John Sewell

With Your Body Is a Wonderland, Knoxville-based instrumental duo Yak Strangler welds together a junkyard full of broken musical toys into a magnificent yet terrifying aural sculpture.

Mic is a master at writing catchy, rocking songs that address the human condition from a barstool perspective.

Knoxville’s crazed garage-surf punks Oversat are wrapping up a spring tour short on days but long on miles.

For a brief window in the mid-1990s, the Mercury Theatre was the epicenter for a vibrant all-ages punk scene. Anyone who frequented the matinee performances then will remember Melanie Sharp, the ever-fashionable woman on the front row at every show. ...

Over the course of his 30-year career, Rollins has evolved from the sexy, muscle-bound psycho frontman for the incendiary proto-hardcore band Black Flag to today’s slightly more erudite persona.

Stewart Pack is one of the elite usual suspects who have shaped Knoxville’s sound. With a tenure that stretches beyond 20 years with great bands like the 1-900s and Dinky Doo, Pack is notable for his prolific music-making and, more ...

Few people know that Knoxville’s family tree of doom metal royalty extends beyond Victor Griffin of Pentagram/Place of Skulls and a handful of excellent current local bands.

Hot off the release of the their debut, Mixed Signals, Knoxville delinquent garage rockers Oversat have lined up a demanding schedule for this fall that includes some charitable work on the local front and then a foray across the big ...

Percussionist Larry Mullins has beaten the odds. A mainstay of Knoxville’s 1980s scene, Mullins is the rare example where perseverance, artistry, and timing produced amazing results—a viable career, even.

Long-time scenesters will certainly remember Jim Ellis, the stylish artiste whose projects included Jack Kirby-influenced cyberpunk landscapes, clothing items that were requisite hipster couture for those in the know, tattoos, and, most of all, himself. Ellis was a mainstay of ...