If it were physically possible, I would be kicking my own ass for not seeing this band live a LOT more times and a LOT sooner. I reviewed the CD for Noise Records, SubstAnce D‘s label, some months back, but due to whatever circumstances and/or previous engagements, I had been unable to make it to …
It is not the first time a collection of music has done this to me and I am certain that it will not be the last. But, finger eleven are winding their way throughout my veins and my pores as they continue to weave their emotionally heavy web around my heart as I listen. I …
Before you listen to this CD, you should turn on a lava lamp and a black light, light a candle and some incense, braid your hair, (if you’ve got any) and then put on your favorite dancing shoes. Yes, just the shoes. Oh yeah! Once you’ve done all that, flip on your stereo, turn the …
12.18.99 In a cold parking lot about a half hour prior to what would be an amazing show at Doug Weston’s Troubadour in West Hollywood; I had the pleasure of speaking with Nick, Adam and Phillip from San Francisco’s Systematic. Not only are Systematic one of the best bands to have graced my sense of …
I knew it would be good. There was no doubt in my mind about how things were going to go. I just don’t think I was prepared to be as moved by it as I was. Systematic literally took the stage at the Troubadour on Saturday night and turned that place upside down. I went …
I don’t normally do this but I thought this was a cool way to introduce Jonah and assist in promoting OneLineDrawing without going way back. Hopefully a formal interview and singular reviews of the CDs mentioned below will be on their way in the near future, but for now, especially if you got into Far; …
There was always something about the music that Marilyn Manson made that instantaneously made me want to get into trouble and do bad things. “God damn your righteous hand!” I would say to those who would attempt to get in my way, and then off I would go to make a mess of the world …
“Hello, this is the operator with a collect call from the L.A. County Jail from Tommy. Will you accept the charges?” Yeah, he can laugh at himself, but he’s not laughing alone. Tommy Lee, a crazy dude named TiLo, and a band of loud-as-fuck talent and tons of special guest appearances make up what is …
It had been far too long since I last made it to a Deepdown show. Last night at the Gig on Melrose reminded me of exactly what I had been missing. Deepdown consists of four, extremely talented and dedicated players that, in a nutshell, rock WAY hard. Brendan told us last night that the band …
12.10.99 I’ve been corresponding with Val for a couple of years now. In that time, we have become close in ways that only the digital network of decadence can provide, but fear not; there is no lack of intimacy here. I would venture to say that Val Ium of Pist On is one of the …