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Sid Vicious

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List

    ​What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

    See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 5. Animal Collective I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Deathmatch: Which Is Better, Pub Rock or Garage Rock?

    [Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] Every couple of years, garage rock rears its head again, whack-a-mole-style. Garage per s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    Whole Lotta Lens

    [Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] Every couple of years, garage rock rears its head again, whack-a-mole-style. Garage per s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Ten Groups Who Never Should Have Gotten Back Together

    Beware fellas, bad things may be coming your way​On New Year's Eve 2009, Chris Cornell made a Twitter declaration: "School's back in session." The implication was that Soundgarden was reuniting. However, it took several months for the official announcement. The grunge pioneers would be putting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Tonight: Lady Gaga, B.B. King & Buddy Guy, Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys, Frazey Ford, Empire of the Sun, RUSH

    ​"If it's true that 'Alejandro' represents Lady Gaga's super-obvious bid at her own 'La Isla Bonita'--and there's no doubting that it does--then consider this: Where Madonna took four years to go from her first big hit to her Latin-crossover jam, Gaga's only taken two; that's a remarkably spee ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Nightranger: Gamer Gauche

    ​"If it's true that 'Alejandro' represents Lady Gaga's super-obvious bid at her own 'La Isla Bonita'--and there's no doubting that it does--then consider this: Where Madonna took four years to go from her first big hit to her Latin-crossover jam, Gaga's only taken two; that's a remarkably spee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Mugshots and Tequila Shots: Rocking out at Pete Wentz Angels & Kings Bar

    Not a Pete Wentz fan, let's get that out of the way up front. He may be a nice guy and we've got nothing against guyliner or fellas who know their way around a flat-iron (or even his lip-synching wifey), but having to endure his band Fall Out Boy's pop-"punk" schmaltz once for an assigned live revi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Does Music Belong in Comics?

    ​Douglas Wolk (you should be familiar with him--he's one of the best writers on both music and comics) just published in Techland a review of the most recent installments of the comics Phonogram and Hellblazer. Both Brit-centric stories combine a post-Alan Moore melange of occultism and polit ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    The Runaways: Wild Thing

    How Sandy West was lost

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Four Reasons Why Johnny Weir is a "Pop Star on Ice"

    In the documentary Johnny Weir: Pop Star on Ice, which launched the reality series Be Good Johnny Weir on Sundance Channel last week, directors David Barba and James Pellerito give viewers a glimpse into the world of figure skating provocateur Johnny Weir. Watching the documentary, it's hard not to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    The Cookie Monster: Lady Gaga Sugar Cookies

    When I was a teenager, my sister and I would decorate gingerbread men to resemble Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten and hang them on the Christmas tree. Check out this image--and 2 dozen more--from ohnotheydidnt via The Huffington Post (and Bon Appetit), proving that whether it be The Sex Pistols or Lad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    This Ain't Your Dad's Sid and Nancy: Film Maverick Abel Ferrara Brings his Chelsea Hotel Documentary to LA

    ​About a year ago, cult NYC film director Abel Ferrara (Driller Killer, Ms. 45, the OG Bad Lieutenant, The Addiction, etc.) wrapped his indiepunk documentary on the legendary Chelsea Hotel. The film premiered at Cannes last year and is now being gradually unrolled across the US. Ferrara is com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Yo, Procrastinator! SXSW 2010 Application Due Tomorrow Night

    Sid Vicious never filled one of these​Tomorrow at midnight is the deadline to submit your application for you and/or your awesome LA band to play at the 2010 South By South West conference/festival/music-biz-clusterfuck. Yeah, we know. Part of the reason you got into music was because you don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Hello Kitty, Rock Star?

