Indiana glam band Black Jet Radio has been described as “Blondie meets the New York Dolls... with Cabaret inspired vocals, fuzz guitars, pulsing drums, driving bass and a touch of Lowry organs.” Add the band’s 3 to 1 female to male ratio and the PBR-swilling goodness of Annabell’s and you have a winner. ...
If you are like many outsiders Dover and New Philadelphia, Ohio, are nothing more than farm towns. Separated by the Tuscarawas River, these two rural towns with a combined population of just under 30,000 have always been about being down home. “We are part of Tuscarawas County, which for non-residents is hard to pronounce, so people from outside the county affectionately abbreviate it to T-County. We are the Southern outpost of NE Ohio.” says Don Whittingham, Dover native and founder of the Unreal McCoys, who are one area band on the reunion trail. This August 21 at Bud and To...
It was a night of glam and slam on stage this past Wednesday as two of punk rock’s founding fathers showcased their new creation, Batusis, at the Beachland Ballroom. Despite the deaths of Dolls greats Arthur Killer Kane and Johnny Thunders, and the Dead Boys’ Stiv Bators, the surviving leaders of those two bands are more than alive and kicking as they paid homage to their fallen comrades. Legendary Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome and New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain showed why they are still rocking three-plus decades later. The two were joined by onetime Cult drummer Lez W...
The seed The Dead Boys planted was rude and crude, and when the NE Ohio streets gave birth to its first true American punk rock band, music would never be the same again. The Cleveland band’s young guitarist, Gene O’Connor who went by the moniker “Cheetah Chrome”, blazed a pioneering punk trail that had never before been seen or heard, if only for a moment in time. The Dead Boys came about at a time when the music world was aching for a new sound separate from the comfortable tedium of the bland sound of 1970s rock and roll. Steve “Stiv” Bators’ Midwest snarl and gra...
