Year: 2012

Well, we survived Doomsday. I pulled into valet at The Rainbow, taking the last spot available. After dropping by the...

“You’re dyin’ alone, you should’ve known It be cold yeah, cold yeah, cold yeah Now you know you’re alone, you’re...

“People usually complain that music is so ambiguous; that it is so doubtful what they ought to think when they...

I took a wrong turn and am flying around the hills in an unfamiliar part of LA blasting “Over the...

December 11, 2012 | I spoke to 3 Inches of Blood guitarist Shane Clark before their gig at the Whisky-A-Go-Go...

I had fun on the boat, but, boy, did it feel good to be seeing a show on solid ground...

I have this thing where I’m really attracted to stuff that both excites me and freaks me out. So when,...

I asked Free a few questions about Kickstarter, the process and what to expect. Free’s Kickstarter for VOLCANO+THE SEA Ends...

I braved the rain for my first GRAMMY event of the season….Bon Jovi at the Paramount Backlot. You can read...

As I worked on preparing all of my coworkers for me to be incommunicado for a full week, vacation brain...

I have a piece up on GRAMMY.com about the Alice Cooper show. I am forever challenged to keep my writing...

First I had Henry Rollins tickets, and then Dethklok/Machine Head was announced. Got those, and then Soundgarden was announced. Ladies...

I love a great interview, and Michael Toney has compiled in-depth stories from a collection of figures in metal. He’s...

“Our minds bend And our fingers fall Entwined, we dream I know Time shifting We discover the entry To other...

“As I lay to die the things I think Did I waste my time? I think I did I worked...

I’m at the tail end of a long list of metal shows I threw on my calendar when I arrived...

At this point, there really isn’t much more I can write about A Place to Bury Strangers, except that, even...

“I bite my lip. I buy what I’m told: From the latest hit, To the wisdom of old. But I’m...

It was Halloween, and I was Lydia Deetz: I’ve already written about this Lamb of God set for the GRAMMY...

“I Am The Night, A Silent As Shadow Bound By The Crave Of Human Flesh Blood Crazed, With Vicious Abandon...

Emerging from a grim locale in the…Hollywood Hills, two girls in corpse paint crawled into a menacing….camaro and drove in...

I gotta say, there’s nothing like leaving the house looking like this: …and getting picked up by two chicks that...

I wrote about The Darkness for the GRAMMY site…you can see the edited version of what’s below here. Haha. I’m...

I’m walking from my place down Argyle, past the douchiest of douchey clubs. Hordes of women teetering on heels that...

I zipped into the Whisky and around the crowd to the corner of the stage just in time for Threat...

In the dark, cavernous space that is the Viper Room, I listened to the amazing guitar tones coming from Pelle...

I recently finished reading the impressive coffee table worthy book Randy Rhoads. If, by the end of reading this, you...