"Surfin' Bird" will live forever in the warped consciousness of Cleveland. The demented ditty by the Trashmen was made famous by Ghoulardi, who played it on his TV show in the 1960s. (Decades later, "Surfin' Bird" was covered by the Ramones and the Cramps.)
The Haddonfields' Get a Nightlife is a no-muss, no-fuss affair: The Edwardsville band crams seven songs of streamlined pop-punk into a fourteen-minute EP. The four fellows in the band have an obvious Ramones jones (the patron saints of all two-minute punk songs), but the Haddonfields add a little De
Sometimes even reluctant rock stars have to work for it. Not until "Heavy Metal Drummer," the penultimate number of Wilco's ragged-but-right set at the 9:30 club Tuesday night, did a woman (we assume) throw her bra at frontman Jeff Tweedy. The gesture was probably more an endorsement of the tune --
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Loyal following makes band the people's choice Freehold resident Jim Garcia brings fun to Nerds shows BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Jim Garcia seems like a typical family man living in Freehold Township. But on Aug. 15, 1985 something happened that changed his life.
It was Nov. 3, 1983, and there onstage at the Ontario theater, the faded Washington, D.C., movie palace, was X, touring behind its best album yet, More Fun in the New World . Sitting behind the drums was the boyish, curly-headed D.J. Bonebrake.
Jim Garcia seems like a typical family man living in Freehold Township. But onAug. 15, 1985, something happened that changed his life. Ever since that day, whenever he goes to work he becomes - a Nerd! And his family couldn't be prouder.
Bad wigs and drug-addled gun-waving misogynistic rages (allegedly) aside, Phil Spector is without question one of the most distinguished titans in the history of contemporary music.
Punk's Not Dead is a vintage collage that takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios and stadium shows where the punk rock culture continues to thrive. The film features an abundance of interviews, performances from the Circle Jerks and Offspring, and behind-the-scenes excursions with the bands, their labels, the fans and press who keep punk music alive.
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