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Originally published by Salt Lake Magazine Recipient of Best Magazine Feature, Society for Professional Journalists When Bernardo Alphonso Repreza’s body was lifted from the pavement in downtown Salt Lake City in the late hours of October 31, 1998, it was hardly recognizable to his friends. The 15-year-old boy’s nose was split and broken, his skull was […]

Hide Your Grandmothers, It’s the Sex Pistols! By John Pecorelli for Alternative Press magazine It’s just another typical Los Angeles day: sunny, 70 degrees, the Eagles’ “Desperado” playing quietly in a mini-mart next to a nondescript beach motel. Middle-aged bourgeoisie in colorful shorts enjoy a game of volleyball in the sand, sailboats wafting by on the water […]

Assorted tech toy reviews, originally published by Nokia Music website Homies Dominoes ‘N Dice Those Homies figurines in the grocery gumball machine are more than just cute little Gs: they’re serious back alley gamblers too. Starwave Mobile’s Homies Dominoes ‘N Dice features all the sweetest street-gambling games (like block, crag, and poker dice) as you try […]

Originally published in Alternative Press magazine Contrary to recent mainstream-media imagery, Nirvana onstage weren’t much about Kurt Cobain sitting quietly in a fluffy sweater with an acoustic guitar. It seemed poignant at the time, but 1994’s Unplugged in New York captured only the frail, withdrawn side of the Nirvana pathos. For the other nine-tenths of the band, visit this […]

Originally published in Alternative Press magazine Mudhoney’s return to Sub Pop after a 10-year hiatus couldn’t be more unlike their start on the famed indie label. Contrast the band’s first 1988 single—the 2:30 blast of nihilism called “Touch Me I’m Sick”—with the first song here, a sprawling, drug-damaged dirge clocking at 8:26 called “Baby, Can You Dig […]

Originally published in Alternative Press magazine That Joey Burns and John Covertino have a rock and roll resume a mile long (including projects with the Friends of Dean Martinez, Victoria Williams, Richard Buckner, and Giant Sand) isn’t necessarily relevant. That they live in Tucson, Arizona—home to the largest mariachi festival in the world—may not be relevant either, […]

Orgy biography for D1 Music Orgy biography for D1 Music (Alliance Entertainment’s/Innovative Distribution Network) The best rock music always combines power and panache. It should pulse with sexuality and pathos, but look damn stylish in the process. It can forge heavy, almost paleolithic riffs— yet retain intelligence, cunning, and pure pop hummability. In short, the best […]

Liner Notes for Korn’s Greatest Hits (Epic/Immortal) “Everything’s been done. Nothing is new.” That’s what a well-known MTV veejay said about rock and roll back in 1992. And who could blame her? Hair metal was over, the indie scene was stale, and punk was 15 years old–nearly as nostalgia-oriented as the goofy rockabilly and surf bands cropping […]

Marilyn Manson: Manson Family Values For Alternative Press magazine “Music is one of the only things that matters. I don’t even think kids care who the President is… I think if someone like Adolf Hitler or Charles Manson were going today, they would be rock stars.” —Marilyn Manson Dateline: Thanksgiving Day, 1995, Omni Hotel, Detroit MI: “I don’t […]

Originally published in Alternative Press magazine Disclaimer: A.P.’s spineless editor in chief wishes to make it known that the opinions expressed in this piece are not necessarily those of the A.P. staff, our imaginary parent companies, everyone buying coffee at Starbucks right now, or the office cat. Ever force-fed yourself the likes of The Canterbury Tales or Citizen Kane simply because […]