Someone scanned in a lengthy 1982 Penthouse piece on punk rock that centers on the adventures of one Mike Suicide–who would later go by the name Mike Muir professionally–and the death of a young girl enmeshed in the scene. More »
The three words “a new study” are the bane of many a blogger and journalist’s existence. Every day, some semi-scientific organization concocts some new semi-scientific conclusion and rushes the half-baked results to their organization’s PR department, where they’re then served to a journalistic populace that has an ever-growling news hole to fill. And we get the post-digestion, um, scraps. This week, there have already been three studies that have made music-industry pundits go somewhat bananas, despite each being maybe a little light on the whole “revealing groundbreaking information” front. A recap of each inquiry–complete with Idolator-bestowed grades!–after the jump.
You kids ever heard of the Infectious Grooves? They were this side project of the Suicidal Tendencies (you know, “Instutionalized!!!!”) that helped make the early nineties just a little more funky and a little more metal. Check out albums like Groove Family Cyco and The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move for a taste. Original bassist Robert Trujillo is busy having therapy sessions with Metallica, but singer Mike Muir, guitarist Dean Pleasants and three new members have joined together to rock your shit live! In Marseilles! Doing Suicidal Tendencies songs!
