Band Profile – Cherubs
“If distortion cranked to the max and blasted out with all the subtlety of an Uzi is your idea of a good time, then this second chunk of aural shrapnel …
Band Profile – Jawbox
MySpace Page [nextpage title=”Biography” ] Washington, DC Jawbox were the first act to leave Ian McKaye’s run Dischord Records for a major label (Atlantic, in this case). A move to …
Band Profile – Chrome
Associated Entries – Helios Creed [nextpage title=”Biography” ] Much like their San Francisco peers (Tuxedomoon, Flipper) sci-fi influenced Chrome were intent on doing things their way. While technically they can …
Artist Profile – James Plotkin
Guitarist/bassist James Plotkin first came onto the music scene with his band Old Lady Drivers (also known as OLD), a curious little band that started out as a noisy grindcore …
Band Profile – Ulver
Ulver is obviously not a black metal band and does not wish to be stigmatized as such. We acknowledge the relation of part I & III of the Trilogie (Bergtatt …
Band Profile – Isis
[nextpage title=”Biography” ] With the success/critical acclaim that they achieved, Boston, MA (and, currently, Los Angeles) based Isis rushed in the era of acceptance of bands that combined ferocity of …
Band Profile – Cutthroats 9
[nextpage title=”Biography” ] By the mid 90s, New York band Unsane significantly raised their profile when MTV started playing a video for their song “Scrape” on a regular basis. At …
Band Profile – Slint
[nextpage title=”Biography” ] Slint is/was one of the bands whose popularity grew immensely after their break-up, despite the fact that the band released only two full-lengths and an EP (released …
Band Profile – Rapeman
[nextpage title=”Biography” ] Controversially named Rapeman was an extremely short-lived band formed in the late 80s by Steve Albini’s after the break-up of Big Black. Their name was based on …
Band Profile – Swans
[nextpage title=”Biography” ] Along with Sonic Youth and lesser known bands like Rat At Rat R, Swans represented a darker side of New York music scene in the 80s. While …