Article By: Julia Newman Photos By: Phil Reed After Fear Factory disappeared off the face of the planet for a few years, I didn’t think I’d be hearing their name come up again in the news anytime soon.  But just three short months ago, I had the privilege of seeing Fear Factory in full-force once...

Photos By: Jim Markunas Saturday was a good day for many reasons, the main being it’s not every day one gets to see 5 killer bands rock the same stage. The good folks at KJEE Santa Barbara brought Dead Country, Dirty Heads, Cage The Elephant, Iration and Sublime W/ Rome to the historic Santa Barbara...

Photos By: Jim Markunas In regards to Cage The Elephant’s performance at the KJEE Summer Round Up, I can only say, “Holy fuck!” Picture Nirvana on speed as opposed to heroine, crossed with a little bit of Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist from the Hives, and a dash of old-school Beck, and it pretty much...

Photos By: Jeff Markunas Joliet, IL – It was a cold, rainy spring day, the kind we’ve had too many of this year in the Chicago area. Since this was a “Rain or Shine” concert, we were gambling on sunshine, and this seemed appropriate since the concert was sponsored and held on the Harrah’s...

Photos By: Isabel Perez and A. Ressler If you’re going to go to one rave in your life, make it Electric Daisy Carnival. Picture this: 100,000 sweaty people dancing having a party in the middle of Los Angeles, complete with multiply stages, fire, confetti, an immense amount of fireworks and some of...

By Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal via MetalAssault.com June 22nd 2010, Century City CA The big four of thrash namely Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax announced that they would be gracing the stage together for seven historic Sonisphere festival gigs in Europe this year. To say that the prospect...

Photos By: Phil Reed As hard as it is to believe, there once was a time when tight pants were not seen as girly, long hair was not seen as dirty, and heavy metal was called ‘heavy metal’ because of the music, not because the lyrics are screamed at you inaudibly. It was in these times that...

Photos By: Ed Hannigan In advance of his new much-anticipated album Scream, out June 22 via Epic Records, Ozzy Osbourne took over the Sunset Strip with two record release events. That afternoon, the rock icon hosted an in-store signing at Amoeba Music on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Later that night,...

Photos By: Phil Reed Video By: Ray DeCambra/Raedar Media It’s not every day that one discovers a cool ‘new’ band. I use the word new sparingly, as Slapbak’s been slaving away passionately for the last 20 years. Back in the 90s, Slapbak seemed destined to make it big; funk-inspired rock bands...

Strapping on my sexy black high heels in preparation for the L.A. Guns show, I thought about my high school days… sneaking out of the house to meet with boys on those warm summer nights, lighting up my first joint, taking my first swig of whiskey… all while listening to LA Guns.  Although, I’m...