Iggy Pop, sometimes called the “Godfather of Punk,” got his start as the front man for the Stooges, with three loud, abrasive, classic proto-punk albums spanning 1969-1973. His shirtless stage...
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Pioneers in industrial and electronic music, the music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle used transgressive music, lyrics, and visual imagery to shock and disturb. Fronted by Genesis P-Orridge, with...
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Television was one of the more intriguing bands to emerge from the New York punk and new wave scene of the mid- to late-‘70s. I don’t know how most folks...
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Singer and guitarist Lou Reed got his start in the Velvet Underground, alongside bass guitarist and violist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Maureen Tucker (plus, briefly, singer Nico)....
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One of the central figures in promoting the idea of the recording studio as an instrument, Brian Eno is simply one of the most influential musicians, composers, and producers in...
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Before he co-founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, John Cale got his start in New York playing with avant-garde classical composers John Cage and LaMonte Young. Cage’s ideas of...
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The Modern Lovers, in one short album—recorded over a series of sessions for different labels, not compiled and released until three years after the recording was finished and two years...
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There’s an awkward artlessness to Syd Barrett’s vocals and lyrics that his admirers find irresistibly endearing and which ordinary people will find too strange for comfort. As is typical, I…
It’s hard to talk about the Silver Apples in the context of the ‘60s, simply because they sound like nothing else of their time. Their unique blend of synthesizer and…
The Red Krayola was unappreciated in their day, but they certainly wouldn’t sound out of place in a slacker mix of ‘90s alt-rock. They released two albums in the late…
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