Smith performing in Finland in 2007. Credit: Wikipedia. Iconic artist Patti Smith made a mark 50 years ago with her iconic first album, Horses, which mixed punk, poetry and performance. She will take ...

This entertaining and self-aware graphic novel spotlights the Lynx, star of the comics series at the center of Segura’s novel Secret Identity. After reporter Simon Upton disappears, office secretary ...

This month marked the 50-year anniversary of the Ramones’ very first gig at CBGB’s amid the grime, crime and decadence of New York City’s then-hellish Lower East Side. This month also will see Marky ...

Quine was known for his versatile guitar riffing, which incorporated elements of jazz, blues, and experimental rock. As lead guitarist of Richard Hell and the Voidoids, he made significant sonic ...

At a Williamsburg recording studio, a song from the 1890s called "The Bowery" is being reworked by a band called The Derelicts. This isn’t just any group of musicians, but a who’s who from the ...

The creation of the band Television is an immense fairytale. When Tom Miller and Richard Meyers met at the Sanford School in Delaware, they both ditched the place in favor of becoming poets in the Big ...

Hey Ho, Let’s Go! Marky Ramone joined The Ramones in 1978. They released the album, “Road to Ruin” that year, which included one of their most famous hits, “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Before The Ramones, ...

Consolidation is built into the nature of corporations. If some little upstart is eating into your market, it is easy enough to buy the upstart and add its market share to your own. Capitalism is a ...

Since his disappointment with the second Richard Hell And The Voidoids album, 1982’s Destiny Street, he’s only sporadically made music, preferring to concentrate on his writing. He has published a ...

While it’s been a challenge for bands to collaborate in person over the last year, archival releases have been booming. And over the course of this first quarter, lots of goodies have dropped. Here ...