Once upon a time, rock ’n’ roll was about bad dudes singing about bad shit, and it was very, very bad for you. One of my formative images was punk progenitor Iggy Pop stage-diving onto a field of shattered glass. The dude rose slowly, like a demon out of ooze, gushing corpuscles and grinning like… Continue reading Kindie rock
Tag: Devo
Little Photoshop of horrors
Mark Mothersbaugh lives a symmetrical life of wild extremes. Consider: • He was born and still lives in Akron, Ohio – all-American birthplace of the rubber tire, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the soap-box derby – but made his name as frontman for the band Devo, which posited that mankind was digressing as a species. • Mothersbaugh… Continue reading Little Photoshop of horrors