For me, at least, Morrissey has always walked a fine line. His mopey crooning can be incredibly affecting, or it can veer toward maudlin. The two keys to success seem...
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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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Mid-‘70s, Dave Edmunds found himself playing a prominent role among the back-to-basics crowd of the UK pub rock scene, producing such pub rock pioneers as Ducks Deluxe and Brinsley Schwarz,...
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Nick Lowe is perhaps best known for his work as a producer; his extensive production discography includes a handful of Elvis Costello’s most acclaimed albums, some of Graham Parker’s most...
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The raucous, charged rock and roll of Dr. Feelgood comes straight out of the mid-‘70s UK pub rock scene. The rhythm and beat drive these songs like very few others...
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Neo-psychedelic rocker Robyn Hitchcock got his start in the Soft Boys, who came to relative prominence (meaning, not much at all) during the explosion of post-punk and new wave bands...
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XTC were for a time the kings of UK new wave quirk. (From an American point of view, they were a little like a less robotic, UK version of Devo—only...
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Elvis Costello came out of the British pub rock scene, which developed into the facet of new wave characterized primarily by angry young men—Graham Parker, most prominently, and pub-rock pioneers...
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Years before R.E.M. became critics’ and college radio darlings in the mid-‘80s, the B-52s—formed over a flaming volcano cocktail at a local bar—solidly placed Athens, Georgia on the nation’s music...
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After first working up his chops in the UK pub rock act Kilburn and the High Roads, which disbanded after a single album release, Ian Dury set off to form...
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