Tony Rettman

Tony Rettman

Record Store Day Heavy Metal Guide

Warner Bros./A389 Recordings If you're as big a vinyl fiend as the rest of us here at Noisecreep, you are more than likely primed and ready for tomorrow, April 20th; also known as Record Store ...

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A Conversation With Lewis Dimmick, Author of a New Book on NYC Hardcore

Lewis Dimmick The underground music scene in New York was an intriguing place for a young person to land in the mid-'80s. At the time, there was a strong cross pollination going on between the ...

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Dust: Marky Ramone Looks Back at His Heavy Metal Years in Brooklyn With New Reissue (INTERVIEW)

Legacy Recordings Richie Wise, Kenny Aaronson and Marky Ramone; three names very synonymous when it comes to the landscape of popular music in the past forty years. When we think of Richie, we ...

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Where Are They Now? Kevin Crowley of The Abused and NYHC Artist

Kevin Crowley At this point in time, the American hardcore punk scene of the early '80s is finally being recognized as one of the most important cultural explosions of the past few decades. The ...

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Cliff Burton's First Live Performance With Metallica 30th Anniversary: 10 Facts About the Bassist

Ross Halfin The date of March 5th in history marks many interesting occurrences in popular culture. In 1965, it was the day the Beatles recorded their first number one single, "From Me to You." ...

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MOSH PIT: New York Hardcore Veteran Creates New iPhone App (INTERVIEW)

Al Morris When you sit down and think about it, it's sort of crazy no one has yet to come out with a mosh pit oriented video game or app. Leave it to 'Uncle' Al Morris, NYHC legend and ...

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The Roots of Heavy Metal, Vol.4: Little Free Rock

Little Free Rock When I was first wading my way through collecting all things obscure and heavy, the piece of vinyl I kept hearing about in hushed tones from older dudes was the lone album ...

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