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 …
Remember when nothing tops the excitement of the latest release from a hottest new band? Ripping past the sleeve plastic. Denting the cover sleeve from your enthusiasm. Touching the vinyl grooves directly with your fingers and slamming that album on your parents turntable. All done with the skill and precision of a butcher. Fuck it! …
Sonic Youth, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, REM, Minutemen, Elastica, Black Flag, Johnny Marr, the Feelies, Guided by Voices, Ladytron, Minor Threat, Fischerspooner, Bloc Party, Low, Ministry, and almost everyone on the planet with a set of ears who was ever in a band, has been influenced by them. Yet, they remain unknown …
On June 15, 1979, a totally unique, enigmatic and disturbing album was about to see the light and leave its mark as one of the best albums ever made. Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English band Joy Division. Today, the album continues to receive constant praise from the critics and the public, …
And do you remember? When too much time was mine… When I was a teenager, I liked nothing better of a Friday evening than lying on my bed, listening to Bauhaus. Periodically my father would fling open the bedroom door and – his oft-professed atheism notwithstanding – forcefully instruct me to ‘turn that bloody racket …
