Tag Archives: memoirs

Blank generation on the TV station: Richard Hell visits a morning talk show

Two out three gone. The needle and the damage done. Richard Hell makes an appearance on Seattle morning talk show New Day Northwest. The host/interviewer is Margaret Larson and I think she’s quite charming. My first encounter with Richard Hell was seeing his band the Voidoids at CBGB in 1977. The group was intense, complex […]

What are You Doing Here?’: The memoirs of a black woman in the heavy metal scene

While my interest in heavy metal music is peripheral at best, I’m incredibly fascinated by one of the great incongruities of music subcultures: how can an outcast group, formed on the margins, manage to marginalize people? Much has been made of Riot Grrl, formed as a response to hyper-macho punk scenes, but Girlschool and Lita […]