Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Mirrors 1990s Rock Attitude and Excess
Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur’s memoir goes beyond clichés to offer a truly compelling perspective on the bohemian community of 1990s rock.
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Billy Corgan Brainwashed Me: ’90s Alternative Rock and the Introspective Abyss
Once in its thrall, these days I find the overriding message of '90s alt-rock especially naïve and even dangerous.
Will Billy Corgan, the Uncoolest of Rock Musicians, Achieve Cool Status with ‘Ogilala’?
Corgan's willingness to be himself regardless of the critical and social blowback he suffered for doing “unhip” things made him a singular weirdo within a ‘90s rock scene stuffed full of weirdos, loners, and ennui-saturated youth. To this day, and with this album, he continues to be himself. Are you cool with that?
Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy
Meet the new Smashing Pumpkins, gradually distancing themselves from the old Smashing Pumpkins.
The Branford Marsalis Quartet: 9 May 2014 – Aliso Viejo, CA
The virtuoso saxophonist is a true master of all trades in the music world.