Bad to The Bone

People with apparently disparate tastes such as Jason Rosenberg of local punk label Alternative Tentacles and Bill Evans, keyboard player for local pop band Beulah, listen to The Bone at work. "It hits me on a visceral, caveman level," Evans says. "On Friday afternoon, you must have The Bone when you need that hard rock fix."

Bottom of the Hill publicist Nancy Kravitz is a dedicated listener, especially at night while driving. "It brings back a lot of memories for me," she says. Bassist John Benson, whose former band A Minor Forest bent metal into intricate rock, is obsessed with the station.

Akim Aginsky

The Bone's Skeleton Crew: Hear today, gone to marrow.

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After much listening to the station, I found that it was hard not to like The Bone on some level, whether it be ironic, symphonic, or just plain moronic. Sure, the station has way too many commercials and some questionable tuneage and a fair amount of just plain stupidity. But at its best, The Bone offers something that has become a scarcity on commercial radio: the unexpected.