February 24, 2024
Biography
Inspired with the Velvet Underground (especially lead vocalist Bob Pfeifer) as well as the angst-ridden post-punk of Pleasure Division, Human Switchboard debuted in 1977 with an EP made by Pere Ubu’s David Thomas. Individual Switchboard Live premiered by the music group three years afterwards (though it resembles a bootleg), and …
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January 27, 2024
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Although various other Northeast Ohio post-punk and New Wave acts continued to better success and notoriety — Devo, Pere Ubu as well as the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde all spring immediately to mind — few were as essential to the scene’s longevity and impact as the Bizarros; the first Akron music …
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January 4, 2024
Biography
The Rock and roll & Move Hall of Popularity in Cleveland, OH, doesn’t have a particular annex for Jim Jones, but really must. Since common brands are destined to cause dilemma, it should instantly be mentioned that is not due to the Kool-Aid-serving cult head whose lurid Jonestown massacre was …
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November 10, 2023
Biography
The experimental art rock studio collective the Reserve of Knots met up in the spring of 2003 around Matthias Bossi, Joel Hamilton, and Tony Maimone (the final two also run the Studio room G recording studio together). Structured out of Brooklyn, the collective’s people’ réamountés were currently rather impressive, all …
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November 7, 2023
Biography
While Nick Cave’s music has evolved from the harrowing post-punk wail from the Birthday Party towards the eloquent and frequently poetic approach he explored for the albums The Boatman’s Call no More Shall We Spend the his group the Bad Seeds, the troublemaking sound vendor of his youth hasn’t entirely …
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October 28, 2023
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The brainchild of Ferndale, Michigan graphic designer Shawn Knight, Kid Bite is a hardcore punk/art rock-band fueled by tension. As an intense, modern undertake Pere Ubu, Knight doesn’t sing just as much as he yelps, flails, and shouts. Also offering business lead guitarist Zach Norton, bassist Sean Clancy, and drummer …
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October 10, 2023
Biography
Pere Ubu emerged through the metropolitan wastelands of mid-’70s Cleveland to impact the American underground for generations to check out; led by hulking frontman David Thomas, whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics continued to be the band’s innovative concentrate throughout their lengthy, convoluted profession, Ubu’s protean artwork punk audio …
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September 30, 2023
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Motivated by hometown heroes Pere Ubu, Cleveland’s Loss of life of Samantha attempted avant-new wave punk through the mid-’80s, but shifted to more straight-ahead alternative rock and roll later on in the decade. Shaped by vocalist/guitarist John Petkovic, guitarist Doug Gillard, and drummer Steve-O, the group documented several singles because …
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September 19, 2023
Biography
What is it possible to say in regards to a scuzzy couple of troublemakers, who used stone as method of venting their seemingly endless irritation, boredom, and hatred upon an unsuspecting community? Think about, “Great, do they make any information?” The Electric powered Eels may are already the biggest couple …
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September 16, 2023
Biography
Purveying a music squarely located on the more brutal end from the hardcore punk rock and roll spectrum, Clawhammer had been formed in LA, California, USA, in the mid-80s, acquiring their name from a Captain Beefheart lyric. Amongst their first produces was a track-by-track cover record cassette of Devo’s Q: …
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