Death Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Twenty years ago today, we lost Joey Ramone. Here’s what happened.

In the late 90s, I was working on a book on alt-rock. As we got closer to the publication date,

I remember it very clearly. I’d come home from drum lessons to find Monday Night Football on the TV. The

There is an inevitability in the music business. If the frontman of a huge band dies, sales and streams skyrocket.

Every once in a while, I realize how old some of our biggest rock stars have become. I dwell and

How could I have missed Pure Hell all these years? According to this article in Dazed, this West Philly band

If an autopsy ultimately determines that Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan committed suicide, a newly discovered voicemail left hours before her

On the morning of November 22, 1997, a maid at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Sydney, Australia, reported that the guest

There are still plenty of unanswered questions surrounding the death of Chris Cornell. This new revelation from his tour manager

Oh, Internet. You can be so wonderfully looney, especially when it comes to propagating weird rumours and theories. You want

Here is a truth that some people find very uncomfortable: rock, alt-rock and indie rock are predominantly white. Why is

Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of Prince’s death. After lying dead and alone in an elevator at his Paisley

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver