Word: punks
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...fill the middle ground. The Foo Fighters, under the direction of Dave Grohl, have managed to update their sound in tune with the times on each of their three releases. Their most recent album, There is Nothing Left to Lose, was a fusion of their trademark four-chord power punk with plaintive melodies and actual singing. "This is the album of which I am most proud," says Grohl. "It was turning 30 which did it. When you've been listening to punk and death metal since you were 13, you hit 30 and figure it might be nice...
...STARTED The lug sole adopted by punk rockers in the 1970s picked up speed during the swing revival...
...voice is not the ideal instrument for mainstream pop, but it can have the cracked charm of Neil Young's or Kurt Cobain's. If she had not been too famous by the late '70s to make a name for herself, she might have found a niche in punk. Just hours before Lennon's death, she and John recorded her one indisputable pop wonderment, Walking on Thin Ice, a punkish war whoop that combined his saw-toothed guitar with her high-frequency keening...
...Shoes occupy a peculiar niche in the fashion world. Evoking equal parts Sex Pistols and Maxwell Smart, these funky, thick-soled shoes are attracting punk rockers, swing dancers, bikers and ravers, along with suburban teens. But they've also caught the eye of U.S. Customs agents. The footwear contains a storage compartment called the G-spot, hidden beneath the insole, that is big enough to stash a house key and cab fare--or, the feds say, a few raves' worth of ecstasy. This month the agency's website issued a warning to parents about the shoes...
Self-described "garage rock upstarts" Seventeen are a band comprising Jason Adams '92-'93 (lead guitarist/vocal), Jon Baird (guitar/vocals), Chris Baird (bass/vocals) and Tony Mellace (drums). Seventeen throw themselves into a hard rock, punk style of music. The Harvard Crimson interviewed Jason Adams to discuss the band's debut album, Bikini Pie Fight, an energetic work that meanders from punk to disco...