Memories of Peter Calicher in Volkskrant. With contributions from Max Mollinger and Robert Jan Stips 🫶: volkskrant.nl/muziek/met-zij…

'Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; U must set yrself on fire.'
I found those words on the wall of a bar in Montana, attributed to somebody named Reggie Leach.Thought of it more than once during the making of this latest #RUSH album. #NeilPeart
#OnThisDay 2002

'Not many long-running groups could make an album this fresh and confident in their 20th year, never mind one which bridges timeless soulman crooning and underground techno'. NME
#OnThisDay 2001 Depeche Mode 'Exciter'. It debuted at #9 in the UK & #8 on the billboard charts

#OnThisDay May 14, 1991 Anglo-Dutch experimental and psychedelic band fronted by #EdwardKaSpel #TheLegendaryPinkDots released 'The Maria Dimension'. Sing While you May. The band's catchword since the start...it is an OPTIMISTIC statement in these disturbing times.

'Where their fuzz-pedaling peers obliterated the human presence in rock music through a cloud of distortion, Mercury Rev foregrounded the claustrophobic, panicky unease of being trapped inside it.' Pitchfork
#OnThisDay 1991 #MercuryRev released 'Yerself Is Steam'.

'On Mighty Like a Rose the thrill is gone, but the genius remains.' Entertainment Weekly
#OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ #ElvisCostello released 'Mighty Like A Rose'🌹It peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart, and at No. 55 on the Billboard 200.
#90s music #90s

Packed! may not be the best offering ever to emerge under the #Pretenders ’ name but w/Hynde at the helm & her instantly familiar vocals still front & center, it still holds up well enough to warrant an occasional revisitation. Rhino Records
34 years ago #today The Pretenders

'We were never ones for getting slumped under a tag or filed under A, B, or C. We started as a rock and roll band. That's what we play – what we do best. We never claimed to be anything else.' #AngusYoung
#OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ AC/DC #HighVoltage Rock 'n' Roll.

#OnThisDay #HappyBirthday to Michael Allen Inez Mike Inez best known for his role as the #bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993.
He is also recognized for his work w/ Ozzy Osbourne from 1989–1993. Inez has also been associated with Slash Snakepit #BlackLabelSociety Heart

'a lot of people associate us with late #80s histrionics. The reality of the situation is that we were indie kids first–working class musicians who were into #postpunk   &  #psychedelic rock.'
#Onthisday #HappyBirthday to #IanAstbury of #TheCult

'Bon was a street poet – he described it as 'toilet wall' poetry. That was unknown. They signed a singer & got a lyricist, as well.' #ACDC manager #MichaelBrowning Uncut Magazine 2013. On this album #BonScott shows his skills as a lyricist. My pick: 'Sin City'.

39 years ago today
Loose Nut is the fifth full-length album by American punk rock band Black Flag, released on this day in 1985

#punk #punk s #punk rock #blackflag #hardcorepunk #loosenut #history #punk rockhistory #otd

Take a quick glance at #TheClash ’s 1982 album 'Combat Rock' & you’ll see #PennieSmith ’s image of four men standing together, just off the rails. Perhaps coincidentally, that’s also where they stood, figuratively, as a band.
4️⃣2️⃣ years ago #today The Clash
Released 'Combat Rock'.

'may be the only legitimate companion piece to the Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks.' Trouser Press
#DeadKennedys 'Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'. It's a milestone.
#punk #punk s #punk rock

#TwoToneTuesday #TheEnglishBeat - Which Side Of The Bed #ska #masterpiece 🏁 youtu.be/_f0egB0y138?si…
Lee Stevens Natalie Hood 𝕊𝕚𝕟é𝕒𝕕 𝕆'𝕃𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕! Dr Brooke Daniels la comtesse aux pieds nus Gun Club Music G.U.Mass 🖤 Notoldjustexperienced Mal-OneLondon
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#HappyBirthday #DavidByrne