3 posts tagged ‘punk rock’
Fender's new Tom Delonge Strat is out of this world, in more ways than one
Boing Boing,
Noted UFOlogist Tom Delonge recently rejoined his teenage pop-punk band, Blink-182, and to celebrate the occasion, Fender has released a new version of his old signature guitar, which became a bit of a coveted collectors item due to its reputation as a solid workhorse rock n' roll guitar. — Read the rest
Forget pop music, Macula Dog is replacing your brain with a computer
Macula Dog, the ever-evolving project of two NYC-based musicians who don't claim that title, is the kind of band that makes you forget that pop music is alive and well. It supplants the idea that the marriage of a 4/4 time signature and discernible lyrics are what make for agreeable music. — Read the rest
Revisiting the Clash's American debut: The 45th anniversary of "Give 'Em Enough Rope"
Today marks the 45th anniversary of "the only band that matters'" second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope. Released on November 19, 1978, it was the Clash's first album in the United States (the eponymously titled first album, The Clash, hit American record store shelves on July 24, 1979, with 100,000 copies as an import in the interim). — Read the rest