Added on June 23, 2011
Everett True
8 Eye Spy , free downloads , free music , Hira Hira , punk rock , SMZB , Tenzenmen , Zu
What the fuck are you all waiting for? This guy has a shit-load of weird and good shit. Shit yeah.
Added on June 2, 2011
Jean Encoule
Dogbodys , Geneva , Jean Encoule , Kleenex , Liliput , Liliput/Kleenex , Marlene Marder , Mother's Ruin , Nasal Boys , punk rock , Raincoats , Sperma , Spizz Energy , Switzerland , TNT , Troppo
Q: What do you recall from your first ever Kleenex gig? A: Very funny – a good party. We played our four songs – over and over again!
Added on May 17, 2011
tomfiend
Blowhard , Brisbane , Brisbane punk , budge page , celebrity stalkers , Dead Kennedys , Iggy Pop , photo opportunity , punk , punk rock , The Saints , Tom Fiend
A lyricist with a a razor-sharp tongue held firmly in cheek and a consummate vocalist supported by a fantastically talented band that play the best of raw, distorted, politically-driven punk rock music.
Added on April 26, 2011
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Chelmsford , Fixed Grin , Generation Indigo , Gold Blade , John Robb , Kathleen Hanna , Marianne Joan Elliott-Said , Poly Styrene , Poly Styrene R.I.P. , punk rock , The Day The World Turned Day-Glo , The Slits , X-Ray Spex
Poly Styrene was the fucking coolest singer ever. That was so much a given, it feels weird to offer any reasons even now.
Added on April 11, 2011
Everett True
Chinese punk rock , John Robb , Louder Than War , punk rock , SMZB , Tenzenmen
Celtic-inspired ramalama punk from the heart of industrial China.
Added on March 7, 2011
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Bratmobile , Bumpidee Reader , Bust , feminism , femme-pop , Hell Woman , Huggy Bear , Morgan and the Organ Donors , Olympia , punk rock , Riot Grrrl , Tacoma , Talulah Gosh , The Stranger , Tobi Vail , Weekly Volcano , Weird TV
Jason Baxter sent me the following questions as part of his research for an article he was writing for the Tacoma/Olympia alternative weekly, The Weekly Volcano. The article has since been published, under the title Revolution Girl-Style: Then and Now. How did you hear about Morgan And The Organ Donors and Weird TV? Do you make […]
Added on February 25, 2011
Jean Encoule
Baby You're so Repulsive , Batman , Blondie , Crime , Exalted Masters , Hank Rank , Hot Wire My Heart , Johnny Strike , Johnny Thunders , Michael Lucas , Mike Stax , NME , No Exit , punk rock , Ramones , Ricky Tractor , Ron Ripper , San Francisco , Search And Destroy , Seymour Stein , The Avengers , The Bloody Children , The Damned , The New York Dolls , The Nuns , The Space Invaders , The Tubes , The Weirdos , Traxmarx , Ugly Things
I thought, since we were called CRIME, we should feature famous criminals on our posters! First, a series of war criminals, then gangsters, then serial killers, and so on. So, I thought we should start off with Hitler…
Added on January 31, 2011
Everett True
Almost Famous , Brighton , California , Chuck Berry , Courtney Love , Emma Anderson , Facebook , Greil Marcus , Jonathan Franzen , knitting , Lesley Rankine , Lester Bangs , Lush , Meatmen , Miranda Sawyer , music press , Music Writing , Oprah Winfrey , Pauline Kael , Pitchfork , punk rock , sexism etc , Smash Hits , The Edge , The Stone Roses , The Wire
Imagine if the music critic in Almost Famous had been female. Any chance at all she wouldn’t have been portrayed as a groupie?
Added on November 19, 2010
Everett True
Bust , Everett True and his First Ladies Of Rock , Morgan and the Organ Donors , Pacific Northwest , punk rock , Rackula , Son Skull , The X Factor , Weird TV
Yes, it’s X Factor time over here at Collapse Board as we announce the Top 4 bands from the previous post, as voted for by YOU, our readers. The four bands, as promised, will feature in Everett True’s next ‘First Ladies Of Rock’ column for the wonderful Bust magazine. Unless, of course, the editors say […]
Added on October 17, 2010
tomfiend
DJ culture , DJs , Dropkick Murphys , punk rock , Trollfest , Vinyl Bar
DJs, the glorified button monkeys of the local music scene. Everyone hates them, but would still love to be one, labouring under the illusion that they would do a way better job than that misinformed hack. Let’s break it down. You go out to a club evening (rather than a gig) to imbibe alcohol, and […]