Blue Plate Special Archives – Page 5 of 9

March 9, 2024

Blue Plate Special: Prick

Prick, an American industrial rock band with glam rock and new wave influences, was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles...

March 2, 2024

Snow Patrol is a Scottish rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee by Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, and Johnny McDaid,...

February 10, 2024

Joel Thomas Zimmerman, better known by his stage name “deadmau5” is a trailblazing Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. Renowned...

January 27, 2024

Chvrches, a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011, features Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty, and, unofficially...

January 20, 2024

The Danse Society is (was) an English gothic rock band that originated in 1980. Initially known as Y? and then...

January 6, 2024

Radiohead, an influential English rock band formed in 1985, is known for its experimental music that has significantly shaped alternative...

December 9, 2023

Dead Can Dance, an Australian neoclassical darkwave band from Melbourne, was formed in August 1981 by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan...

October 21, 2023

Another band that shaped my teen years, The Smiths were founded in Manchester, UK in 1982, consisting of iconic figures:...

October 14, 2023

In the summer of 1988, I was listening to euro-techno and dance music (mostly Ultravox and Depeche Mode) and was...

October 7, 2023

The Beat, also known as the English Beat in North America and the British Beat in Australia, was a prominent...