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For whatever reason, some bands just can’t gain a foothold in the US; I don’t think it’s a matter of being ‘too British’ for either Suede or Manic Street Preachers but American audiences just didn’t latch on to them the way their home crowd did. Twenty years ...
Certain music genres have a hard ceiling on the amount of popularity one can achieve, and currently Turnstile is pushing those boundaries of what hardcore means in today’s world. The vast majority of bands operating in that loose pigeonhole might be playing O’Brien’s or basement ...
Some bands just can’t crack the US market like their home, and for whatever reason Suede (billed as The London Suede after I’m assuming lawyers got involved) fall squarely into that unfortunate hole. Suave but not afraid to rock, Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler formed nearly ...
Radiohead is in a fairly unique position among rock bands in the current age. Right about the time that Thom Yorke decided he’d had enough of leading an alt.rock guitar band, they have been making fearless choices that have paid off handsomely. I’m sure there are tiny pockets of ...
Not many performers have the vocal range or theatrical flair that King Diamond has, a self-avowed Satanist that (along with Alice Cooper and Kiss) influenced a large forest-full of Scandinavian metal bands to streak their faces with black and white paint. After Mercyful Fate sputtered to an ...
Kris Thompson has been a tireless veteran of the local psychedelic rock scene for decades now, with inspiring bass, synths and theremin work featured most prominently with Abunai!, Prefab Messiahs, Bobb Trimble and others. He’s decided to round up some like-minded space voyagers and ...
What’s the best way to chase away the lingering clouds and fog that seem to have become a chronic companion to our city? Hit ’em with a blast of high energy dance rock, and that’s exactly what Metric did. Playing songs from their newest Doomscroller record and peppering ...
Eddie lives! As does Iron Maiden. For this go-round the band is billing the tour as Legacy Of The Beast (complete with it’s own game) but it also coincides with 2021’s ...
When you’ve got fifty years of doing something under your belt, sometimes that wear and tear mileage racks up. This past May the Judas Priest show was canceled just hours before the start time as Rob Halford’s voice was shot, and almost exactly a year ago guitarist Richie Faulkner suffered ...
