Parents Music Resource Center

Blogs
February 5, 2013
How a Frank Zappa fixation fostered an appreciation for classical compositions
Gateway Acts is an ongoing series on Backbeat in which we examine the music that served as an entry point for our burgeoning musical obsessions, a gateway drug that tuned us in and turned us on. Today, A.H. Goldstein reflects on his Frank Zappa fixation. Some of my earliest musical memories revol ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2012
Fat Mike of NOFX on pornography, punk-rock parenting and how America is a sinking ship
NOFX was started in Los Angeles in 1983 by Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett and Eric Melvin. The band was born of the same West Coast scene that produced some of the most important punk bands of all time, from Black Flag and the Circle Jerks to the Minutemen and the Descendents. Although the sound that NO ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2008
Vintage Q&A with AC/DC's Brian Johnson
Sunday's AC/DC concert -- reviewed in the blog "Live Review: AC/DC and The Answer at the Pepsi Center" -- conjures up memories of the Q&A with the band's Brian Johnson that Westword published under the headline "Power Age" back in April 2001. It's among my favorite interviews ever -- and it prompt ... More >>
Music
July 21, 2005
The Beatdown
After more than two decades, Blackie is still lawless.
Music
July 15, 2004
Retroactive
W.A.S.P.
Culture
May 29, 2003
Dem Blues
The left, turning right, was plain wrong.
Music
April 5, 2001
Power Age
AC/DC's Brian Johnson still gets a jolt out of rock and roll.
News
August 17, 2000
Leftoverture
Alternative rockers are getting behind Alternative Radio.
Music
August 10, 2000
Play It As It Slays
Slayer hasn't stopped giving the devil his due.
News
November 25, 1999
Son of Stern
Bisexual pudding wrestlers aside, Denver shock jock Rover MacDaniels says he's a true original.
Music
April 29, 1999
Feedback
Music
May 24, 1995
FRANKLY SPEAKING