Harmonia was described by Brian Eno as the “most important rock group”. But you originally wanted to bring Roedelius and Moebius into Neu! at the time? When NEU! was invited to do a tour in the UK in 1973, Klaus Dinger and I faced the problem that we needed musicians to help us put our …
Noel Scott Engel a.k.a. Scott Walker was born on January 9, 1943 in the midwestern United States. His ancestry on his father’s side was German- the meaning of the surname “Engel” is “angel”, echoed later in his song “Angels of Ashes”- and his ancestry on his mother’s side was French. The meaning of her surname …
I was born on May 15, 1948 in the small town of Melton in Suffolk, England. I studied painting at the nearby Ipswich Civic College and at the Winchester School of Art from 1966-1969. I explored abstract expressionist painting and wrote poetry. 1975. I was walking across a crowded intersection and was struck by a …
I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer. Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Idiot In the middle of the 1970s, David Bowie and Iggy Pop were both struggling with the demons of their drug addictions. Iggy …
When Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis hung himself, his body was discovered with Iggy Pop’sThe Idiot still spinning on his turntable. The choice made sense, as the record directly inspired the dreary post-punk that Joy Division was beloved for. It’s odd then, that The Idiot was actually a stylistic detour for Iggy, an outlier …
or: The Most Bizarre David Bowie Cover of All Times This is the untold story of a genre that puts goth, emo and all other sad and desperate musical styles world-wide to shame. The story of songs of which some were banned from the Turkish public broadcaster in the 70s and 80s, because they “glorified …
All societies have their points of least resistance, their wounds. Put your finger on the wound, and press down hard. Michel Houellebecq, To Stay Alive The adolescent years are crucial for the development of your spiritual and intellectual lineage, and your future track along it. You are and will always remain what you read and …
People had suspected it for years. But in 1972, the release of two albums made it official: there were aliens living on Earth. The first of these grand announcements may have been the least shocking of the two. David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. People had long suspected Bowie of being …
Today is the 15th anniversary of the epic Funeral, the debut album of the Canadian band Arcade Fire. What we have here is one of those very rare cases in which a debut album turns out to be an instant classic, an explosion of superlative talent and creativity, a work that can’t be surpassed by …
March 24 is the birthday of two of the most legendary bassists in music history: Carol Kaye and Holger Czukay. Carol Kaye was a rarity in the male-dominated Hollywood industry of the 1960s- a female musician who could outperform most of her male counterparts. She was the go-to bassist for Los Angeles studio sessions and …
