HardRockChick
That morning I woke up crying. I’d had the most intense dream yet about my mom. She recently started appearing...
It’s Labor Day weekend. That time of year when you start to notice that it’s getting darker a little sooner,...
“Keyed up, all tore up Free from thought, walking backwards Tranquil anxiety Refraining from walking backwards Reverse and rewind Contemplate...
On Tuesday morning, I was working away and took a quick Facebook break when something popped up in my feed...
“Standing on the ocean side We can hear the waves Calling us out with tide To sail into our fate”...
Even though I’m just a small town girl, I love the city. I love having everything at my fingertips, the...
I’ve got two words for you: Sunset Strip. What comes to mind? Somewhere in the plethora of imagery that these...
People often ask me what HardRockChick is. It’s not exactly a music blog- I don’t do record reviews….my live show...
Many of us had to make the decision between two shows on this hot, summer evening: Exhumed at the Key...
This may go down as my most bizarre show of the year. Barely recovered from being crushed by thousands at...
By the end of it I decided that I will never do rail at a big show again. After years...
Everything always has to happen at the same time. We were all set to spend a weekend in Seattle when...
I didn’t think it could get any better than the three November Avalon shows. After hearing each album in it’s...
You never have a relationship with an album like you do when you’re young. As you get older, everything you...
“I’m on the list.” “That’ll be $5 per person” “No, you don’t understand…I’m on The List”. “But you’re not on...
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...
“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...
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...
