HardRockChick
Somewhere deep in LA pop culture history will lie the memories of the weekend of what was deemed ‘Carmaggedon‘. I...
“When you’re high, you never ever wanna come down…” I will perhaps spend my whole life seeing pieces of the...
July 13, 2011 | I spoke with Faisal and Firas of Acrassicauda at their rehearsal space in Anaheim a couple...
“How did you get into metal music?” This is a frequently asked question, and my usual answer is that I...
“The shadow’s creepin’, only one way left to go You hit the bottom where the silence only grows It’s never...
When I saw the documentary Heavy Metal In Baghdad a couple years ago, mouth agape, I never thought I would...
>Here’s a repost of a piece I did for Metalluminati, which is aimed at bands and musicians. Â Â Social...
“Rock ‘n’ roll is an attitude, it’s not a musical form of a strict sort. It’s a way of doing...
July 1, 2011 | Steven Adler took some time to chat with me via phone the afternoon before his Adler’s...
June 30, 2011 | I talked to Kirpatrick Thomas and Sasha Vallely of Spindrift before their show at Bordello in...
I had what most might deem an unusual childhood. In a world of Disneyland vacations, Girl Scout troops, and summer...
He struts in place, the goth lord amongst a small contingency of his followers. The Troubadour has housed many icons...
They say that smell triggers memories….but since my nose doesn’t work very well, for me it is sound. I get...
“Don’t cause any trouble now, Texas”. Two and a half weeks in and I already have haunts….this was my second...
I paid someone to walk all over me. It was much better than the kind that you don’t pay someone...
My first memory of Rush went something like this: I was spending the night at one of my best friends’...
I’ve spent the majority of the last 4 and a half years going to metal shows by myself. And while...
“She never leaves her home but she’s real sweet Got her own style, leaves the windows real wide Crosses her...
This would be my first of hopefully many ‘this only happens in LA’ shows; the type of thing you can...
There are some bands I will always associate with the early days of HardRockChick, and She Wants Revenge is one...
June 17, 2011 | I talked to Adam Bravin of She Wants Revenge before their show at the House of...
It was a night where I could indulge in wearing my Lip Service gear and more eye makeup than usual....
It would be my first solo show outing in LA. There’s something about going to a show by myself to...
“To the edge Till we all get off I will take You away with me Once and for all.” ~Diamond...
June 4, 2011 | Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman took some time to talk to me before their one-off...
In a space behind the retro, hipster-infested Beauty Bar lies a stage. Beyond that stage is a chain link fence....
Last summer was the “summer of my discontent“. This summer, I am intent on making it my own. To do...
