Deep Cuts

Music writing for the long play

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hard rock

  1. The Hottest Cold Streak: Foreigner's Unusual Heat and the End of an Era

    After thirteen years and seven multi-platinum albums, Foreigner's voice walked out. The band that remained — Mick Jones, three sidemen, and an Atlantic Records frontman named Johnny Edwards — made a record that should have worked. It peaked at number 117 on the Billboard 200, the worst chart position of the band's career, and effectively ended Foreigner's run as a commercial force. A long play on the album that exposed exactly what Foreigner had always been — and what it could not be without Lou Gramm.

    By Deep Cuts · Issue 02 · · 18 min read

  2. Scorpions and the Robot War: A Defense of Humanity: Hour I

    In 2007, four decades into their career, Scorpions made the strangest album of their lives — a concept record about a war between humans and machines, co-written with Bon Jovi's hitmaker, featuring Billy Corgan singing about Jesus and John 5 playing guitar on the opening track. Almost nobody bought it. This is the case for taking it seriously anyway.

    By Deep Cuts · Issue 01 · · 17 min read