Since the genre really began to take shape in 1974, the boundaries, forms and shapes of punk rock have been torn down, torn apart and reassembled and rebuilt so often that it was become difficult to gauge what “is” and “isn't” punk rock...
After selling out stadiums in Japan and selling millions of records over the last 25+ years, X Japan have finally brought their over the top live show to the shores of North America, and their stop in Oakland on September 29, 2010 was nothing short of...
Ever been in a situation where, while you're sure you know where you are and are well familiar with those around you, you can't get a sense of place and feel like a stranger in a strange land? It can be a more disconcerting sensation than being hopelessly lost...
Something needed to change about how The Creepshow was working. While the band has never let their fans down (quite the opposite – they've overcome every adversity placed before them gracefully, in fact), something had to change because – to be...
Having celebrated its' thirtieth anniversary in operation this year, the members of Bad Religion must have begun to take stock of where they were in their careers right now, where they'd been and where they might be headed. Who wouldn't? Thirty years is a...
Hey out there,So how's it goin' 'ere? What's new and exciting in your life? I'm askin' because, you know? I feel like I'm talkin' to myself wit' youse. I mean, here I am peddlin' dubiously acquired music at 'chu, an' I...
As inconvenient or unfashionable a truth as it might be, most bands do not simply appear as great, dynamic entities from nowhere. That isn't to say a listener wouldn't be able to recognize a group's promise or get a sense that they might be capable of...
Neil Young has never been afraid to experiment and, with Le Noise, he has caught the bug again. This time it’s just Neil alone with his guitar, but he’s not completely alone as this disc is really a collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois (whose producer...
To paraphrase Heath Ledger's impression of a much-beloved sociopath, when and why did rock n' roll get so serious? There once was a time when rock was THE great refuge of brilliant misanthropes who had to laugh at the dismal state of the world to keep...
It was all the buzz in multiple news outlets on September 23, Katy Perry's musical performance with Elmo was put to the curb of Sesame Street when the segment leaked to the internet prior to broadcast. The deletion of the segment came on the heels of a chorus of...