MOJO August 2022

Jon Savage Longtime MOJO contributor Jon lives in North Wales. His current activity includes the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Library in Manchester and a book about the gay influence on pop culture. He never saw the New York Dolls (see page 46) but does remember the Rainbow Room at Biba. David Leaf David Leaf is a writer, director and producer of films including Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story Of SMiLE, and a lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School Of Music in LA. His updated book God Only Knows: The Story Of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys And The California Myth is excerpted from page 58. Jill Furmanovsky Jill’s photos have appeared in MOJO since the start. This month we tap her…

Jon Savage Longtime MOJO contributor Jon lives in North Wales. His current activity includes the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Library in Manchester and a book about the gay influence on pop culture. He never saw the New York Dolls (see page 46) but does remember the Rainbow Room at Biba. David Leaf David Leaf is a writer, director and producer of films including Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story Of SMiLE, and a lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School Of Music in LA. His updated book God Only Knows: The Story Of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys And The California Myth is excerpted from page 58. Jill Furmanovsky Jill’s photos have appeared in MOJO since the start. This month we tap her archive for portraits of Simple…

1 RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS BLANK GENERATION Where better to begin than a crucial document of NYC punk at its most louche and literate? When Richard Hell retooled Rod McKuen’s Beat Generation in 1976, he’d already formed and quit The Heartbreakers and Television – whose first review was written by Patti Smith. Written by Richard Hell Published by Automatic Music Inc. adm by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. (BMI) / Doraflo Music, Inc., BMI / Quickmix Music, BMI / Warner-Chappell Music., Inc. 1977 WEA International Inc. USWB19904285 Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. 2 GLENN BRANCA LESSON NO. 1 The anthemic, pulverising solo debut of Downtown eminence grise Glenn Branca, 1980’s Lesson No. 1 makes systems symphonics out of the raw punk frequencies of electric guitar. Not just a vital precursor to so much avant-rock that followed,…

1 RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS BLANK GENERATION Where better to begin than a crucial document of NYC punk at its most louche and literate? When Richard Hell retooled Rod McKuen’s Beat Generation in 1976, he’d already formed and quit The Heartbreakers and Television – whose first review was written by Patti Smith. Written by Richard Hell Published by Automatic Music Inc. adm by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. (BMI) / Doraflo Music, Inc., BMI / Quickmix Music, BMI / Warner-Chappell Music., Inc. 1977 WEA International Inc. USWB19904285 Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. 2 GLENN BRANCA LESSON NO. 1 The anthemic, pulverising solo debut of Downtown eminence grise Glenn Branca, 1980’s Lesson No. 1 makes systems symphonics out of the raw punk frequencies of electric guitar. Not just a vital precursor…

Sheryl Crow STILL HAVING FUN What music are you currently grooving to? Blood Orange, Anderson.Paak, the new Courtney Barnett LP, and I really like this band Lucius. I did the deep dive into the Beatles doc, and started digging back through John Lennon, Wings and George Harrison. I came in with a lot of melancholy, so I’m always moved by moody chords and a great melody. What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? All Things Must Pass. A lot of things resonated with me on that record, the fact that you felt George’s passion to be his own person. What was the first record you ever bought, and where did you buy it? It was Rumours, believe it or not, from our record store downtown in…

Sheryl Crow STILL HAVING FUN What music are you currently grooving to? Blood Orange, Anderson.Paak, the new Courtney Barnett LP, and I really like this band Lucius. I did the deep dive into the Beatles doc, and started digging back through John Lennon, Wings and George Harrison. I came in with a lot of melancholy, so I’m always moved by moody chords and a great melody. What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? All Things Must Pass. A lot of things resonated with me on that record, the fact that you felt George’s passion to be his own person. What was the first record you ever bought, and where did you buy it? It was Rumours, believe it or not, from our record store downtown in Kennett, Missouri. I was 13, my…