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1999 Stories by Brad Jones

• Strategic Thinking

  published November 11, 1999

  The members of New Orleans's Southern atomic sludge lords, Sour Vein, have just about all the ammunition they need to become extreme-rock... More >>

• Just the Ax, Man

  published October 14, 1999

  "You know what amazes me?" asks Ed Mundell, guitarist and frontman for the Atomic Bitchwax but perhaps best known for his efforts in Monster... More >>

• Army Men

  published October 7, 1999

  On the surface, it would appear that Tanger has a real thing for war. To wit: The Fort Collins band's press kit ships with a standard-issue... More >>

• Playlist

  published August 5, 1999

  Tortoise and the Ex In the Fishtank (Konkurrent/Touch and Go) The only commonality between Tortoise and the Ex, apart from the... More >>

• Monster Magnets

  published July 29, 1999

  The notion that the music industry is corrupt certainly isn't new--rock history is rife with scandalous tales of shifty, smooth-talking label... More >>

• Friends of the Devil

  published July 22, 1999

  What's in a name? According to Scott Pilgrim, guitarist for Portland, Oregon's favorite surf instrumentalists, Satan's Pilgrims, damned near... More >>

• Something to Crow About

  published June 17, 1999

  On wax, Bantam Rooster's T. Jackson Potter comes across like a certifiable head case, whooping and hollering like a man on fire and twisting his... More >>

• Walkin' the Walk

  published June 3, 1999

  Lots of bands tout the virtues of the MC5 and the Stooges these days, but few are as dedicated to these Detroit-reared punk godfathers as Los... More >>

• Hell Raisers

  published May 20, 1999

  "People are forgetting about the rock," says Kenny Hellacopter, bassist for Stockholm's self-proclaimed action rockers the Hellacopters.... More >>

• Surf's Not Up

  published May 6, 1999

  For the men and women of the Ladybug Transistor, discussion of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is strictly taboo. "These days, we refer to it as... More >>

• Everything's Zen

  published April 15, 1999

  Standing six-foot-seven and sporting a dark, frizzy coif straight out of the Handsome Dick Manitoba playbook, Zen Guerrilla vocalist Marcus Durant... More >>

• Jet Boys

  published April 1, 1999

  Guitarist/vocalist Blake Schwarzenbach isn't quite sure what to make of the "emo-core supergroup" tag journalists have bestowed upon his new... More >>

• They're Not Wimps

  published March 11, 1999

  "We really don't want people having to take their time figuring out whether they're going to like us or not," says Bradly Wayne Shaver, singer and... More >>

• Filling the Cup

  published January 14, 1999

  Number One Cup's Seth Cohen has plenty to be grateful for this new year. Last September, the singer/guitarist/keyboardist was splayed out in the... More >>