By day, Dane Erbach is an educator of curious minds, teaching high school English (specifically, creative writing and journalism) in suburban Chicago. By night, Erbach… Read more
Category: Music
The year was 1997, or 1998, or 1999. It was certainly pre-millennium, but definitely post-Green Day’s Dookie changing everything for me like Nirvana’s Nevermind changed everything for… Read more
So, this is what's become of rock 'n' roll: a smashed guitar behind a glass case displayed on some rich guy's wall.
On September 22, 1990… Read more
In 1985, Tipper Gore, her husband Al, and a handful of their fellow human buzzkills that made up the Parents Music Resource Center declared a handful… Read more
Around the turn of the Willennium, America couldn't seem to get enough of nü-metal bands taking familiar pop songs and making them heavier, crazier, more… Read more
We learned something new this week: Apparently, Jada Pinkett Smith is the lead singer of a nü-metal band called Wicked Wisdom. Yes, that Jada Pinkett… Read more
Have you always wanted to work at Paisley Park? You're in luck. Paisley Park is looking for an Archives Supervisor.
There is a lot of stuff… Read more
Prince Henry of Wales KCVO (known to commoners as Prince Harry) and Meghan Markle (commonly known as the reality TV star who retired to take… Read more
Like all good feuds, this one started with two nu-metal bands at in airport in Florida and ended with some shit talking on Instagram.
This one… Read more
Janet Jackson is widely recognized one of the most influential female R&B artists of her generation, and one of the most successful pop stars of… Read more
The world is full of musicians past their prime, holding heads full of elaborate fantasies about what life would have been like had they received… Read more
In a new interview with British publication Clash, Jack White talks about what's been on his personal playlist lately, including Kanye West, A Tribe Called… Read more