


An Axe To Grind: An eulogy for all the guitars sacrificed to Pete Townshend’s auto-destruction

King of the Wild Frontier: All the ways Adam Ant lived up to the part of pop pirate

Girl and Guitar: Good luck separating Joan Jett from her choice of instrument

Blonde Ambition: Sia’s wigs hide nothing and reveal everything

A Woman With a Scalpel: Linder Sterling assembles and disassembles “Orgasm Addict,” a meat dress, herself

Extraordinary Machines: How The Knife’s weird and wonderful custom instruments shook up the habitual

Sequins Are Great: The long-lasting flash and pizzazz of the Nudie suit

The Art of Artifice: Antony Price and Roxy Music set up camp in eight records
