Don’t hate Duran Duran because they’re beautiful – they will never be able to change that. Do love them for their music, which continues to create emotional and dramatic landscapes. Their latest works, 2011’s All You Need is Now and 2007’s Red Carpet Massacre display confident and probing sounds. The glamorous band, including two founding […]
Ah yes, the marvelous Geoffrey Gribbin meets the marvelous Rancid. Have a gander at photos from Rancid‘s White River Ampitheatre show, when they were part of the cool triple bill that was Rancid, Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance. Rancid
School of Seven Bells, Butthole Surfers, Kore Ionz . . . what do these bands have in common? They played Bumbershoot this year, for one thing. And another thing, one of Back Beat Seattle’s photographers, Simon Krane, captured shots of these disparate bands. School of Seven Bells Butthole Surfers Kore Ionz
That’s right, three Back Beat Seattle photographers stormed the set Eisley performed at this year’s Bumbershoot. Eisley’s another band we absolutely love here, so this makes total sense. Enjoy some photos by Kirk Stauffer, Nicky Andrews and Simon Krane: Eisley – photos by Kirk Stauffer Eisley – photos by Nicky Andrews Eisley– photos by Simon […]
Over the decades, there have been tons of musical parodists, but none as famous as one. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a fellow American who hasn’t heard of Weird Al Yankovic. From his early parodies of Queen and Michael Jackson, to his recent jabs at Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, Weird Al has managed to […]
