Tony Rettman
Articles by Tony Rettman:
Kurt Loder
To the mere commoner, Kurt Loder is a smoky blip on the ‘90s cultural radar, the clever older gent on MTV News reporting about the New Kids on the Block and their stonewashed sweaters with a raised eyebrow and almost visible scorn. Not many know of Loder’s prior work in the pages of Rolling Stone
The Detroit hardcore scene
In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, some people say Detroit had the most revolutionary rock ‘n’ roll scene in the country. Bands like the MC5, The Stooges, The Amboy Dukes, Alice Cooper, The Up and Frut stood apart from the hippie counterculture that dominated the scene and blasted out an ass-kicking din
Warming Fuzz
“Probably the most ridiculous cassette I released was the Xome tape back in 1997‚” says Joel St. Germain, who runs the Spite label out of a cramped back room in his Brooklyn home. “It came inside two silver dollar pancakes. I shellacked them, but they inevitably rotted.