KID CONGO POWERS IN-DEPTH

Issue I: October 31, 2005: Kid Congo Powers, Pt.1
The first half of our feature devoted to the life, career, and music of guitar legend Kid Congo Powers. Covering the period from 1960 to 1986, Issue One includes Kids discussions of growing up along with the early LA punk scene and later playing with The Cramps, The Gun Club, Tex Perkins, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and The Fur Bible. Also inside are scans of pages from the scrapbook Kid kept during his first year in The Cramps (1980 - 1981), a 1984 Creem magazine article, photos, and a look at Kid's recorded body of work from this period.

Issue II: January 15, 2006: Kid Congo Powers 2
T he second half of our feature devoted to the life, career, and music of guitar legend Kid Congo Powers. Covering1986 to the present, Issue One includes Kids discussions of his years with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Gun Club, Congo Norvell, Knoxville Girls, Kid and Khan, and Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds. He also discusses his collaborations with Die Haut, Barry Adamson, Make-Up, Mark Eitzel, Julee Cruise, and many more. You can listen to the Kid's story on MP3s or read their text transcriptions. You will also find MP3s of Kid's music, lyrics, a tour of his equipment, a profile of his right-hand man Jack Martin, and even his famous enchilada recipe.