The Millions were a Nebraska band that broke from the flock — and that became their undoing.
Echoes
The Click | Echoes
A powerful, forceful female punk band at a time when the underground was a boys club quickly subsuming itself into hardcore or jangle-pop legions.
"Rock Bottom" by Bumpy Action | Echoes
We're back with another Echoes installment in our month-long series celebrating National Women's History month. But first, I've got a confession.
"Hello Goodbye" by The Better Beatles | Echoes
Who was around to take the piss out of the Coca Cola of rock? A little Omaha obscurity known as The Better Beatles
"Rock a Bop" by Sparkle Moore | Echoes
So you think you're tough? You ain't Sparkle Moore. John Wenz kicks off a series on Nebraska's finest female frontwomen with the Queen of Nebraska rockabilly.
"When Angels Sleep" by 13 Nightmares | Echoes
Before there was Mercy Rule, before the Liars, before Domestica, before anything, there was 13 Nightmares.
"Floyd's Guitar Blues" by Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy | Echoes
Nebraska's musical history doesn't begin with rock 'n' roll — it stretches back into early jazz, and performers like Floyd Smith, a talented picker in Omaha's nascent jazz and swing scene.
"Switchblade" by Ron Thompson and the Broughams | Echoes
Nebraska had its own roughneck crew of rockabilly no-goodnicks with Ron Thompson and the Broughams, who released this single, "Switchblade," in 1959.
Product 19, featuring Lincoln Dickison | Echoes
Before Lincoln Dickison was a member of the mighty Monroes, or the driving Techlepathy, he had another group — Columbia, Mo.-based Product 19 — a chaotic, ear-aching act dropping liberal doses of noise rock.
"Police State" by Crap Detectors | Echoes
Jello Biafra dispels a myth about one of Lincoln's pioneering punk bands, which you should rediscover.
