@stevewlauden
Writer, author, drummer. Edits the guitar pop newsletter Remember The Lightning: https://rememberthelightning.substack.com/. Contributor for Big Takeover. Drummer for Tsar, The Brothers Steve, Ken Layne & The Corvids, and Ridel High (aka "Coulter").
42 years go - Social Distortion - March 1984.
Outtake photo from More Mayonaise photo shoot for article on Social Distortion in 1984. Photo were taken in Fullerton,CA. next to the bands apartment.
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Latest installment in the music writing collaboration with my daughter. “Save It For Later”…but go ahead and read it now.
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Hand grenades, the BBC, and Scumbag College: The story of Motörhead’s appearance on ‘The Young Ones’
Ridel High, enjoying a resurgence thanks to the release of an EP of vintage demos... "Self Destructive" as originally featured on Big Stir Records' geek rock collection "Generation Blue" (you can grab one of the last copies of the deluxe album-and-book LP on blue vinyl at 👉 orcd.co/generationblue)!
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Via Remember the Lightning, the great newsletter of @stevewlauden.bsky.social - this new album by The Legal Matters is getting heavy airplay at my house. You should check it out.
Listen anywhere:
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Great band!
"Before this album, I was very focused on genre. The bands I’ve played in have been firmly rooted in pop punk, power pop, and garage rock. But this time, I felt that wasn’t the direction to go." #musicsky #music
59 years ago today
The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico, releasd March 12, 1967
#punkrock #protopunk #thevelvetunderground #masterpiece #history #rockhistory #punkrockhistory
From a year ago: Wrote about records from ODDLY, The Sprouts, Celebrity, and Mirrored Daughters:
Looking for great new guitar pop? Bloody Red Baron’s got you covered. #musicsky #music
🚨☕️Excellent hang☕️🚨
Read📚, Listen🎧🔊, Enjoy😊 & Have a Great One Folks🎶👊😎
Thx @stevewlauden.bsky.social
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i finally addressed the age old question: is power pop manly? thanks to steve for letting me write this!
Michigan keeps delivering fantastic new music. The latest addition to the state’s impressive guitar pop lineage is "Lost At Sea," The Legal Matters’ fourth album. #musicsky #music
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R.E Seraphin joins the “Is It Power Pop?!” party to ask/answer his own question: “Can power pop be macho?”
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A conversation with garage rocker and retired judge Nicole Laurenne about the band’s killer new album “Halloween Love Songs.” #musicsky #music
Just because…🎶🎙️🎸🥁🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
#MorningMusic ☕️☕️☕️☀️💨💨
#PowerPopOfTheDay
#PowerPop 💥💥💥💥💥
“No Better Time” by Popsicko
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New blog post! Wrote about new records from Keta Ester, Virgins, Would-Be-Goods @would-be-goods.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social, and Human Mascot:
Looking for great new guitar pop? We’ve got you covered.
#musicsky #music
On this date: February 20, 1982.
Feb 21 8-10AM EDT/1-3PM GMT on @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social @beautiful-cosmos.bsky.social @caitbrennan.bsky.social @chrischurchmusic.bsky.social #DollyMixture #LeslieMendelson #MarcValentine #ModLang @cornerlaughers.bsky.social #TheEmbyos #TheIdiotKids @theneedmores.bsky.social #TheSylviaPlatters
Zac Anthony from Australian power poppers The Wellingtons joins the "Is It Power Pop?!" party with five great picks.
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Guitar Pop For Now People–Part 36 by @stevewlauden.bsky.social
https://rememberthelightning.substack.com/p/guitar-pop-for-now-peoplepart-36
“I guess it’s just a feeling and always has been, to know when something is hitting right for you. ...I guess the consistent thing is a melody that feels right,” Cook said.
Phil Thornalley may not be a household name in the U.S., but you definitely know his behind-the-scenes work with artists including The Cure, XTC, and Ash. He co-wrote the Ednaswap/Natalie Imbruglia hit “Torn.” His new album, “Stacked,” is a tongue-in-cheek homage to 2000s pop punk. #musicsky #music
Paul Heinz from the 1,000 Greatest Misses podcast joins the “Is It Power Pop?!” party. His mission: “Pick songs by bands that hadn’t yet been featured.” #musicsky #music
New video for the remastered 1995 demo of "Winona Ryder" by my band Ridel High. This is featured on the new 5-song digital EP “B-Sides + Demoes” arriving Feb. 13 on streaming and Bandcamp.
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@stevewlauden.bsky.social - So many great new song picks in this edition! GPFNP is one of my go-to sources for discovering fantastic new melodic pop-rock music:
rememberthelightning.substack.com/p/guitar-pop...
Just because…college hoops🏀📺🔇…🎶🎙️🎸🥁🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
#BestSongHeardToday 🎶👊😎
“Winona Ryder” by Ridel High
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