Music

“When you got something, flaunt it”: Book Excerpt — Genya Ravan fronted Ten Wheel Drive, the dynamic horn band formed in 1969. On Feb 6–7, 1971, Ten Wheel Drive performed at Fillmore East on a bill that featured bluesman Luther Allison, who opened the show, and headliner Steppenwolf. In this book excerpt from Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed…

The Nirvana frontman’s music was forged in Evangelicalism — Though not a prominent feature of his legend, Kurt Cobain spent a period of his youth attending Baptist church. He considered himself a “born again” Christian. His later music looked back on the time. I went to look up the story of when the future frontman of the grunge rock band Nirvana was Evangelical. In 1984, age 17, he was a high school dropout, homeless and aimless.

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I wrote this — While I am pleased that the occasional Throwback Thursday article I write draws attention to an older piece that some may have missed, today’s has thrown me into something of an existential crisis. No, not an existential crisis exactly; I don’t know what you call the crisis related to the…

When great music & a rocking skull came together nicely for me — One of my fellow writers and music lovers here on Medium is Paul Combs. He recently started doing a new weekly series of Throwback Thursday articles, in which he shares older stories he’s written and published here. This is the one that he published earlier today: Throwback Thursday: Five Times the Soundtrack was Better Than the Film I can’t believe it’s been a year since I wrote thiswww.baixiangren.com