Bill Nelson Practically Wired, or How I Became… Guitarboy! (Gyroscope) Hard to know exactly how Nelson avoided becoming the kind of six-string hero who appears on the cover of Guitar Player two or three times a year. Maybe it’s because his best-known band, Be-Bop Deluxe, was too resolutely English for…

You don’t have to be young to love Crestfallen–but it helps. In fact, most of this Denver band’s biggest fans are barely able to drive, let alone drink. “For some reason, our music appeals to younger people,” says bassist Jason Heller, 23. “We play all-ages shows whenever we can, even…

The stage antics that distinguish Denver’s Meanface–vocalist Dan Berger, guitarist Jeff Leddy and drummer Rick Layton–are far from G-rated. But shortly after the bandmembers added a bestiality video and autopsy slides to their onstage repertoire, they realized they’d gone too far. “We almost got in trouble over that,” Leddy explains…