You’ve waited four long weeks for this, I know you have. Yes, it’s time again for more local reviews, kids. Get em while they’re hot. By the way, I don’t know if we’re running out of bands that actually have tapes or folks just aren’t sending anything in because they’ve…

Cannibal Corpse The Bleeding (Metal Blade) In the press release accompanying this unrelenting piece of shit, the group’s “vocalist” Chris Barnes says the titles of his “songs” tell you exactly what each one is about. He’s not kidding; just get a load of these choice cuts: “Force Fed Broken Glass,”…

“The Knack are back and they’re beautiful.” So trumpeted the trade ads for the power-pop group’s second release, . . . But the Little Girls Understand, way back in 1980. Although that album went on to sell two million copies, it was widely viewed as a failure because it yielded…

When Johnny Rotten first walked into Malcolm McLaren’s life, Rotten was wearing a torn Pink Floyd tee shirt with the words “I Hate” in magic marker scrawled all over it. Maybe you’re of a similar persuasion these days, even if you own several Floyd albums. Or maybe, like the sleazy…

Another month of mail has found its way into the Screed box, and after sorting through all the gift cheeses, complimentary cases of wine and suspicious packages that tick like an insomniac’s heart, I’ve come up with a gaggle of local submissions. As usual, the energetic and talented Serene Dominic…

Another month of mail has found its way into the Screed box, and after sorting through all the gift cheeses, complimentary cases of wine and suspicious packages that tick like an insomniac’s heart, I’ve come up with a gaggle of local submissions. As usual, the energetic and talented Serene Dominic…

Another month of mail has found its way into the Screed box, and after sorting through all the gift cheeses, complimentary cases of wine and suspicious packages that tick like an insomniac’s heart, I’ve come up with a gaggle of local submissions. As usual, the energetic and talented Serene Dominic…

A February issue of Billboard magazine asked, “Is Nashville Ready for Bob Woodruff?” Sure, he’s from New York, but he’s not the fast-talking, big-city heathen such a query might imply. Woodruff is simply delivering country music so straight down the middle and true to his influences–guys like Hank Williams, Merle…

A February issue of Billboard magazine asked, “Is Nashville Ready for Bob Woodruff?” Sure, he’s from New York, but he’s not the fast-talking, big-city heathen such a query might imply. Woodruff is simply delivering country music so straight down the middle and true to his influences–guys like Hank Williams, Merle…

A February issue of Billboard magazine asked, “Is Nashville Ready for Bob Woodruff?” Sure, he’s from New York, but he’s not the fast-talking, big-city heathen such a query might imply. Woodruff is simply delivering country music so straight down the middle and true to his influences–guys like Hank Williams, Merle…

A February issue of Billboard magazine asked, “Is Nashville Ready for Bob Woodruff?” Sure, he’s from New York, but he’s not the fast-talking, big-city heathen such a query might imply. Woodruff is simply delivering country music so straight down the middle and true to his influences–guys like Hank Williams, Merle…

All right. I begged you to send in tapes, and here, at last, are a few opinions. If you submitted something and it isn’t mentioned, don’t despair. There’ll be more to come. Mention the Piersons to anyone who’s heard of them and you’ll usually get this response: “Oh yeah, they’re…

All right. I begged you to send in tapes, and here, at last, are a few opinions. If you submitted something and it isn’t mentioned, don’t despair. There’ll be more to come. Mention the Piersons to anyone who’s heard of them and you’ll usually get this response: “Oh yeah, they’re…

You may think Bo Diddley’s rich. You may think Bo Diddley inhabits a Jaggeresque world of limos, laughs and luxury. You may think his membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame secures him universal credit for his contributions to the music. If you do, you’re wrong. “My life…

Once again, we take a look at what a few local humans liked and didn’t like in the music world this year. From fabulous celebrities such as Charles Barkley and Barry Goldwater to everyday folks you may have seen at your local Circle K or topless bar (Dave and Mariah,…

For as long as there has been a Ramones, there have been critics calling it a three-chord, one-joke band. Maybe so, but it’s a joke that works; 1994 marks the 20th anniversary of the quartet’s inception as ber group of the New York underground. Over the years, the Ramones have…

Good things come in small packages, as the saying goes, but at Christmastime, big packages look a whole lot better under a tree than little ones do. Back in the old days, when Santa left a 12×12 LP, it was a mouth-watering sight the next morning. Sure, CDs may sound…

So you think rock n’ roll has fostered some pretty rough characters, eh? Some real wicked mothers, huh? Forget about it. Frank Sinatra did it bigger, badder, more atrociously and with more inspired outrage than any mere rock upstart. And he did it first, blazing a trail for the wanton…