Our Writers
Jem Is My NameDrummer in the band DEAD / Label Operator - We Empty Rooms / Bullshit Artist. "I Fucking Love Music"
JP"Even a broken clock is right twice a day".
Vocalist, Guitarist and Percussionist for AATXE.
Lifelong musician and music fan, Weight lifting and martial arts enthusi...
Jaime PinaGUITAR: Los Cremators, Chemical People, Down By Law, 45 Grave, Electric Frankenstein, Punk Rock Vatos PRV13, Christian Death 1334
WORD: Fangoria, Giant Robot, Varla, Punk Globe
Sid VerboseEver since I got my first Walkman somewhere around 1986 I’ve been captivated by the storytelling and expression that is music. When I’m not teaching intermed...
Diane "Lifer" Farris“I Am A Goddamn Delight!”
Veteran of radio since the 80s, child of the 70s. Interviewer, DJ, Podcaster, Host. Gimme Metal Radio Show "Lifer" / WFMU "Diane's Kamikaze...
AyersianLife is just a candle, and a dream must give it flame. (Neil Peart, “The Fountain of
Lamneth”)
I’m a music writer but first a music fan, and I am so privileged to ...
Freddie KatzLiving rock-n-roll 24/7. Recorded and toured extensively as both a guitarist and sound engineer, owner of Sierra Sound; Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. Produced, engineered and perfo...
Perfect StrangerA tone-deaf music lover since his Dad put on Beethoven's 9th, and an avid film buff. Blessed to have seen many amazing artists and even hob-knob with a few. Teacher, scient...
Su ZiPoet/writer and artist who creates and edits the poetry chapbook series, Red Mare.
Her writing has been published in multiple genres. Recent publications include an essa...
BubbernatorBubbernator a.k.a. Chicago Chris a.k.a. "Hey, asshole!!"
My mind is dirtier than the Passaic River.
So much for good, clean living.
Tom LiferLifelong music fan and musician. No qualifications other than the aforementioned.
The SluggerThe Slugger is the host of Slugger's Supersonic Radio Show. He was a DJ on WRSU 88.7 FM Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ. He is a songwriter, singer and guitar player...
Buzz KilbilAir Force Veteran and 27 year Airline Employee, I have been a slave to FM Radio until 2 years ago. I’m now getting my Metal legs on and ready to learn. “How many genres...
Winslow LeechHistorian, artist, author, former radio DJ, and world's worst guitarist. Avid collector of music, movies, books, horror memorabilia, and vintage toys.
"Normal is an illusion,...
SblendorioMy Mom put a radio in my crib... I raided my sister's record collection... and the rest is history! I’m a Dad, Teacher, Drummer.
I ran the Buy Our Records la...
Stu RutherfordMulti-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast, WFMU engineer, record collector, low-rent audiophile. Former member of The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, The Royal Purple...
Bun E. BreadJersey bitch raised at City Gardens + CBGB. Ran away to join the circus, and once again to enjoy the silence. "There’s just some things you don’t do in this world, and...
DJ Alex KayneLiving with Ghosts: The Delirious Rants of an Insane DJ : Metal DJ for over four decades. Well-known
DJ/VJ residency at "L'Amour the Rock
Capitol of Brooklyn." Host of ...
Freddie Katz
Top 10 Albums That Changed My Life
- The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
- Ultravox! - Ha Ha Ha
- UFO - Strangers In The Night
- David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
- Roxy Music - The First Roxy Music Album
- Holly Beth Vincent - Holly And The Italians
- Chris Spedding - Hurt
- MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
- The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
Articles by Freddie Katz
From Darkroom to Green Room
March 20, 2021How My Teenage Photo Assisting Gig Led Me To Shakin’ Street’s “Magic Tour” When I was in my early twenties I spent a few years photo-assisting for photographer Jonathan Postal, the staff photographer at Guitar World Magazine. This was roughly 1982 or so. Before that, Jonathan also happened to have been the lead singer of a band […]
Zen And The Art Of “Sway”
July 29, 2020Because with all of its reference to pain and loss, “Sway” also offers us redemption…it really is a song for all eventualities.