Joan Jett

How to Avoid Becoming a Walking Country Song in Five Easy Steps

Like many people, I had a brief but intense relationship with country music in the mid-1990s. College couldn't come quickly enough, and, with it, an appreciation for music that delved a little deeper than, "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee/It gets hotter than a hoochie cootchie." Of course, tha ... More >>

Kiss and Mötley Crüe at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre: Review and Photos

When you open for Kiss you have to put on a hell of a show, and Mötley Crüe delivered. From the displays camaraderie to the set list full of hair metal hits, Crüe brings brotherhood onstage and encourages it amongst the audience. With four-way fist bumps and sly "we got this" smiles, Crüe really ... More >>

Fiona Apple, Tennis and Corporate Sponsorship: SXSW 2012 Days 1 and 2

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:25 p.m. I've been coming to SXSW for over a decade now, and pre- and post-apocalypse days off are as much essential rituals as 2 a.m. taco runs and sleep deprivation. This year, there'd be no day-before day off, as SXSW has extended the music portion of the festival/confer ... More >>

Drake Darrington Will Don his Massive Bulge for One More Metal StudZ Show

Metal StudZ​Will Lackey's double life is the stuff of superheroes. He manages the video production team LumiVid in the daylight, but when the sun goes down he becomes Drake Darrington, lead singer of the spectacle act Metal StudZ. Or, at least he will channel his inner Def Leppard for one last ... More >>

The Arch is Playing its Entire, 1,400 Song Library (?) in Alphabetical Order This Week

The Christmas music backlash is swift and mighty. Realizing this, the programming folks at The Arch (106.5 FM) decided they'd fight the Holiday creep by playing the station's entire library -- which they say is the largest of any radio station in St. Louis -- in alphabetical order. It's called A to ... More >>

The Six Best Statutory Rock Songs

​November is national Child Safety Protection Month. Part of protecting the young, naturally, is raising awareness of stranger dangers. We do that through warnings about taking candy and rides from unfamiliar people. As kids approach dating age, the advice sometimes includes "Stay away from mu ... More >>

Amanda Palmer, Stephin Merritt, Moby and Neil Gaiman: Totally Tubular

​Well everyone, it's a rainy, poopy Thursday and we need all the awesome available to make it through the next few hours before the RFT's Best Of party tonight at the City Museum. (We'll see you there, right? Bloody well right.) The party theme is the Rapture, and (awkward segue alert!) here's ... More >>

The legendary metal singer Lemmy shows surprising, different sides in a new documentary

Last Collector Standing: Jean Haffner of the Record Exchange on Audiophiles and His Near-Miss Playing with Buddy Holly

The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 26

* means coming to town, means a local release ​Euclid Records 1. Roky Erickson/Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil 2. MGMT - Congratulations 3. Jeff Beck - Emotion Commotion 4. Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, & Alibis 5. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 19-April 25

As always: The denotes a local release, * means the band is coming to town. ​Euclid Records 1. Caribou, Swim* 2. MGMT, Congratulations 3. Roky Erickson and Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil 4. Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu 5. Jonsi, Go 6. Jeff Beck, Emotions ... More >>

On the road to ruin or fame, the story of The Runaways

Girl In a Coma

8:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 29. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Cuts Like a Knife: Lita Ford hasn't lost her edge — metal or otherwise — since stepping away from the spotlight

St. Louis Video: The Remaindrz, "Little Luv" Interview

Why has no one ever alerted me to the presence of this band before? A bunch of 1982 clips from an all-girl band called the Remaindrz just surfaced on YouTube. Think the Go-Go's meets Joan Jett, minus the perky enthusiasm and badass snarls. Or the Runaways, minus the spunky naivete. The interview is ... More >>

Tonight at the Tivoli: Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera features a who's-who of cult actors and musicians, including Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Ogre, Terrance Zdunich, Bill Moseley and Paul Sorvino. The list of musician contributing to the soundtrack is even more impressive: Joan Jett, Poe, Cl ... More >>

St. Louis Video: Judge Nothing, "Score Uneven"

With all of the old-school St. Louis band reunion shows happening in the coming weeks, figured this week was a good time to unroll another installment of local old-school videos. Up first is a clip from Judge Nothing, the much-beloved Alton punk/pop/whatever act. The band played gigs with anybody w ... More >>

Antibiopic: What We Do Is Secret sanitizes the Germs' punk-rock tragedy

Detroit Tiger Denny McLain Cardinals Pitcher Bob Gibson, "Girl from Ipanema" More MLB Hilarity and Major League, Scott Spiezio

Trent Reznor Before Nine Inch Nails: The Exotic Birds

Bar of the Week: Drinking a Black-and-Red at Foley's Bar in Maplewood

Show Review: Bottle Rockets at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, Saturday, May 3

Inspiration: For Justin Vernon, it comes from solitude. For others, Morrissey

The Hail Marys

Faith, Forgiveness, Sweet Revenge (Self-released)

Still Precious After All These Years

B-Sides gets real with our favorite Pretender and theSTART's Aimee Echo.

Avril Lavigne

The Best Damn Thing (RCA)

The Heart Attacks / The Queers

7 p.m. Wednesday, February 7. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

"Lita Ford is one of the greatest female guitarists in the world and a very accomplished musician."

Week of November 30, 2006

Pink Spiders / Damone

8 p.m. Saturday, November 25. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).

Swing, Batta, Swing!

B-Sides gets our groove on to Scott Kay & the Continentals, establishes Joan Jett's badass reputation and gets cozy with Strawfoot's Reverend Uncle Marc

Punk-o-Rama

Hot fun in the summertime with Warped Tour

Twanging Around

Twangfest turns ten and throws itself a big ol' shindig

The Sounds/Morningwood

Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).

A Star Is Born

B-Sides explores whether actors can really sing, downloads some Pixies goodness and has some devilish words for Bleeding Through

Morningwood

Morningwood (Capitol)

Now Dirtier Than Ever

Sympathy for the Doll

Devil Doll's Colleen Duffy wants you to remember when rock was sexy

Snideways

A little comic, a little poetic, totally Clem Snide

Thirsty Like the Wolf

Drinking games, zombies, pompadours and fire: the wonderful world of Guitar Wolf

King Ink

Meet Brad Fink, a man of color whose body is the perfect canvas for his work

Wonk Jams

A St. Louis rocker is laying down the Democratic soundtrack. Is that a good idea?

Manda & the Marbles

Friday, July 16; Way Out Club

Raggedy Dandies

The fashion-forward minds behind Rock Star Rags, St. Louis' invite-only vintage clothing warehouse

The Runaways

The Runaways/The Queens of Noise (Cherry Red)

Letters

Week of September 3, 2003

Mag Hags

What's wrong with the state of music journalism -- and how to fix it

The Sovines

Saturday, May 11; Frederick's Music Lounge.

Jett Fighter

How not to interview Joan Jett

Teenage Wasteland

Good music from some bad girls, the Donnas