    Liz OhanesianDave Navarro with Royal/T owner Susan Hancock​ You're at a Hello Kitty party inside a maid cafe and realize that you're standing next to Dave Navarro. What do you do? You ask him who his favorite Sanrio character is. I was expecting him to mention one of the darker characters, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

    Down on the Strip

    Liz OhanesianDave Navarro with Royal/T owner Susan Hancock​ You're at a Hello Kitty party inside a maid cafe and realize that you're standing next to Dave Navarro. What do you do? You ask him who his favorite Sanrio character is. I was expecting him to mention one of the darker characters, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    New Kids on Echo Park Block

    Liz OhanesianDave Navarro with Royal/T owner Susan Hancock​ You're at a Hello Kitty party inside a maid cafe and realize that you're standing next to Dave Navarro. What do you do? You ask him who his favorite Sanrio character is. I was expecting him to mention one of the darker characters, ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 22, 2009

    The Day the Music Died: The End of Indie 103.1

    Henry Rollins, music director Mark "Mr. Shovel" Sovel and DJ Darren Revell talk about the shutdown

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Indie 103.1 Fallout: What's Next For DJ Paul V and Neon Noise

    As of this post, Indie 103.1 is still running the looped announcement about its move to the internet, and for some sick reason I can't stop listening to it. The songs they chose (X's "New World," Sid Vicious' "My Way" and Buzzcocks' "Harmony in My Head," etc.) are good for one, though not as much of ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    November 6, 2008

    Once Upon a Time in Westwood

    Alex Cox looks back with laughter

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Rock Picks: DJ Quik, Alejandro Escovedo, Ratatat

    Also, the Bad Plus, Amos Lee, Built to Spill, and more

  • Music

    July 24, 2008

    Rock Picks: Rupa & the April Fishes, Gnarls Barkley, Emmylou Harris

    Also, Black Kids, Chromeo, Alejandro Escovedo

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Hilarity ensues at the opening of new John Varvatos store at former CBGB's site

    Reminder from NYC: It kind of sucks here now. Our favorite placard from the protesters: "One small loss of a music space, one giant leap for pants."

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Naked Raygun, Knitting Factory, 12/7

    Naked Raygun Knitting Factory, Dec. 7 "Anyone ever tell you you look like Steve Albini?" "We were just talking about Albini! Did you know that he re-recorded Cheap Trick's album In Color back in '99 or something - when he was working with them on a new album?" "No! That's my favorite Cheap Trick ... More >>

  • Music

    November 1, 2007

    Rock Picks: The Hives, Buck 65, Redd Kross, Yo La Tengo

    For the week of Nov. 1 - 8

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Rock Picks: Meshell Ndegeocello, the Sex Pistols, Weird Al Yankovic

    For the week of Oct. 18 - 25

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    No Sympathy for You

    Splitting town was one thing, but now, is indie icon Long Gone John really swapping his label for some llamas?

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Loud & Proud

    And ghouls on film

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    Rick Klotz

    T-shirt provocateur

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Place to Bang Your Head

    T-shirt provocateur

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Foreign Pop Stars, Bubblegum Karaoke and a Mysterious Celebutot

    T-shirt provocateur

  • LA Life

    June 29, 2006

    Snap, Crackle, Punk

    T-shirt provocateur

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    X Ray Vision

    Two generations of L.A. rockers on the meaning of punk, then and now

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    Girls Incited, City Burned

    Two generations of L.A. rockers on the meaning of punk, then and now

  • Columns

    May 27, 2004

    Couch Hopping in L.A.

    Two generations of L.A. rockers on the meaning of punk, then and now

  • Columns

    March 18, 2004

    A Bear of Very Little Shame

    Two generations of L.A. rockers on the meaning of punk, then and now

  • Music

    September 18, 2003

    Unaborted

    Love and crap from the Sex Pistols

  • Art+Books

    September 11, 2003

    The Sound and the Fury

    Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Poet Against the War

    Lester Bangs and the relevance of rock criticism

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    A Dope Show

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    This Ain't No Juilliard!

    Life and violins at the school that Flea built

  • Art+Books

    August 22, 2002

    God Save the King

    August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Richard Meltzer, Noise Boy

    August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Hot! Pink! Plywood!

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    July 27, 2000

    Lonely Planet Boy

    With love from Johnny Thunders

  • Music

    April 20, 2000

    Bollocks

    With love from Johnny Thunders

  • Music

    November 25, 1999

    Please Don't Like Me

    Mike Ness' social contortions

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    Permanent Twilight

    Our wicked, wicked ways

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    True Lies

    The Weekly has never let facts stand in the way of a good hoax — particularly for April Fool’s

  • Film+TV

    November 19, 1998

    No Future for You

    Hardcore decline

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