In Pomona, they’re getting the bands back together, and the audiences too. The city’s homegrown music scene of the early rock era was dominated by Mexican American teenagers, who were inspired by ...

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point in my lifetime, “lo-fi” went from being an adjective to being a genre. By the mid-1990s, artists were making a conscious decision to eschew the ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — For a lot of kids, having a garage band with friends is just part of growing up. One garage band ended up becoming a longtime local tradition, one that was repeatedly shaped ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

Mentored by their St. Viator High School classmate Ted Nugent, The Huns regularly performed at teen dance clubs, Sunday night CYO dances in church gymnasiums, and battle of the bands contests ...

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