Jordan Krimston
The local School of Rock is where Jordan Krimston got his start with bands such as Pandemonium and Lua. “The more important things that I think students usually take away from School of Rock are staying humble and grounded and just being more thoughtful, on and off stage,” he tells the
Reader. “I was teaching there for a little bit, and it’s remarkable to see how much kids grow socially through music.” His next group, Big Bad Buffalo, released their debut 2012 EP while Krimston was still in high school. “I don’t think of myself as a prodigy, that’s more of what Gilbert Castellanos’ Young Lions are or something. I’ve just always been obsessed with music and noise, and I definitely can attribute that to my Deadhead parents.” Among his other musical projects are Band Argument (an analog-digital hybrid), Weatherbox, and Miss New Buddha. His debut solo EP
Neil Young’s greatest songs, in which members of Young’s extended musical family – including
David Crosby, Graham Nash, Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot, Poncho Sampedro, Spooner Oldham, Niko Bolas, Daniel Lanois, Jim Keltner and
Micah Nelson – give up their intimate secrets about his mercurial recording practices.
We discover the origin of “Don’t spook the horse!”, enjoy a cameo from
Marlon Brando, pay heed to Young’s studio direction (“More air!”) and learn that genius can manifest itself surprisingly easily via magic marker and a big easel.
Here’s just a tiny sample of some of the great stories encountered in the magazine: