Happy New Year and Special Thanks!10529
Happy New Year, everyone! 2009 was quite the rollercoaster- so here’s to an awesome 2010! Make one of your new...
2009 In Review: Other Rockin' Opinions10507
OK, I think I’m done with my 2009 lists. It’s good to take a look back at the year, realize...
HRC's Top 10 Standout Musicians of 2009 Th...10468
I was able to see some amazing musicians this year: the fabulous front people: Trent Reznor, Maynard James Keenan, Chris...
HardRockChick interviews Jeff Friedl from ASHES...10467
I first became aware of Jeff Friedl when I went to see Puscifer early last month, and was particularly moved...
HRC's Top 10 Bands to Watch in 201010447
These were the openers. The ones who I went to the show not knowing well, and left loving. The ones...
HRC's Top 5 Craziest Concert Moments of 200910440
It’s a questions I’m frequently asked: “So, HRC….I bet you see some crazy stuff at all those wild shows you...
HRC's Top 5 'Better Luck Next Year...10435
So you’d think that after catching 115 shows that I’d seen it all, right? WRONG! Here are the shows that...
HardRockChick's Top 20 Shows of 200910404
I started to think about this list last month. How will I be able to choose my top shows? What’s...
HardRockChick's Top 10 Albums of 200910394
It was actually a pretty easy process to pick my top 10 albums for 2009. All I had to do...
Unknown Pleasures: Swann Danger, Guitar vs. Gra...10388
It was my 115th and probably final show of the year. After a year where I’ve been to shows big...
Death Rattle: Black Cobra @ Annie's Social...10384
I was enjoying a rare evening out at a really nice restaurant in Woodside with friends and made it back...
Top 5 Crying Songs10280
Guns ‘n’ Roses / Don’t Cry Aerosmith / Cryin’ Aerosmith – Cryin’ – Watch more Music Videos at Vodpod. Ozzy...
Contemporary Live Music Photography10073
‘A picture’s worth a thousand words’. As a writer, this phrase always makes me a little sad…..but it is often...
Speed Eraser: The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Beneat...10369
I could describe my final metal show of the year at DNA Lounge as one giant blur that sounded like...
Fade To Black: Metallica, Machine Head, Volbeat...10362
It was at about 2pm when I got the call. As soon as the caller ID popped up that it...
Metal Sludge: EYEHATEGOD, Stormcrow, Brainoil @...10354
It may be five days later, but we’re essentially picking up right where we left off. Cold. Rain. Slightly incapacitated...
Cold As Death: Marduk, Nachtmystium, Mantic Rit...10348
The story really began Sunday afternoon when I purchased a drink at the airport and got back $6.66 in change:...
Death Magnetic: Metallica / Machine Head / Volb...10343
It was through the kindness of someone who I met through my NIN pieces that allowed me to follow one...
HRC's Commentary on the Alternative GRAMMY...10331
The Alternative category is a collection of misfits; artists who’s work doesn’t’ cleanly fit in one genre. Perhaps this is...
HRC's Commentary on the Rock GRAMMY Nomina...10323
The Rock field for the GRAMMY awards incorporates a wide variety of musicians, bands, styles, and tastes. As a fan...
Instru-metal: Baroness, Earthless, Iron Age @ B...10314
Let me begin with a quote from a recent thought/anger provoking article written by Stewart Voegtlin of the Village Voice:...
Dazed and Confused: Zepparella, The Dave Rude B...10308
“Tribute bands often reflect what I like about rock ‘n’ roll more than the authentic bands they replicate” -‘Dude Rocks...
The Teaches of Peaches: Peaches, Amanda Blank, ...10303
It was one of those nights that happens about once a month where I wanted to clone myself and attend...
Far Beyond Driven: Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbr...10297
‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving… I had anxiously been waiting for Vader- the other Polish metal band- to come to...
Red, White, and Green: GWAR, Job For a Cowboy, ...10290
Back in 2006, when I was still new to SF, I went to see GWAR at The Warfield. I had...
Made in Japan: Dir En Grey @ The Fillmore, 11/2...10285
Over the years, Dir En Grey has come up as a band I should check out. I had tried listening...
The Greatest Show on Earth: KISS, Buckcherry @ ...10282
KISS may have very well been my first concert shirt. I have a vague memory of being a little kid,...