Articles by Bill Adams

Adrian Belew
Side One
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005
The fact that Adrian Belew has had a storied career (stints with Frank Zappa, David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails) and is a wildly creative gui...
A Day and A Deathwish
A Day and a Deathwish
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
It was once said that the only band in the Seattle scene of the 90s that fit the term grunge was Alice in Chains. Following that line of l...
Ani Difranco
Knuckle Down
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
Following her previous, totally homegrown (she recorded, produced, wrote and played everything) effort, Educated Guess, Ani DiFranco has ta...
Gene Simmons
Speaking In Tongues
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004
Exactly how self-important must Gene Simmons be to have released Speaking In Tongues? The DVD is marketed as a sort of self-help video, à l...
Blondie
Live By Request
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004
Why Blondie even bothered agreeing to do a Live By Request set is something of a mystery. Did they honestly think anyone other than the hos...
Blondie
Live By Request
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004
Not unlike all of the instalments of Live By Request, Blondies contribution to the series was supposed to be a greatest hits live collecti...
F-Ups
The F-Ups
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004
The F-Ups are the worst kind of pre-packaged pabulum: catchy yet vacant and inauthoritative and destined for mainstream airwaves. The F-Ups...
Barrymores
All Nighters
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004
The Barrymores are proof that ska and reggae music dont necessarily need a message for the music to be good (a sentiment often forgotten t...