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RELATED STORIES Despite Julie and the Phantoms being a TV show about rock ‘n’ roll ghosts, the Netflix comedy’s most pleasant surprise is neither musical nor supernatural. It’s the relationship between drummer Alex (played by Knight Squad‘s Owen Joyner), who is revealed to be openly gay in Episode 2, and fellow ghost Willie (played by […]
A couple of years ago, BBC One and AMC made waves with The Night Manager, an adaptation of author John le Carré‘s spy novel. Those networks saw the success of that show and jumped in on another le Carré adaptation, a 1970s-set thriller called The Little Drummer Girl. Oldboy director Chan-Wook Park marks his first entry […]
In her new memoir The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer’s Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the ’70s Rock Scene (out now from Backbeat Books), Laura Davis-Chanin tells the fascinating story of her journey through the late-‘70s NYC punk scene, where the drummer (then a mere 17 years old) immersed herself in the now-fabled world […]
Robots are all around us, controlling our computers, cars, chessboards and even our music — techno and electronica rely upon machines. But at least rock and its musical derivations are safe, right? Those steady beats will forever be safe from the robot class … until they’re not. Twenty years ago at the Electric Lounge, a […]
Manufacturers like Alfa Romeo and Toyota are trotting out Nürburgring-themed special editions like NRING and GRMN, but for Jaguar, it’s all about the NWOBHM. That’s New Wave of British Heavy Metal, for those who do not start their day with some ’80s hair metal turned up to 11. Jaguar is celebrating the venerable XJ sedan’s […]
Moog Music’s new Drummer From Another Mother is an analog synthesizer that makes twisted percussion sounds. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a568f0232a3cf2efe531a9e/master/pass/MoogSynthesizer-FeatureArt.jpg
Ronald Bruner Jr. grew up in a tough, Crips-plagued Los Angeles neighborhood between Compton and Watts. It was so dangerous, in fact, that he was not allowed to play in the front yard out of fear of catching a stray bullet. And yet, the sound of shots is hardly what stuck from his childhood. Instead, […]
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Clyde Stubblefield, the drummer known for his work with James Brown and who created one of the most sampled music pieces of all time, has died at 73. Hip-hop heads will recognize Stubblefield’s rhythm pattern from James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” in the music of artists like N.W.A. (“Fuck tha Police”), LL Cool J (“Mama Said […]
The iconic rock band haven’t played together since 2014, but could they be coming back to celebrate their 50th anniversary? The idea of a reunion has seemed far-fetched for a while, with David Gilmour apparently having retired. When asked about a Glastonbury reunion, Roger Waters said to Mason: “The last I heard, David retired. You […]
