DISGRACELAND

The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Killers, and R&B in Four-inch Heels

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The New York Dolls were one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. They came to life when their hometown of New York City was co...

Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap beats, tender lyrics, too much Xanax and an overdose that’s still mysterious.

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lil’ Peep was a once-in-a-generation talent. Poised to become a new Cobain, Bowie or Dylan, but whose life was cut short by an overdose that’s sti...

Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap beats, tender lyrics, too much Xanax and an overdose that’s still mysterious.

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lil’ Peep was a once-in-a-generation talent. Poised to become a new Cobain, Bowie or Dylan, but whose life was cut short by an overdose that&rsq...

The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid Smuggling, Suicide, Kidnapping, and the Breakup the Greatest Band of All Time

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the height of their world-changing and culture-defining popularity, the Beatles faced death threats in foreign countries, an unfair tax rate in the...

The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid Smuggling, Suicide, Kidnapping, and the Breakup the Greatest Band of All Time

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the height of their world-changing and culture-defining popularity, the Beatles faced death threats in foreign countries, an unfair tax rate in the...

The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed with Acid, Outrunning Knife Wielding Maniacs, and Driving the World to the Brink with Beatlemania

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Beatles caused fans to enter into manic states, literally. People died because of it. The band swallowed more pills than food in their early years...

The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed with Acid, Outrunning Knife Wielding Maniac, and Driving the World to the Brink with Beatlemania

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Beatles caused fans to enter into manic states, literally. People died because of it. The band swallowed more pills than food in their early years...

The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sniffing glue, hooking for drug money, hurling rocks at the Beatles, and writing infectious sunshiny melodies about their grimy reality, the Ramones w...

The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sniffing glue, hooking for drug money, hurling rocks at the Beatles, and writing infectious sunshiny melodies about their grimy reality, the Ramones w...

David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the imaginations of music fans all over the world with...

David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the imaginations of music fans all over the world ...

Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knight Saves The Day, East Coast/West Coast Beef, and What Could Have Been

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of the Tupac Shakur story, we see the young star trying to deal with life behind bars and giving in to the patronage of the notorious Suge...

Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knight Saves The Day, East Coast/West Coast Beef, and What Could Have Been

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of the Tupac Shakur story, we see the young star trying to deal with life behind bars and giving in to the patronage of the notorious Suge...

Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way to Socially Conscious Rap, a Charismatic Screen Star, and Deadly Violence

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tupac Shakur was many things. He was a supremely talented MC and was wildly charismatic in front of the camera. He was also violent, angry and complet...

Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way to Socially Conscious Rap, a Charismatic Screen Star, and Deadly Violence

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tupac Shakur was many things. He was a supremely talented MC and was wildly charismatic in front of the camera. He was also violent, angry and complet...

Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolling Stones and Cosmic American Music

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gram Parsons is one of the most influential musicians in rock ‘n’ roll that you’ve maybe never heard of. He created a form of music that has bee...

Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolling Stones and Cosmic American Music

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gram Parsons is one of the most influential musicians in rock ‘n’ roll that you’ve maybe never heard of. He created a form of music that has bee...

Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity and the Invention of Rock ‘N’ Roll

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chuck Berry was imprisoned numerous times. He was a victim of violent systemic racism and accused of horrific acts of sexual depravity. He also invent...

Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the Madonna of Mexico

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Selena Quintanilla Pérez ushered in the Golden Age of Tejano music in Texas with a meteoric rise up the charts and into the hearts of her fans. Her f...

The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe not only their music, but also the band as people, p...

The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe not only their music, but also the band as people, p...

The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bootlegging whiskey, acid tests, grass, and songs about murder. The origins of the Grateful Dead are fascinating and not what most people think. Born ...

The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bootlegging whiskey, acid tests, grass, and songs about murder. The origins of the Grateful Dead are fascinating and not what most people think. Born ...

Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and the James Dean of Jazz

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chet Baker, with his natural talent, unique voice and beautiful looks was known as “the James Dean of Jazz.” He was also a savage junkie and part ...

Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and the James Dean of Jazz

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chet Baker, with his natural talent, unique voice and beautiful looks was known as “the James Dean of Jazz.” He was also a savage junkie and part ...

Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewels and Inventing Gangsta Rap

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ice-T stoked the wrath of the President of the United States, led the life of a successful jewel thief, ran with one of LA’s most notorious street g...

The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stolen Jewels, the Mars Bar Myth, and Busted at Redlands

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Establishment strikes back in this second installment of the Rolling Stones time in Swinging London. UK pop star Donovan is busted, a precursor to...

The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stolen Jewels, the Mars Bar Myth, and Busted at Redlands

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Establishment strikes back in this second installment of the Rolling Stones time in Swinging London. UK pop star Donovan is busted, a precursor to...

Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison Break, East End Gangsters and the Anti-Beatles

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

London was swinging. Keith Richards was in jail. The Kray Twins were menacing about. Brian Jones was on too much LSD. Aristocrats were tripping over t...

Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison Break, East End Gangsters and the Anti-Beatles

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

London was swinging. Keith Richards was in jail. The Kray Twins were menacing about. Brian Jones was on too much LSD. Aristocrats were tripping over t...

Prince: Dark Funk and Fentanyl

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famously stayed away from drugs and most anything that ...

Prince (Pt. 1): Dark Funk and Fentanyl

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famously stayed away from drugs and most anything that ...

Prince (Pt. 1): Dark Funk and Fentanyl

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famously stayed away from drugs and most anything that ...

Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen...

Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen...

Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Activism, Rollin 60s Crips, and Lost Potential

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nipsey Hussle was more than just one of this generation’s most promising voices in hip hop. He was a social activist, a community leader, and an asp...

Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Activism, Rollin 60s Crips, and Lost Potential

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nipsey Hussle was more than just one of this generation’s most promising voices in hip hop. He was a social activist, a community leader, and an asp...

Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Activism, Rollin 60s Crips, and Lost Potential

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nipsey Hussle was more than just one of this generation’s most promising voices in hip hop. He was a social activist, a community leader, and an...

Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’s post-Sabbath solo career he would invent new, ...

Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’s post-Sabbath solo career he would invent n...

Run DMC: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took rap music into an entirely different direction and h...

Run DMC Pt. 1: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took rap music into an entirely different direction and h...

Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, Confidence Man Extraordinaire

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Exotic, the gun toting, mullet wearing, polyamorous subject of the hit Netflix series Tiger King was more than just a murder-minded conman. He cou...

John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and America’s Darkest Day

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

(This is a bonus April Fools’ episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime.) John Denver was a one of the biggest stars of the Seventie...

John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and America’s Darkest Day

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

(This is a bonus April Fools’ episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime.) John Denver was a one of the biggest stars of the Seve...

Little Richard: Sex and the Duality of the King and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Little Richard is the originator. Without him it’s hard to imagine the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elton John or even Led Zeppelin. He blazed a trail t...

Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Z’s career defies easy categorization. His artistry and business sense are as influenced by his past career as a drug dealer as they are anythin...

Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Z’s career defies easy categorization. His artistry and business sense are as influenced by his past career as a drug dealer as they are any...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepared for their follow up release, singer Axl Rose wa...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepared for their follow up release, singer Axl Rose wa...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepared for their follow up release, singer Axl...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Singer Axl Rose was driven by deep-seated demons that...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Singer Axl Rose was driven by deep-seated demons that...

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Singer Axl Rose was driven by deep-seated demons ...

The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, Hollywood was gripped with fear. Various investigations stitched together a deluded White Album-inspire...

The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, Hollywood was gripped with fear. Various investigations stitched together a deluded White Album-inspire...

The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy harem to squat in his Pacific Palisades home. Denn...

The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy harem to squat in his Pacific Palisades home. Denn...

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Altamont speedway outside San Francisco as the triumph...

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Altamont speedway outside San Francisco as the triumph...

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Altamont speedway outside San Francisco as the triumph...

A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A$AP Rocky’s upbringing; Harlem, Riker’s, and his own instincts and sense of history informed his world view: A view that included not only a heal...

Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Whitney Houston was The Voice. A stunning beauty. An early MTV star and leading actress. But when she passed away in a hotel suite bath, the music ind...

Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On a single Saturday in 2000, Marshall Mathers assaulted two separate men with a pistol and fought with his wife outside a nightclub, resulting in law...

Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it...

Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it...

Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it...

Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled b...

Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled b...

Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled b...

Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors of all time. The music and the megastars Motown produced, like Smokey Robinson...

Led Zeppelin Pt 1: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. They designed the avatar for the heavy ...

Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. They designed the avatar for the heavy ...

N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to their own violent behavior, and at a crossroads crea...

N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity-spewing criminals, but they had nothing on...

N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to their own violent behavior, and at a crossroads ...

N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity-spewing criminals, but they had nothing on...

Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had powerf...

The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Ma...

The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Ma...

The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exi...

Cardi B: Felony Assault

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of...

Cardi B: Felony Assault

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of...

Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a bonus episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime. Originally released on April 1, 2019 as an April Fools joke, this episode f...

Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...

Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...

Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...

Johnny Cash: Pills & Playing With Fire

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Johnny Cash took no shit. He was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad or a rave up like nobody’s business. He also bur...

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent

14 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she ...

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent

14 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she ...

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent

14 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and ...

XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, D...

Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”....

Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”....

Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage. Together, t...

Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case

26 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his car...

Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case

26 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his...

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and th...

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and th...

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney, like Kurt, ...