The News Review:
- Ron Asheton: ‘You just play ’til you drop’
- Get your punk music fix
- A look back at the year in local music
- LIVIN’ LA VIDA LBS
- Enjoy upcoming music events
- Mike Watt riffs on Ron Asheton and the Stooges
- BBC 6 Music sniffs out ‘cutting edge’ animated ad campaign
Ron Asheton: ‘You just play ’til you drop’
Entertainment Weekly
And I’ll always play electric guitar thanks to Ron Asheton. Todd Deltuva Thu Jan 8 2009 at 12:46 AM ESTGoodbye Ron. Thanks for all the great music YU created. Thanks for helping me learn to play guitar and bass. If there is a Punk Rock heaven you know they have a hell of a band. Denise Wed Jan 7 2009 at 06:04 PM ESTI am very sorry to hear about Ron. My memories of him and the Stooges at the Grande are so clear and precious to me.
Get your punk music fix
Petaluma Argus Courier CA
com | Petaluma Argus-Courier | Petaluma CA. 3 at the Phoenix Theater 201 Washington St. ther bands performing include Sabertooth Zombie; Xibalbax; Strike to Survive; and Seize the Night.
A look back at the year in local music
Asbury Park Press NJ
)-borne EP reaps some of the finest mutant-surf noise this side of garage-noise hell including a fantastic cover of Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” featuring guest vocals from Killdozer’s Michael Gerald (no joke). More punk than a rusty nail in a bubble bath “Pray for Scars” can be picked up through Don Giovanni Records. Seasick “uroboros” wning up to its namesake (derived from the ancient symbol of the tail-devouring snake) the latest from New Brunswick’s Seasick serves up fast chugging hardcore thundered out in vintage Bad Brains form. Hard to believe this six-song EP came 175 miles and 30 years north of the D.
LIVIN’ LA VIDA LBS
Daily Breeze CA
Plus we lived across the street from a church hall so there always was music going on there from weddings band rehearsals and other social events. Were you surprised by “La Bamba”? You were already big among rock fans from your first album “Will the Wolf Survive?” at the time. Well we spent our first 10 years as a band playing traditional music in the neighborhoods of East L. We went across the (Los Angeles) river when punk rock blew up. We said to ourselves “Hey we could be a part of this thing. ” Looking back it would’ve been easy for us to stay in East L.
Enjoy upcoming music events
Philadelphia Daily News PA
Bouffant Bangout: DJ Snackpak spins ’50s punk precedents ’60s surf psychedelics and French ye ye. Barbary Delaware and Frankford avenues 10 p.
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Mike Watt riffs on Ron Asheton and the Stooges
Los Angeles Times CA
Watt spoke Tuesday to The Times’ Randy Lewis about being in the bandwith Ron Asheton. What follows is Watt’s remembrance of his closefriend and colleague. As a musician he was a pioneer — very singular very unique.
BBC 6 Music sniffs out ‘cutting edge’ animated ad campaign
guardian.co.uk UK
In the ad an animated “street art” character with a very long elephant-like snout on the brick wall of a building comes to life and makes its way along urban walls on the hunt for music. The ad uses stop frame animation to show the character “sniffing out” music and then gorging itself on songs. The character grows bigger and bigger and as it listens to more music taking over the side of a building and then it morphs into the “6″ of the 6 Music logo. “Such a cutting edge and fresh digital.