Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh Rolling Stone ranked Joplin #46

Rolling Stone ranked Joplin #46 on it's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and #28 on it's 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time

The Dream Syndicate started their own record company

while "Cold and Drunk" and "Remember Me" describe characters that seem to be hopeless

setting the telltale ripple effect in motion

Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh Rolling Stone ranked Joplin #46Formed in 1981 by two Rockford, Illinois, and two Brookfield, Wisconsin, natives in the midpoint of Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen (pronounced dee kroyt zen) chose their name specifically to avoid stereotyping because no one knows what it means. 'Die Kreuzen' roughly translates out of German meaning 'to intersect' or 'to hybridize,' which is exactly what they did on their five LP's for Touch and Go. Their self titled debut is considered one of the most