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1998 Stories by Eric Weisbard

• Meet the Counselors

  published October 20, 1998

  A rock 'n' roll show, for us, is a celebratory experience," said the unbearably revivalistic drummer-singer of the opening band Cowboy Mouth last... More >>

• A Terrible Beauty

  published September 8, 1998

  Couldn't say which color most becomes her, but Courtney Love's best vowel is u. She throws herself into them all, of course, like a stage... More >>

• Drums Along the Hudson Again

  published July 14, 1998

  Long before Maxwell there was Maxwell's, the Hoboken-based nightclub that nurtured indie rock through the 1980s and '90s, offering a space just... More >>

• Conjugal Visit

  published June 16, 1998

  Quasi can play with your ears. Sam Coomes has a '70s electric keyboard that he says he bought for $50; it's called a Roxichord, short for rocking... More >>

• Citizen Corgan

  published June 2, 1998

  True, Billy Corgan has removed most of the guitars, the pounding, the rat-in-a-cage rage from Smashing Pumpkins' new album. But don't worry: he... More >>

• Y Tori Can Groove

  published May 5, 1998

  Tori Amos believes in the rhythm method. It's easy to lump her with Sarah McLachlan and the Lilith crew: they share a gender, feminism, and a... More >>