The Runaways
Jack White, Alice Cooper, John Brannon, Tom Morello, Primal Scream & more pay tribute to MC5's Wayne Kramer
Billy Bragg, The Feelies, Steve Stevens, Vernon Reid, HEALTH, and more also pay tribute to the MC5 founder who died today.
Turner Classic Movies showing films with ABBA, The Who, David Bowie, 'Sid & Nancy' & more in July
Turner Classic Movies’ monthly TCM Spotlight series in July is featuring ’Rock on Film’ on Mondays, with ’Sid & Nancy,’ ’The Harder They Come,’ Mick Jagger’s ‘Performance,‘ ’Breakin,’ ’Pink Floyd: The Wall,‘ ‘ABBA the Movie‘ & more
watch the "Flatten the Curve" video ft. mems of Minutemen, Runaways, Redd Kross, more
“Flatten the Curve” features over 30 musicians, including Mike Watt, Cherie Currie (Runaways), Steve McDonald (Redd Kross), Eddie Spaghetti (The Supersuckers), Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), Josie Cotton, Tony Reflex (Adolescents), and Ben Weasel (Screeching Weasel).
mems of Minutemen, Runaways, Redd Kross, Adolescents & tons of other punk vets team for COVID-19 benefit single
The benefit single features Mike Watt, Cherie Currie, Steve McDonald (Redd Kross), Eddie Spaghetti (The Supersuckers), Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), Josie Cotton, Tony Reflex (Adolescents), Ben Weasel (Screeching Weasel), and many more.
13 great punk and rock documentaries to stream right now
From Rush to The Damned, from Decline of Western Civilization to ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ here are a baker’s dozen of great rock docs you can stream on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Tubi & other places right now.
Joan Jett's music is now on Spotify & Apple Music (and she has a new song)
Joan is also releasing a soundtrack for the new ‘Bad Reputation’ film, including a new Joan Jett & the Blackhearts song, her version of The Replacements’ ”Androgynous” with Laura Jane Grace and Miley Cyrus, and more.
NPR's 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).
Record Store Day announces 2016 exclusive titles
This year’s RSD exclusives include David Bowie picture discs, a vinyl pressing of the famed ‘C-86’ comp, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, and lots, lots, lots, more.
Kim Fowley, RIP
Rolling Stone reports the sad news:Runaways producer and notorious L.A. music legend Kim Fowley has died. In recent months, he had been undergoing cancer treatments, though no cause of death has been announced…
Cherie Currie on tour, played NYC & Long Island, covered Lou Reed and David Bowie (pics, videos, setlist & Joan Jett)
Former Runaways singer Cherie Currie is seemingly getting closer to the release of her long-awaited solo album, but ahead of that she’s on a solo tour which began in NYC at Gramercy Theatre last week (11/6)…