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Obtaining it hard to use his B.A. in British to his earlier careers — VD medical center clerk and drummer — the deadpan, occasionally doe-eyed Todd Barry approved his destiny and considered standup humor in 1987. Bronx-born and bred, Barry was raised a lover of Steve Martin, George Carlin, and …

Described by devotees as “the very best strap you never heard about,” the Embarrassment also keeps the distinction to be Wichita, KS’ most influential strap. The group’s eclectic however distinctive sound covered a post-punk strategy and a deadpan love of life around pop, nation, disco, and metallic elements, crafting tracks …

The Dillinger Get away Strategy create maniacally intense, crushingly metallic, and decidedly hardcore punk-infused jazz-time-signature-invoking compositions displaying an unrivaled music bravery, precision musicianship, meticulously thought-out and complex structuring, and rigorous physical endurance. The band’s guitarists and drummer are regular features in magazines aimed toward the acoustic guitar- and drum-playing arranged. …

The Deceased Kennedys merged revolutionary politics with hardcore punk music and, along the way, became among the defining hardcore bands. Frequently, they were even more notable because of their politics than their music, but that was component of their influence. The Kennedys had been even more inspired by United kingdom …

Following the quick dissolution of David & David in the mid-’80s, David Baerwald began a solo career, launching his solo debut, Bedtime Tales, in 1990. Much like David & David’s lone record, it had been an record of deceptively laid-back pop; the relaxed production and simple, unforgettable melodies hid the …

Few rings have opposed rock star status so vehemently and divided all barriers between group and audience so thoroughly as ’80s punkers the Minutemen, led by singer/guitarist D. Benefit. Created Dennes Dale Benefit on Apr 1, 1958, in San Pedro, CA, he and years as a child friend Mike Watt …

In his 1999 memoir, An end to Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage, Joe Jackson writes approvingly of George Gershwin being a musician who kept one foot in the favorite and one in the classical realms of music. Like Gershwin, Jackson possesses a restless musical creativity that has discovered him straddling musical …

Those acquainted with Dr. Demento definitely understand Barnes & Barnes, the comic parodists who increased to popularity in 1978 using the Chipmunk-inspired “Seafood Minds,” touting the merits of the — uh, delicacy. Various other albums contain equivalent quirky materials. Who are Barnes & Barnes? LA musician Robert Haimer and Billy …

Among the highest-voltage punk serves going to the Midwest in the later ’80s, the Laughing Hyenas matched the thudding grind from the Stooges using the bluesy, scuzzed-up post-punk from the PARTY and Pussy Galore. Initially, the band specific in loud dirges overlaid using the tortuous, throat-shredding vocals of frontman John …

Predicated on their root base and their hometown, it isn’t astonishing that Chicago’s Joan of Arc mix post-rock’s atmospherics and punk’s volume and dynamics. Vocalist/guitarist Tim Kinsella, drummer Mike Kinsella, and bassist Sam Zurick originated from the emocore music group Cap’n Jazz; when that music group split up, the trio …