Archive for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Happy Birthday to Meshuggah Co-Founder and Lead Guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, and BRMC Chief Peter Hayes!

Posted in Features, Happy Birthday with tags , , , , on 02/11/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

🎈Fredrik Thordendal🎈

Fredrik Thordendal, Meshuggah’s lead guitarist who also cofounded the band in 1987, turns 55 today. Meshuggah toured exhaustively and exhaustedly in support of their last studio album, Immutable, following its release in April 2022. They haven’t played in concert since June 27, 2025, probably because they’re finally getting some well-deserved rest.

🎈Peter Hayes🎈

Meanwhile, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club frontman Peter Hayes turns the big 5-0 today. Since releasing 2018’s Wrong Creatures, the slick rock band has focused on touring instead of releasing new material. The closest BRMC came was packing their three-LP, 20th anniversary deluxe edition box set of Howl with previously issued songs, copious photos, handwritten lyrics, and more goodies from the era.

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Two Cent Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s ‘Howl [20th Anniversary Edition]’

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags on 02/06/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Garage-psych trio Black Rebel Motorcycle club are honored with a glorious reissue of their under-appreciated third album. Howl gets a second wind with a three-LP set featuring a photo album, handwritten lyrics and more goodies from the era. Read my review of the 20th anniversary reissue of Howl on FLOOD.

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From the Vault: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club As ‘The Wild Ones’ on Cover of Amplifier Magazine

Posted in Interviews with tags on 11/18/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Just this morning, [PIAS] announced the Jan. 30 release of a deluxe box version of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s first album, released 20 years ago. It’ll come with a heaping helping of unreleased tracks, records, BRMC’s original Howl studio album and many more accoutrements.

To commemorate the affair, here’s a cover story I wrote on the band for Amplifier‘s May/June 2002 issue.

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: The Wild Ones

Posted in Interviews with tags , , , on 08/28/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Today we take a brief respite from heralding the posse of promising artists emerging post-COVID in not just the U.S. but across the world. Have no fear: We’ll get back to the up-and-comers soon enough. But for now, The Bad Penny is taking a breather and dusting off a hard-to-find yet epic conversation with the legendary Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

We’re rolling out the exhaustive interview shortly before one of San Francisco’s most iconic garage/psych bands celebrates it 25th anniversary next year. Buckle up: This cover story from the May/June 2002 issue of Amplifier is one of the more comprehensive accounts of BRMC that you’ll find anywhere.

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