Chicago native Paul Natkin is a prolific concert and portrait photographer who’s shot more than 4,300 musicians and celebrities since he started his career in 1975. He’s also worked as road manager for the likes of Brian Wilson and Alice Peacock and tour photographer for the Rolling Stones. His images have appeared in so many […]
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Piecing together the story of midwest punk’s great lost talent
Before he died at 24, Peter Laughner cofounded Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu. Had he lived, he could’ve rivaled Patti Smith or Richard Hell—and a new box set shows why.
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Chicago protopunks the Crucified released a notorious EP in 1977
The Crucified predated the codification of punk as a musical style, so to modern ears their only record sounds more like great, no-frills hard rock.