The ex-lead singer and focal point of Transvision Vamp, Wendy James, who attracted media attention with her sexually charged and rebellious image & her punk-chewed bubblegum rock, turned 54 today.
Depeche Mode are to be inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. This was DM’s third time being nominated since becoming eligible back in 2006. The band had earlier received nominations for both the 2017 and 2018 classes.
Tonight Nusa Dua, The Hydrant comin’ atcha! They’lll burn down Ayodya’s dance floor!
Tonight! Come and join our panel discussion, BALIDENTITY: DAZED & CONFUSED as part of RAVEPASAR. The discussion will focus on the subculture movement & particular scene of progressive youth (local, national, global). The problems, the ups and downs, the solution—if there’s any or what to do about it.
41 years ago yesterday, Sid Vicious went on trial in New York City for second degree murder of Nancy Spungen three months earlier.
The youth subculture that was popularised in the 1950s to 1960s, Greasers, were originally poor kids who couldn’t afford nice clothing, so they would wear their work clothes, which typically consisted of white tank tops, t-shirts and jeans.
“Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town” is one of the most consequential songs that introduced me to the synthesizer-heavy + glam fashion x nervous and nerdy personas = New Wave.
Happy first day of 2020, rock ‘n’ roll swaggers! Same as it ever was: stop making sense. This must be the year!
It’s better to pass into that other world with full passion and glory than to fade and wither dismally with age.
Kickstart your 2020 welcoming party with one of the most classic drinking songs ever written: Whiskey in the Jar.
At a quick glance I see Billy Idol, Limahl, Grace Jones, Adam Ant, Robert Smith, David Bowie, Simon Le Bon, that “Voices Carry” girl, Nick Rhodes, Chrissie Hynde, Mark Mothersbaugh, the Culture Club frontman, Howard Jones, … can you find Morrissey?
“Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl is the best Christmas tune of all time and also UK’s most-played Christmas song of the 21st century.
