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Goodbye, Dave Greenfield
Brian Walsby artBy Reject Girl“There’s a dude with a mustache in that band. They have lengthy keyboard parts in the songs and CAN’T be punk rock!”These were the words out of my teenage mouth upon...
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Talking X's new release 'Alphabetland' with Bonebrake / Feature story
X's DJ Bonebrake. (Cat Rose photo)By AndyAs droplets of rain plunked down upon my car's windshield and the dreary sky became further shrouded in darkness, I waited and wondered what another pandemic...
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Slamming back in time with Necros' Henssler
Necros vocalist Barry Henssler, middle, ventures into the pit at Bob's Place. (Photo by Kevin Salk)By AndyThere was plenty of raging punk rock unleashed by the four bands. And there was chaos in the...
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Mould unleashes 'American Crisis' from upcoming 'Blue Hearts' album
Bob Mould in Seattle in 2014. (Cat Rose photo)By Andy It's in your face, just the way it should be in times like these.We're a troubled country and Bob Mould unleashed his blistering new song "American...
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Drumming up doses of music, life lessons and laughter with Jon Wurster /...
Jon Wurster with the Bob Mould band in Seattle in 2014. (Cat Rose photo)By AndySometimes it hits you right away.Even at the tender age of 10, Jon Wurster knew he wanted to be a professional drummer. A...
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Keeping the beat with Coriky's Amy Farina / Feature story
Amy Farina drums with The Evens in Seattle in 2013. (Cat Rose photo)By Andy Amy Farina vividly remembers the day when she first fixated her 12-year-old eyes on the drum kit sitting in her dad's garage....
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Talking trash (pop) with Palmyra Delran
Palmyra Delran (Photo by Albert Mitchell)By AndyIf the song is enticing enough to produce copious goosebumps and if she wishes it's nestled in her own songwriting arsenal, then it resides on Palmyra...
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Melvins and Holy Grove / Unseen Photos part 1
Mr. King Buzzo (All Cat Rose photos)Since most of 2020 has been a bust for shows, we've dug into some of Cat Rose's unseen photos from this time last year, so you can visually rock out until the amps...
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Helms Alee / Unseen Photos part 2
Helms Alee (All Cat Rose photos)Since most of 2020 has been a bust for shows, we've dug into some of Cat Rose's unseen photos from this time last year, so you can visually rock out until the amps are...
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Jawbox / Unseen Photos part 3
Jawbox (All Cat Rose photos)Since most of 2020 has been a bust for shows, we've dug into some of Cat Rose's unseen photos from this time last year, so you can visually rock out until the amps are...
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RIP, Chi Pig
Chi Pig in full flight. (Photo by Joseph B. Henderson)By AndyWho can possibly forget the ultra-energetic singer who flew so high that the local air-traffic controller should have been on duty? Hell,...
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Sohrab Habibion: Hardcore punk videos, 'Creem' doc and Savak on tap/ Feature...
Sohrab Habibion in action. (Aaliyah Deacon photo)By AndyThe Kid$ For Ca$h monetary situation probably wasn't plentiful when the Burke, Virginia, hardcore punk band was active in the mid-1980s, but...
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Suzi Quatro: Walking through the fire to achieve success / Interview
Suzi Quatro in action. (Photo courtesy of Sicily Publicity)By AndyLita Ford absolutely nails it on the head when she describes Suzi Quatro in the fist-raising yet gut-wrenching documentary "Suzi Q":...
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Bassist Viscarra recalls a raucous night with the Stains in 1981
LP cover photo by Don Lewis; Ceasar Viscarra at right.By AndyAdrenaline was rushing through band members' bodies at breakneck speed. A massive, rowdy crowd was ready to unleash its pent-up aggression....
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FEAR, CH3 and The Lucky Boys/ Unseen Photos part 4
FEAR in Seattle, 2018. (All Cat Rose photos)Since most of 2020 has been a bust for shows, we've dug into some of Cat Rose's unseen photos from this time two years ago, so you can visually rock out...
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Thee Deception, Tacos!, Death Eyes and Cages/ Unseen Photos part 5
Thee Deception (above and below) in Seattle, 2017. (All Cat Rose photos)Since most of 2020 has been a bust for shows, we've dug into some of Cat Rose's unseen photos from this time three years ago, so...
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RIP, Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle. (Bloodshot Records publicity photo)RIP, Justin Townes Earle. Here's a story Andy wrote about him in 2009. He was a cool guy when Cat and I met him in person after a small show at...
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'Brace Yourself' for Seized Up's forthcoming album / Interview
(Photo courtesy of Keith Wells)By AndyI can envision Clifford Dinsmore smashing that blue plastic milk crate to bits all over again.But this time it involves 10 times more anger than before, with his...
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Fu Manchu honors Peart with its version of 'Working Man'
Fu Manchu released its version of Rush's classic "Working Man" today in tribute to the late drummer Neil Peart, "The Professor," who passed away on Jan. 7, 2020.The San Clemente, CA rockers recorded...
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From the vault: Die Kreuzen at Roadburn (NL) in 2013 / Cat Rose photos
Why not make it a Die Kreuzen hat trick, eh?Milwaukee's paint-peeling, brain-rattling rippers recently got some ink in Decibel magazine and had their early demos from 1981-82 given new life by...
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