Articles by Peter Jönsson

First time browsing through Rich Tupica’s There Was a Light – The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star [HoZac Books, 2018], I must say that I became somewhat doubtful, because […]

It is easy to sympathize with the fact that Big Stir Records has taken its name to pay tribute to Big Star, which also indicates what output is expected from Big Stir. Big Stir Records […]

The Ramones are among the strongest proofs of a mismatch between long time impact and records sold. Their slow burner debut album Ramones acquired status of US gold (500,000 copies) as late as 2014 – […]

Superstitious people may say that Greg Cartwright’s lucky stars must have been aligned when he was approached by the car company Toyota’s US “Generation Y brand” Scion in 2011 to make a promotion record. All […]

This landmark release # 50 of Ugly Things is certainly a very good reason to celebrate its editor Mike Stax and at the same time congratulate all readers of this exquisite music magazine. Mike Stax […]

Different strands of musical expressions were intertwined during the punk rock explosion in London’s mid-‘70s, resulting in a mix that became a new distinct high impact style – often exemplified by band as The Sex […]

The New York Dolls was one of the few shining stars in the dark age between The British invasion and the punk rock movement. They lightened up the otherwise rather boring rock scene in the […]

Just like Borack’s first Shake Some Action book (2007; a re-print is currently under way), this 2.0 update is the author’s personal guide for everyone who wants to travel through the land of power pop […]