Urge Overlooked
Published on January 30th, 2008 in: Issues, Music, Retrovirus, We Miss The Nineties |By Michael Row
There was once a band from Hawthorne, California called REDD KROSS. Ever hear of them?? They were this wildly fun & funny punk/pop/rock group who dug CHEAP TRICK a heck of a lot. And they liked to get dressed up. Oh man, did they ever.
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Married and Buried: Punk As A Four-Letter Word, Part One
Published on January 30th, 2008 in: Issues, Music, Retrovirus, We Miss The Nineties |By Less Lee Moore
When others become misty-eyed with nineties nostalgia, I never know what to say. I’ve often felt like my memories of the decade are far removed from theirs. Although I liked some of the so-called “grunge” music, I resented the media co-opting of the word in an attempt to cash in on youth culture. It’s only recently that I started to feel like I may have been more attuned to the zeitgeist than I realized.
“DEVO SUCKS—DIE”
Published on November 29th, 2007 in: Issues, Music, Retrovirus |By Christian Lipski
Can you really cut someone in half with a shotgun? I mean, would the blast (assuming both barrels) really sever all the bone and muscle and those other bits all at once, or would it at best just put a wet, meaty hole in your midsection only big enough to push a lunchbox through?
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