Shifting From Punk To Goth: The Damned’s Phantasmagoria
The punk veterans The Damned had slipped into a brutal crisis when their figurehead, Captain Sensible, quit the…
Song Stories: New Order’s Blue Monday
When New Order released Blue Monday in 1983, no one suspected that the song would one day develop into the best-selling 12" of all time. Especially because the intention behind the song was a rather different one.
Breaking Genre Boundaries: Talking Heads’ Remain In Light
With their fourth album The Talking Heads are experimenting with African-influenced polyrhythm, rock steady and the rap of Fela Kuti.