How Wowee Zowee by Pavement Captured the Sheer Unbridled Joy of Making Music
April 24th, 2020 | by Steven Rainey
In the mid-90s, everything was about being BIG. In the US, Nirvana had proved there was an appetite for loud, …
About Steven Rainey
Steven Rainey is a writer and broadcaster who has spent his entire life being an elderly version of himself. He believes in the power of True Rock, and discovered heavy metal at the age of 30. He has never married, but has been divorced twice.
Author Archives: Steven Rainey
“Like a funeral.” – Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York Turns 25
November 12th, 2018 | by Steven Rainey
On November 18th 1993, the three members of Nirvana sat down on the stage of the Sony Music Studios in …
Runnin’ Down A Dream: Remembering Tom Petty
October 3rd, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
Rock and roll is built on shifting sands. What reinvents the wheel one day, is old hat the next. One …
“They’re Us… That’s All” The Unlife of George A. Romero
July 17th, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
In 1967, music and art threatened to take over the world. The Beatles were proclaiming that “All you need is …
Ain’t No Pity In The Mega-City: 40 Years of Judge Dredd
March 6th, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
The war to end all wars. Senseless carnage on a scale unimagined. The East-Coast of what used to be the …
Copy of a Copy of a: A Strange Kind of Flattery With Lilys
March 2nd, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
There’s a moment on Lilys’ 1996 album Better Can’t Make Your Life Better, where you find yourself wondering “What exactly …
Starless and Bible Black: John Wetton and King Crimson
February 1st, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
In 1972, King Crimson were in a bit of a mess. The band had been one of the leading lights …
For The Love of Art
December 12th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
There was a time when a person could have dreams of being creative, of writing that novel, recording that album, …
The Final Cut, And The Ultimate Act of Protest
December 1st, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
And now, the tide must turn. With the election of Donald Trump to the Oval Office, the cultural climate in …
Chairmen of the Bored: Nostalgia’s Tight Grip on Stranger Things
October 18th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
The opening of Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things finds four adolescent boys gathered round a table, intently focussed on some …