Tag: Rock
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Sunday Sabotage
Click or not: Sunday SabotageThe legacy of the Beastie Boys can’t be underestimated. Hip hoppers with their roots firmly set in punk, who could actually play instruments. Here they Sabotage Letterman in 94, thrashing the best one-chord song ever written, with a fuzzed-out bass blitz from Yauch, a Mike D drum demolition and a ton of Ad Rock attitude… …
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Descent Into The Maelstrom
Click or not: Descent Into The MaelstromDiscovering Radio Birdman just that bit too late in the early 80s was both a blessing and a huge disappointment to me. Blessed that Australia’s pre-eminent ‘punk’ band actually existed, disappointed that somehow they had been largely ignored and weren’t even able to be recognised as an underground or alternative band in the same way… …
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The Day Peace, Love And The Music Died
Click or not: The Day Peace, Love And The Music DiedSetting out to watch Gimme Shelter, you don’t expect to experience anything more than a concert film of a band at their peak, thriving in a time of comparative innocence. Of course there was a lot of social upheaval happening at the turn of the 60s; Vietnam, civil rights and the misguided hippy culture which… …
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The Rock That Saved Wairoa
Click or not: The Rock That Saved WairoaBefore this week’s big news, the privilege of riding the trails at Wairoa Gorge was something that had to be battled for once a year. If you were one of the select builders who worked on their development, maybe a bit more than that. Securing an entry to the Dodzy Memorial Enduro was the only… …
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Alternative Love Blueprint
Click or not: Alternative Love BlueprintIt’s been a bone of contention that’s been going on for 50 years or more; where and how did punk music start? Who was the most influential alternative band, what scene spawned the first truly rebellious bands who flew in the face of convention and forged a path for the plethora of great musicians and personalities… …
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Gimme Danger
Click or not: Gimme DangerThe Stooges were pure Raw Power, and at the eye of the maelstrom was of course Iggy Pop. To attempt to tame him, and them, well it couldn’t be taken on by any mere mortal, and so the torrent of rage continued on until, well, it’s still swirling today. As far as filmmakers capable of capturing the decades… …
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Sunday Stones
Click or not: Sunday StonesImagine one of the world’s biggest bands trying to hold a free concert in a major city with half a million people in attendance today. We will never see this again. No $200 tickets, no fighting, no moshing, no selfies, no tension, no body fat, no riots. This is how the world was in 1969.… …