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Rockarchive’s A Chunk of Punk @ Barbican Music Library - 2 March 2016 - 25 May 2016. 

Here’s a little glimpse of this very popular exhibition. Really worth visiting and having an up close and personal look. 

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Top 15 ’David Bowie’ Songs: #8 “I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here. We must have died alone, a long long time ago.”

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“They were like Romeo and Juliet, just on heroin.”

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If you came of age in the 1960s, chances are you think about rock ‘n’ roll as the music of youth, of rebellion, of fighting the establishment. But in Nigeria, which was in the middle of a civil war, rock was one of the ways in which people expressed their politics.

You might have heard about activist artists like Fela Kuti, who rebuked abusive government practices through song. But what you might not know is that the warring governments also understood the power of rock.

Some military administrators went so far as to conscript popular rock bands — both to keep up their soldiers’ morale and to pacify the angry civilians.

That fascinating history is the subject of a new book series called Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977 by music producer and historian Uchenna Ikonne. [Read More]

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Keith Richards, Tina Turner & David Bowie, New York City 1983 by Bob Gruen

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(Left to right) Troy Luccketta, Jeff Keith and Frank Hannon of Tesla - FivePoint Amphitheatre; Irvine, CA (5/31/18). @FrankHannon #JeffKeith #TroyLuccketta @TeslaBand

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Light my fire. 

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Rock fashion clothing