HardRockChick
“My biggest fear is losing my memory because memory is what we are.” ~Nick Cave, 20,000 Days on Earth Within...
I peeled the package open with anticipation. I clutched the contents in my hands, grazing them with my fingertips for...
My book is out! You can see the incredibly ridiculous trailer that I had a lot of fun making below....
You can read my recap of the great Scion Rock Fest on GRAMMY.com! I also did some interviews with Orchid,...
This was my 4th year attending this event, and it is a surreal, cool one-off show made even better because...
It was May Day, and as the sun set on this sizzling day- the kind of day which reminds you...
Well, it wasn’t the last time! How could a band that is missing their original drummer and played the same...
Walking into The Roxy, I became enveloped in the familiar wave of reverb. The floor was packed with slightly swaying...
When the lineup of Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash Talk, Retox, and Shining showed up in my inbox, I wept for...
April 24, 2014 | I spoke with the Shining vocalist about their high energy tour with Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash...
This show was supposed to happen right before Halloween last year, with NAILS opening, but it was postponed. I was...
“I was thinking of coming out here with powdered sugar all over my face”, Alice Cooper, star of the documentary...
Read about the show on GRAMMY.com here, and see my Black Carpet interviews, where I asked tons of artists about...
My GRAMMY.com coverage for Record Store Day!
It’s felt like Groundhog Day as I walked into The Roxy for the 3rd time in 4 days. I walked...
“Dawn of creation blessed in devotion Love, lust, spaces in time bringing colours to life Spectrums defy us left to...
“Where are you going?” “What is The Roxy?” “Would you like a piece of gum?” “Would you like to hear...
Ugh, that dreaded sound… 8 years into this, and I made a rookie mistake of showing up to the gig...
Once again, I got to bring an extreme metal piece to the masses on GRAMMY.com! A side note: The night...
It was a night that could only exist in LA. The infamous stage at the Whisky-A-Go-Go played host to a...
Check out my piece for the GRAMMY setlist!
I am constantly on the search for the right vibe. Once upon a time, when I was in elementary school,...
I was sitting at my computer on Valentine’s Day when I got an alert that Joan Jett & The Blackhearts...
I knew I needed 2 things: 1) to get out of town 2) to immerse myself in a metal show...
My closet is organized like a record store. The metal section is vast: black, spiky, leathered ensembles which, upon close...
The velvet rope, sniffling doorman with a clipboard club scene has never been my thing; that said, I have randomly...
I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a fan. Between Deadheading it around the...
