Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. The story of the Gits, the early ‘90s Seattle-based punk rock group. has ...

In the summer of 1993, everything seemed to be going the Gits’ way. Bypassed in the initial wave of interest in Seattle’s grunge bands, the punk quartet was close to signing with a major label and had ...

Of the more than 230 films at the Seattle International Film Festival, more than a dozen are music documentaries, grouped together in a special section called “Face the Music.” Three are of special ...

Stories about the determined rise of a rock ‘n’ roll band are often uniquely embedded with dramatic potential. It helps when the characters are fully rounded and the context includes elements of an ...