Today’s RNRHS comes from Minneapolis music legend, Chris Osgood. When I started interning at Twin/Tone Records in 1987, I was just an eager, U of M sophomore from the suburbs of St. Paul. I had led a somewhat sheltered musical existence. I thought the Urban Guerrillas were dangerous. I didn’t know a lot about Chris Osgood or his band, The Suicide Commandos, but I was smart enough to know the most important piece of information–all of those bands I loved? The Replacements? Soul Asylum? Husker Du? The Suburbs?…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, author, banks forest, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, chris osgood, first avenue, high school, karen balcom, karen booth balcom, minneapolis, minneapolis music, music, novel, paul westerberg, suicide commandos, the replacements, the suburbs, twin/tone records, women's fiction
Installment #2: Monica Myers Shelton, Jordy Birch, Jane Greathouse This time I have surveys from Monica Myers Shelton, Jordy Birch, and Jane Greathouse. FYI, Jane was my BFF in high school and she and I recently re-connected via facebook. People love to slag facebook, but it is good for some things and that is one of those things. I’ve got more of these coming, but please let me know if you would like to participate and I will e-mail you the questions. You can reach me at karen…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, banks forest, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, duran duran, first avenue, high school, jordy birch, music, the suburbs