Alternative Music

Taiwan Film Days Newest S.F. Film Society Series

SFFS Program Brings Recent Films From Ang Lee's Birthplace Taiwan Film Days, a three-day November showcase sponsored by the S.F. Film Society, brings to San Francisco the newest films from a relatively unknown Asian cinema. The...

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Gothic Teen Myths & Misconceptions

Why do Teenagers Wear Black Clothes? Gothic or 'goth' clothing, an eccentric style first created in the 1980s, remains popular with children and adults; as a subcultural fashion trend, it's here to stay. Wearing Black Doesn't...

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Where the Bad '80s Has a Niche

YEARS ago, my clique habituated a Lower East Side restaurant called Hat (translated from El Sombrero for N.Y.C. natives). The enchiladas were O.K.; the main attractions were the cheap margaritas, the salsa jukebox and the...

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Battered on wedding day for being a goth: Yobs attack bride in black

Goth bride Lucy Emmingham spent her wedding night in hospital after being attacked by jeering yobs. Pink-haired Lucy, 21, who was married in black on Halloween, was pushed down concrete steps, punched and knocked unconscious....

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The day the hardcore punk music (almost) died

Sorry for your loss. It did not take long on the computer to learn the terrible news: Chuck Biscuits was dead. At age 15, Chuck Biscuits became D.O.A.'s original drummer. When not included, the comment section would invariably...

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Devo's Mutant Music Returns, This Time With Weirdo Rugs

The new wave pioneers hit the road as remastered (dare we say "evolved"?) versions of their seminal recordings land in stores. Their secret weapon for world domination: Fittingly bizarre floor coverings that spring straight...

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More Than This: The Story Of Roxy Music

The Charge "Oh oh catch that buzz Love is the drug I'm thinking of Oh oh can't you see Love is the drug for me." -- "Love is the Drug" The Case Rock 'n' Roll has never really seen the likes of Roxy Music, before or even since;...

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Ex-Slits Guitarist Viv Albertine Returns to Music After 25 Years

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Viv Albertine , the former guitarist of the British punk band the Slits , went on a long hiatus from music after the group's split in the early '80s. Working in...

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Tonight In Rock: Devo, Silversun Pickups, Port O'Brien, Daedelus

Port O'Brien will be performing tonight at the Echo | Photo by Lindsey Byrnes via Port O'Brien's Myspace Our Pick: Port O'Brien, The Parson Red Heads, Evangelicals @ The Echo Tonight legendary Akron-based new wave act Devo (...

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Grunge

Characteristics: ← Older revision Revision as of 21:51, November 3, 2009 Line 6: Line 6: ==Musical Style== ==Musical Style== ===Characteristics=== ===Characteristics=== + '''VERY VERY LOUD''' + ===Historical Movements===...

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