Email Author John Blanco

1991 Stories by John Blanco

• TURNING HER BACK TO THE FUTURELAURIE ANDERSON STRIPS HER SMOKE AND MIRRORS DOWN TO A HUMAN VOICE

  published November 13, 1991

  There were mushrooming clouds of smoke, pulsating lights and video images of dancing cows and Tokyo commuters. Laurie Anderson's Gammage... More >>

• HOLES IN THE HEADLOCK UP THE CHIHUAHUA, HIDE THE POWER TOOLS--ALICE DONUT'S BACK IN TOWN

  published October 2, 1991

  "I killed a man in the ten items or less lane . . . /Get your hands off my astronaut Tang, you old bastard!" Murders in supermarket... More >>

• CHERCHEZ LES FEMMESTHE TRIO'S NEW ACOUSTIC-HEAVY ALBUM IS ITS BEST IN A LONG TIME

  published July 31, 1991

  Pretenders' front woman Chrissie Hynde was wandering the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one afternoon about a decade ago when she stumbled... More >>

• THE 'HOLE TRUTHAND NOTHING BUTT IT'S SPHINCTER SWIMWITH THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS

  published July 17, 1991

  It's long been argued that Texas boasts more psychos per capita than any other state in the union. A short roll call of Texas rockers... More >>

• MATE OF DEPRESSIONMORRISSEY'S MOOD REMAINS AS DARK AS AN ENGLISH FOG

  published June 5, 1991

  In 1987 a man stormed a Denver, Colorado, radio station and, at gunpoint, ordered a deejay to play the depressive pop of British... More >>

• ANTI-POP GOES HOLLYWOODTHE THROWING MUSES CATCH A RIDE ON THE MAINSTREAM

  published May 29, 1991

  If Webster's decided to include an entry for "anti-pop" in its next edition, the definition might go something like this: 1.... More >>

• HIPPYCHICKSTHE CUFF TWINS FIND A HOME IN SOHO

  published May 8, 1991

  Genetic duplicates are the latest rage in pop music. Groups like Nelson and the Triplets have effortlessly parlayed freak cell division... More >>

• NUN TOO SOONSISTERS OF MERCY GOTH RID OF THE BOMBAST

  published April 17, 1991

  If all the peeling Bauhaus stickers you see in cars' rear windshields prove anything, there are still a few die-hard goth-rock fans out... More >>

• THEY ONLY COME OUTAT NIGHT UNDERGROUND AND ON THE STREET, A DOWNTOWN SCENE STRUGGLES TO LIFE

  published April 10, 1991

  It's Saturday night at downtown's Silver Dollar Club, which, this particular evening, is hosting a Fish Dance. The club's been given a... More >>

• HAPPY ENTRAILS TO YOUFLESH FROM SEATTLE, TAD'S BUTCHER-BLOCK ROCK!

  published March 27, 1991

  They are a loud, crude, Jack Daniel's-guzzling band, with a lead singer that looks like Meat Loaf on steroids. In their home base of Seattle,... More >>

• STAYING KOOLSONIC YOUTH SURVIVES A MAJOR LABEL

  published March 20, 1991

  A couple of years back, Sonic Youth singer-bassist Kim Gordon interviewed L.L. Cool J for Spin magazine in an attempt to get a... More >>

• TURN THE BEAT AROUNDANTHRAX PUTS THE MOVES BACK INTO METAL

  published February 20, 1991

  Coming soon to your favorite cable-TV dance show: Anthrax? Don't be too surprised if you see New York's greasiest headbangers... More >>

• BURNIN' DOWNTHE HOUSE THE CHARLATANS UK REOPENTHE DOORS

  published February 13, 1991

  A few years ago, Manchester, England, was notorious for its underground acid-house clubs where young Brits gobbled X-tacy and other... More >>

• ARTSY ALLOYMETAL MEETS MELODY WITH KING'S X

  published January 30, 1991

  King's X singer-bassist Doug Pinnick is sitting in a greasy hotel coffee shop on East Van Buren, easily maintaining a low-profile despite his... More >>

• THE BELL-BOTTOM LINEA DECADE AFTER ITS START, REDD KROSS IS STILL IN SEVENTIES HEAVEN

  published January 9, 1991

  When Steven McDonald sees bell-bottom teens parading down L.A.'s Melrose strip, he can't help but feel responsible. After all, his band... More >>