Viva Caramel, Brian Straw & a band aptly named “Bullshit” to play a Ralph Nader benefit…
Classic scene photos! U.S. Rocker’s Rock Explosion ’96 at Peabody’s DownUnder
See classic Karen Novak snaps of Buzz Boron & Duvalby Bros., Craw, Primitive, Red Giant, Biblical Proof of UFOs, Downside special & more…
‘Hypno drugnoise’ with Experimental Audio Research (aka Sonic Boom of Spaceman 3) & Bowery Electric at Speak In Tongues, 1996
I remember there were a LOT of photographers clicking away at this one. I printed one shot (see below). Afterward I lost the negatives. Ugh.
’96 party pix: Duvalby Bros. Sleepytime Medicine Band release with Philo Beddow, Downside Special & Biblical Proof Of UFOs
Aaron “Buzz” Boron & Duvalby Bros. were on fire at the Euclid Tavern—see Karen Novak photos from 1996…