Tag Archives: Rob Thorne

A hard-hitting metallic quartet from Bethel, Connecticut, Sacred Oath pull from a deep well of metallic tradition, giving up a compelling amalgam of thrash, NWOBHM, and power metallic. Created in 1985 by Rob Thorne and Pete Altieri, both of whom had been in senior high school, the group lost short …

Perhaps one of the most underrated power pop rings from the ’80s, the Spongetones released several albums of effortlessly catchy electric guitar pop that captured the experience of ’60s Uk Invasion pop with remarkable precision and innocent attraction. While they hardly ever received much important or commercial interest, their music …

Ten years into his profession, Māori musician Rob Thorne turned his back again on rock and roll when he was introduced towards the taonga pūoro or “singing treasures,” ancient tools carved from real wood, stone, gourds, bone tissue, and seashells, that traditionally held a robust cultural and religious significance for …