So, Mike Watt & The Missingmen played Mercury Lounge last Friday. Probably my favorite part of the set was the covers. The bands covered have certainly had a big influence on Watt. This fact was well documented in We Jam Econo. Maybe now they’ll influence you. First up was Wire, Downloadables: Three Girl Rhumba (mp3) […]more…
mp3: Death > Freakin Out
The brothers David, Dannis, and Bobby Hackney (seen above) were the Detroit power trio called Death. According to a recent-ish NYT article, “the teenage Hackney brothers started playing R&B in their parents’ garage in the early ’70s but switched to hard rock in 1973, after seeing an Alice Cooper show.” Hailing from the home of […]more…