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A selection of images taken at Day 3 of the 2013 Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV. Click on any photo to enlarge!
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A selection of images taken at Day 2 of the 2013 Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV. Click on any photo to enlarge!
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It was that time of year once again, tens of thousands of punks, partiers and music lovers rolled out into the desert heat for three days of beer fueled punk rock debauchery taking place at the 15th annual Punk Rock Bowling Music Fest.
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Fans lined the sidewalk of Sunset Strip outside The Roxy Theater in Hollywood, CA. The crowd rushed the venue when the doors opened making a break for the stage. Now for the guys attending the show, I believe it was to watch the girls in heavy eyeliner and short shorts aka The Millionaires, but that’s just my opinion.
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After overcoming a ticket debacle at will call at the House of Blues, my friend and I entered the venue only to find out that the opening band had started early?! What concert ever starts early? Needless to say I missed Nightmare Air, but according to the concertgoers that I polled, I didn’t miss much. This was because they couldn’t understand a word that they were saying. However, after the show I looked them up on YouTube and I thought they were quite good. Perhaps the sound wasn’t the best it could have been for them at the venue. Regardless, I was really excited to see The Airborne Toxic Event up next.
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It was another beautiful night in the City of Angels, and fans of one of the most poplular bands of the 80's stood in line to hear the iconic sounds of yesteryear. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphries are best known for that angelic synth-pop sound popularized in part by Hollywood. When you think of the 80's, you think of bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order or The Smiths. However, 80's pop culture also broght two bands to the top of the list as a result of John Hughes movies. Flicks like Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles propelled the Psychedelic Furs and Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark (OMD) to the pantheon of 80's new wave gods.
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Celebrating their 33 plus years of hard hitting politically charged punk rock, Bad Religion rolled into the Hollywood Palladium. Their latest album, True North is a testament to their longevity in the punk rock scene. They still remain one of the most respected and sought after bands amongst punk fans, new and old.
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When I arrived at the House of Blues in San Diego on that Wednesday night, I wasn’t even really sure that a show was actually going to happen. However, I asked security and they said the doors were already open. When I got downstairs there were only 3 people there. It felt so strange that I was about to see one of my favorite bands in this space. The last time I saw Face to Face here about a year before, the place was completely sold out. Granted it was a weekend, but I figured that this place had to fill in pretty quick.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds wrapped up their latest tour in San Diego, CA at the Balboa Theater. This tour was promoting their album, Push the Sky Away, which was released in February 2013.
Nick Cave started his career in the late ‘70’s in the band The Boys Next Door. After they broke up in 1980, he and few members from The Boys Next Door formed Birthday Party. Between 1980 and 1983, they released several albums but ultimately broke up. Finally, in 1984 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released their debut album From Her to Eternity and have been together since, despite a few line-up changes.
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When it comes to mainstream music, bands seem to pop up out of nowhere. All of the sudden there's this super catchy song being played a million times a day on radio stations around the world, yet everyone has to break out their phones and google the lyrics in order to figure out who the "unknown" band is. Unfortunately for the masses, and bands alike, very few people are privy to the blood, sweat and tears, the years of hard work and dedication, the trials and tribulations and the albums that often times come before the right song catches the right ear and a band makes the coveted leap from unknown band to mainstream super group. A perfect example of that is Atlas Genius.
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The Ready Set already had loyal fans waiting for their arrival at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA. Walking into the venue, it was a varitable sea of young girls egarly waiting for their 'eye candy' to take the stage but first they would have to wait through the handful of opening acts.
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Lines outside starting at 4 o’clock, they waited with open minds and unthinkable eagerness to rush the doors. Fans swarmed into the Glass House in Pomona, CA ready for the unimaginable. Local bands Paradigm and Lions Amongst Wolves proved themselves, taking the stance to open to show with such an incredible line up on the Sick Tour Part 2. Continue reading “Within The Ruins @ the Glass House” »
Entering the Glass House, renovations had been done throughout the venue. Fans that seemed to not have been there for a while were taken aback by the change of merch booths, eager to buy shirts for the bands that would soon show themselves on the Glass House’s stage. Pushing their way to front of the stage, No Bragging Rights appeared.
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It’s every Metal fans dream, to see bands like Anthrax, Municipal Waste, Exodus, and High on Fire up close in a small venue. The fact that this small venue was located in Downtown Disney, added just the right touch of irony to the show as well. Continue reading “Metal Alliance Tour 2013 @ the House Of Blues, Anaheim by Ian Baker” »
The city of L.A. is both dark, and beautiful. Thus, it provided the perfect backdrop for the final night of the Take Action Tour, which was held at the historic Wiltern Theatre. All three bands performing that night reflected perfectly the city in which they were playing. Continue reading “Take Action Tour 2013 @ The Wiltern by Ian Baker” »
One of the cool things during the NAMM convention is the grip of private parties and events going down all over Orange County and Los Angeles. From stuff as gargantuan as Elton John’s secret performance at the Hyperion Theater inside Disney’s California Adventure for Yamaha to the smaller, low key events like the NAMM party being thrown by Friedmann Amplification featuring legendary guitarist Steve Stevens which we were lucky enough to get invited to.
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Greased-back hair, flannels and Pabst Blue Ribbon were popular Saturday night at the House of Blues, Anaheim when a packed crowd of punk, rockabilly and psychobilly fans gathered at the venue for The Reverend Horton Heat.
As Jim “Reverend Horton” Heath kicked off the set by proclaiming, It’s a Psychobilly Freakout! the crowd dispersed into a frenzy of mosh pits to the mostly instrumental song.
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It was a very nice night in the city of Angels, the crowd was a sea of people, young and old alike, and even a few teens that were there under the watchful eyes of their parents. All lining up at the Fonda Theatre to see the British singer formerly known as Alexander G. Muertos, who now goes by Alex Clare.
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A 6 member band from Dallas, Texas opened the show with an insane introduction to what sounded like clowns and acrobats were going to join them onstage. It started so abruptly that it made people look around with the screamer, Chris going right into the song. Continue reading “iwrestledabearonce @ the Glasshouse, Pomona, CA” »
Anaheim, CA was in for a treat on the night of September 25, 2012. Rolling into the parking lot of Chain Reaction, the HKArmy tour bus was in full swing. Music blaring, people yelling, fans running, all in hopes of getting a sneak peek inside the huge bus to see Get Scared and Dead Rabbitts. Doors opened and a rush of people flew inside the venue to get first row. Continue reading “Dead Rabbitts w/ Get Scared & Rob the Cartel @ Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA” »
The Roxy once again conquers! Hollywood, California holds the best venues around with the best shows. It’s always the hype and it was no different this time around. Eyes Set To Kill’s national tour was in town.
The line formed down the street of Sunset Blvd. as people anticipated for doors to open up to the venue, parade inside and wait for their favorite bands to perform. My Ticket Home had to drop off the tour due to their tour van giving out on them but another band, The Material, filled their slot on the tour. rial. They came out to greet their fans in line and made new ones in the process as the doors opened. Continue reading “Awaken The Empire @ The Roxy in Hollywood, CA” »
