Bryan Wawzenek is a freelance journalist who writes for Diffuser.fm and Ultimate Classic Rock. He learned more from a three-minute record than he ever learned in school. His mind is racing, as it always will. Don't start him talking, he could talk all night. The sunshine bores the daylights out of him. Don't touch him, he's a real live wire. Most things he worries about never happen anyway. But he's been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come.
Bryan Wawzenek
When ‘Back to Black’ Made Amy Winehouse a Superstar
Amy Winehouse's second album brought her massive success and stardom after it was released in the U.K. on Oct. 27, 2006. She'd soon become famous worldwide.
15 Years Ago: Stars Unite at ‘The Concert for New York City’
'The Concert for New York City' was a charity show which entertained police and firefighters. David Bowie opened the show with Simon & Garfunkel's 'America.'
10 Years Ago: CBGB Shuts Down After One Last Show
Being one of the most legendary venues in rock history doesn’t pay the bills. At least not in Manhattan, where storied punk club CBGB was forced by a rent dispute to shutter its doors in 2006.
Decades earlier, New York City was a different place...
30 Bands That Replaced Their Lead Singers
We’re looking at alt. rock bands that have changed their frontmen (and women).
How R.E.M. Ended an Era with ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’
A decade and a half into its career, R.E.M. was still finding 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi,' although the band’s 1996 album would be the last for a founding member.