It was harder to find two 90s acts further apart than Alice in Chains and Backstreet Boys. You would have had a better chance of devising a two-state solution than bridging that chasm.
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Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of Manchester. One of the things we talked about was the writing and release
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January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday shopping bills are rolling in while the cheer of the season has long
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When New Order released “Blue Monday” in 1983, it was an example of state-of-the-art keyboard, drum machine and sequencer programming, But what if you tried to do the same thing on instruments from
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According to science (or pseudo-science, anyway), today is Blue Monday, the saddest day of the entire year, so if you’re feeling down, please realize that you’re not alone. To help you through the
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Yes, people danced all through the punk and New Wave years, but or many people, New Order’s “Blue Monday” was the song that made dancing in clubs cool again. It provided a bridge
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