Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation”
A Christmas gift of a cheap guitar plus the influence of David Bowie combined to set Joan Jett on her path. A very cool documentary fills in the blanks of her unlikely journey.
Joey Ramone’s Top 10 Tearjerking Songs
Chainsaws, suicides, the KKK – the typical ingredients for a rockin’ punk love song. In tunes like “What’s Your Game” and “I Don’t Care,” Joey Ramone shows us how it’s done.
“Spitting and Screaming” – All About British Punk
Punk — as music — seemed deceptively “simple.” But its history is more complicated. The new book, “Spitting and Screaming,” digs in.
Ian Dury: More Than An Acquired Taste
He was one of the more eccentric characters of the 70s – and he coined one of the indelible phrases of rock.
