“Decree of my darkest dreams. Memories of my future. Welcome to my church. I am your savior. Shapeless to your perception. For I am you, pierced from within.” ~”Pierced From Within”, Suffocation I moved to LA because there are more options for someone who believes that “variety is the spice of life”, which is something [...]
As I got dressed for this show, I discovered that Decrepit Birth had to drop off the tour due to their van being broken into in San Francisco. America’s best city? Hmmmm… While waiting in line to get in…which took forever….I discovered that the Key Club has this new policy that forces photographers to pay [...]
“Look into my eyes Do you see any love? The only thing is agony Now I can’t wait to give you the good pain Die now and be free” ~”Pleasure to Kill”, Kreator I was able to walk from my Hollywood hideaway to the Avalon. As cars full of metalheads circled around looking for parking, [...]
“Impure is the secret that all men speak Impurity is the secret……” ~The Catechism of Depression, Mournful Congregation It was one of those days where I never fully woke up, and I’ll admit that the drive downtown alone on the first chilly night of the year to listen to some of the most depressing music [...]
Down & Out in downtown Los Angeles. I’m loving living in LA. And I’m reminded of this tonight, as I drive from the sunshiny sprawling seduction of Hollywood to the gritty anti-glam of downtown. We round the corner of the Down & Out, and the entire street is full of production crew trucks. Typical. The [...]
“Why isn’t anyone here?” 10 minutes later and a trek down a homeless person addled stairway to the other entrance and back. “How did so many people suddenly get here?” “I don’t know when the last time I waited in line for a show was.” “Everyone here is so young!” “Why does everyone smoke!?” It [...]
We’re crawling down the 101, giggling furiously because a Four Runner full of frat boys are pointing at us, one going to the extreme of hanging out the window waving horns in the air and tearing off his shirt. I’m not kidding. The temperature gauge kept climbing higher, and higher, and higher as we traveled [...]
I’ve had the same conversation many times lately, some with fellow writers, some with the makers of the music itself: “I’m kinda burned out on metal.” As I walked through the doors of the Echoplex with a friend I think I’ve only been to metal shows with, I’ll have to admit it felt odd at [...]
A couple of times a year for the past few years I’ve found myself amidst the multi-instrumental, festive, communal experience that is Folk Metal. It is still about as foreign to me as the lands from which these bands come from, but I find the whole song and dance really endearing. The historical Whisky A [...]
“Broken Heads Brainwashed Hatred Pulls Me Through In Your Mind Instinct For Survival Censored Views Trick And Confuse It Began Just As I Knew It Would Black And Blue Crayon Scratches” ~”Blank”, eyehategod Greetings from sunny Los Angeles. Consider this the beginning of a new, exciting chapter of HardRockChick, where instead of popping up all [...]
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{ Now, as always, and esp now that Ray Manzarek is with us no more....:(:( RIP, man......I welcome bands like BA because they keep the TRUE... } – May 21, 1:57 AM
{ I have always wanted to see the Stones but their age and prices have always scared me away. I remember my dad asking me to... } – May 15, 4:01 PM
{ "Zeppelin was the new kid that showed up on the first day and changed the way the entire school thought, dressed and behaved." - Amen,... } – May 14, 6:04 PM { So sad to see Jeff go so young. I was born in '58 and to see people younger than me go first saddens me lots....esp... } – May 06, 1:10 AM