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May 6, 2021
The Counting Crows are back with new music. Butter Miracle, Suite One comes out May 21. Singer Adam Duritz talks about the first song, “Elevator Boots,” an ode to life on the road inspired by the glam rock of David Bowie and Mott The Hoople. He also fondly recalls his life in Denver when he was a child, and what led to him shaving off his trademark dreadlocks.
Johnny Rotten sniffed with typical contrarianism on July 16, 1977, as he guest DJed on Capital Radio’s Tommy Vance show. Of course, he said this over the opening chords of “Rebel Rebel.” But didn’t those vomit-orange spikes suspiciously resemble Ziggy Stardust’s earlier thatched mullet? Didn’t he sing into a mic Steve Jones stole from the Ziggy farewell gig? And Jonesy clearly owed
Johnny Thunders guitar-wise, but those roaring power chords were stamped with a classic Bowie guitarist’s tone. “If I’ve got any ‘heroes,’” he told Alternative Press in 1989, “it’s Mick Ronson…”
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Many early L.A. punk rockers received their musical education at the English Disco, scenemaker/DJ