Pullout: Rock & Jock
Matt Driscoll
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Classify This
31Knots Dares You to Sum Them Up
31Knots makes me feel like a horrible music writer. I have no clue how to classify these guys. Not one. I have no idea how to describe what they do. Is a band “progressive” if they manipulate the boundaries of music as we know it? If so, 31Knots is “prog.” Is a band “math rock” […]
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Who Needs Friends?
Sean Nelson Has His Mortal Enemies
Sean Nelson is many things to many people. To some he’s the centerpiece of Seattle’s Harvey Danger, who, outside the Northwest, is “that band from the ’90s who did that ‘Flagpole Something-or-another song’” (“Flagpole Sitta”). To others he’s a writer, who worked for years at The Stranger in Seattle, freelanced for the Mercury, and recently […]
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The Golden Years
Only Crime Want You to Forget They’re Old
LIKE CANADIAN GEESE and feral cats, old punks are experiencing a population explosion. The growth is staggering and exponential. How will we deal with punks in wheelchairs, punks in bifocals, and punks on Social Security? It’s something to think about. Until the day when old punks flood nursing homes and slow express lanes, it’s best […]
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Angel of the Metal Order
Joe Preston Is Thrones
ADMITTEDLY, it was a stupid question. “It was a long, long time ago,” explained Joe Preston, the man behind Thrones, when I asked about his time playing bass with the Melvins, back in the early ’90s. “That’s got nothing to do with where my life is now. I hope [being a Melvin] doesn’t tag me […]
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A Little Less Loaded
Lemonheads Return; Evan Dando Picks Up the Pieces
Call me a cynic, but two things came to mind when I heard Evan Dando was back fronting a band called the Lemonheads, and had a new record out—the first new Lemonheads album in 10 years. Number one: Weird. I thought after being featured in People‘s “50 Most Beautiful People,” reaching alterna-hunk status, and shooting […]
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Anti Guitar God
Why Jimi’s Probably Glad He Choked on Vomit
Pullout: “Gods of Guitar” Music Issue
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Guitar God 101
What Guitar Gods of the Future Can Learn from Deities of the Past
Pullout: “Gods of Guitar” Music Issue
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Charles in Charge
The Kingdom Talks Pop and Porn
ONE DUDE SAT INSIDE Wimpy’s on NW 21st. White T-shirt. Blond hair. Hip eyeglasses. Messenger bag. Unassuming features. It was Chuck Westmoreland, leader of the Kingdom, who celebrate the release of K1 (Arena Rock), their first full-length, Thursday, September 21, at the Doug Fir—appropriately enough, with a CD release show. We met at Wimpy’s to […]
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Reagan’s Dead
MDC Unplugged Plays On
THE DEMISE OF AMERICAN HARDCORE punk has been documented. The story has been written. You’re smart. You know that today’s punk—built on the same three chords, hyperactivity, and simplicity that spawned some of the most inciting racket ever blasted into youthful ears—has grown into a dull and impotent joke. A joke major labels have given […]