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I am a Junior at NYU, studying Cultural Media and Journalism. I am currently a Music & Celebrity Editorial Intern at VH1, and have previously worked in editorial departments at ELLE Magazine and Jonathan Adler.
With the recent crop of 27 club documentaries- Amy Berg's Janis: Little Girl Blue, , and Brett Morgen's Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - a strong yet morbid fascination with this group of musicians has resurfaced. Infamous within popular folklore, the club consists of famous artists who all died at the age of 27, mostly due to drug and alcohol abuse.
By Megan Bradley While the '90s saw many cultural conclusions -Ginger Spice, the Cold War, Hammer pants- one of the most important beginnings came out of Seattle. Out of the excesses of the previous decade, grunge found its way to the mainstream with the newfound popularity of alternative rock.
Before Harry Styles and Niall Horan, there were Noel and Liam Gallagher. During the 90's, British popular culture seemed to be in a bit of a rut. In a post- Maggie Thatcher lull, no major rock music was being put out - a stark contrast to the explosion of grunge in the U.S.
Interviews with musicians can go one of two ways. Most of the time, the interviewer simply asks the artists about their work, their public persona, their private life, and the session ends cordially. But sometimes pop culture magic takes over and our favorite celebrity loses all sense of chill, going off on unsuspecting reporters.
by Megan Bradley While major rap feuds dwindle from public consciousness, power partnerships between rappers seem to grow infinitely. Jay-Z and Kanye's 2012 collaboration Watch The Throne set the stage as the biggest partnership in modern rap history, almost immediately going double platinum.
Rockstars are innately unusual people- just look back at Ozzy Osbourne's animal-biting, or virtually any habit of Keith Richards. These eccentricities frequently spill over into their recordings, mainly through music and lyrics, but also through the unusual settings of these recordings.
by Megan Bradley Amy Winehouse's sound is one of the most recognizable of the 2000's. The singer brought R&B back to the musical mainstream, and exposed a modern generation to the history and spirit of soul.