Interview: Haircut 100 Returns To America With New Music and New Tour
Haircut 100 are making up for lost time. Currently on tour with ABC and Howard Jones, their singles, “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl),” “Love Plus One,” “Fantastic Day,” and “Nobody’s Fool” were all top ten singles in Britain in 1982 and 1983. Their seminal debut, “Pelican West,” a classic album from 1982 has never sounded […]
The Good Doctor’s Top 10 Metallica Songs
With it being a mere 20 days until Metallica invades St. Louis, playing The Dome at America’s Center for not just one, but two nights, Nov. 3 and 5th, why not put out a list of my top 10 favorite songs from James Hetfield and the boys. It’s actually pretty difficult to take a 40-year […]
Interview: The Trophy Mules’ Corey Saathoff talks band’s new album, overcoming health issues, and KDHX
Corey Saathoff has been a fixture on the St. Louis music scene for 25 years. He got his start playing in Jerkwater Junction, then fronted Brain Regiment. In 2009, he formed The Trophy Mules and the band has been a staple of the St. Louis music scene since. In November, Saathoff’s band released it’s […]
Remembering a Rock Icon 25 Years Later
It’s been a week since the 25-year anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain. Cobain meant so much to so many. Many bands that are relevant today credit Cobain as one of the reasons they are in music. For someone who only lived 27 years and was in the spotlight for just over a handful […]
Interview: Tech N9ne to Play The Pageant
Tech N9ne, one of the world’s most famous rappers, took time out of his busy schedule to talk with me about his new album “P.L.A.N.E.T”, his upcoming show in Saint Louis, and more. Q: What makes the new album different from prior albums? “I don’t recall ever doing an album out of hurt from the […]
Top 10 Albums of 2017
To me, it was a weird year for music. It was hard for me to get into a lot of the new rock and hip hop that was released. In fact, a number of my favorite albums didn’t come out until the latter half of the year. I was also in the minority of those […]
Tom Petty Dead at 66
Singer/songwriter Tom Petty passed away Monday at the age of 66. The popular singer had just wrapped up a 53-date tour with his band The Heartbreakers. Petty’s last St. Louis appearance was in May, when he played Scottrade Center. Petty’s death was confirmed by Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, on […]
Interview: Clark Vogeler of The Toadies
Since 1989, give or take a break or two, The Toadies have been rocking all over the world. The Fort Worth, Texas band burst onto the scene with their debut album Rubberneck, which included six singles. The band’s most popular song, “Possum Kingdom,” was one of those singles. Now preparing for the release of their […]
Chris Cornell, Frontman For Soundgarden and Audioslave, Dead at 52
Chris Cornell had that voice. It was a voice that as soon as you heard it, you knew it was him. The voice could sound like that of a Rock n’ Roll angel, like his latest single “The Promise,” or that of a gasoline fueled inferno, just listen to any Soundgarden song of the 90s. […]
Limp Bizkit Returns to St. Louis, Playing Pops on 6/1 Presented by 105.7 The Point
Limp Bizkit’s 2013 Tour Makes a Stop at Pops in St. Louis on Saturday, June 1. Way back in the late 90s and early 2000s, Limp Bizkit was one of the biggest bands on the planet. Front man Fred Durst was spitting rhymes with Ice Cube, Method Man, and Eminem, among others. Sold out arena […]