By infusing some of the best rock qualities of 80’s Motley Crue, 90’s Stone Temple Pilots, and 2000’s Staind, the four-piece L.A.-based band Railed creates music that is both harmonious and hard at the same time. Their latest six-song EP is the end product of years of practice and determination from the members, who seem …
I had been wanting to check out the L.A.-based band Halo Grey for weeks. So when lead singer Dennis Hogan invited me to their show at the Viper Room, I was pretty stoked. You see, Halo Grey isn’t your typical Hollywood band. Their music transcends the everyday musical recipe, taking melodic rock one step further. …
When two bands by the names of Red Rum and Sonic Kill fused together in 1998, the result was a nuclear explosion the size of which hasn’t been seen since Hiroshima. They call themselves yuR puPpitt, and they amazingly combine the bass-heavy explosiveness of Slipknot with the heavy melodicism of Korn. Mix that with tight …
Remember when you were a kid and your favorite tune would come on the radio, so you’d crank it up to level ten and rock out in your room? Soon enough, mom would be pounding on your door yelling, “Turn down that racket!” Well, the members of the L.A. based industrial band Rakit sure do …
There is a town in Pennsylvania were a majority of the inhabitants get jobs at a local factory, and stay there for life. They are known as the “lifers.” The band Lifer did not just get their name from this desolate and hopeless sector of the population from which they came from, but also their …
Every once in a while, a band comes along with a sound that is so insane and preposterous, you just can’t stop listening to it. It happened in 1998, when System of a Down released their frantic self-titled debut. And now, it’s happening again. This time around, it’s a three-member band by the name of …
It would be far too easy to compare The Abuse to Kittie. But first off, four of the band members are male. Besides that, this band goes beyond choppy riffs and aggressive female vocals and transcends the all-too-glorified nu-metal genre. Their music defies definition, as it is raw, yet far from unrefined. With a perfect …
The dark, ominous sounds of eighties alterna-goth have long been buried under newer genres and styles of music which have been created since then. However, the So Cal band Parise is attempting to revive this ailing form of music by injecting it with a healthy dose of Y2K angst and energy. The result: songs that …
On Tuesday May 29, 2001, as another hot day in Southern California gave way to a warm night, some of rock’s biggest names converged in a small club in Hollywood named Vynyl, and treated the crowd to an amazing set of hip-hop molten down with hard rock. Collectively, they called themselves Los Mariwanos. Members included …
The foggy streets of San Francisco have long been the breeding ground for innovations in music, as well as technology. With this in mind, it is clear to see how San Fran rockers Ones And Zeros developed their unique sound. The band’s latest release, Perception Is, is a happy marriage of digital electronica and rock, …