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Psychedelic Hard Rockers The Freeks Add Slamming Drummer, Los Angeles Beat Music Editor Bob Lee
World-class drummer and Los Angeles Beat Music Editor Bob Lee has joined venerable psychedelic rockers The Freeks. Firmly rooted in California’s desert rock sound, The Freeks are evolutionary torch bearers for the Sabbath meets Black Flag genre pioneered by … Continue reading
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Tagged Backbiter, bob lee, desert rock, el cid, fu manchu, jonathan hall, nebula, ruben romano, sasquatch, scott reeder, stoner rock, white dynomite
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SMASH Fashion Rocks Big Cat Love at South Bay Customs Saturday, August 30
SMASH Fashion: (Left to right) Reijo Kauppila, Lloyd Stuart Casson, Tony Kinman and Roger Deering. Los Angeles rockers SMASH Fashion have been enjoying significant press attention and receiving solid accolades on both sides of the Atlantic with the release of their … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Miscellanious, Music
Tagged big cat love, Roger Deering, Smash Fashion, south bay customs, the crazy squeeze, the hangmen
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Album Review: SMASH Fashion’s Big Cat Love is Big Fun
The crash of the gong kicking off “Wicked Ways,” the opening track of SMASH Fashion’s third LP, announces unapologetically the forthcoming 12-song celebration of rock and roll. Big Cat Love is a tasty trip through rock’s glorious 1970s zenith when rock was … Continue reading
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Tagged john collinson, Lloyd Stuart Casson, Reijo Kauppila, Roger Deering, Smash Fashion, Tony Kinman
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Concert Preview: Radwaste at Cafe NELA, Saturday, March 22
Radwaste’s 1986 video “Capital” After a 25-year hiatus, Radwaste presents its own brand of tribal, post-punk music this Saturday evening at Café NELA, Northeast Los Angeles’ premiere destination for live underground music. Founded by Los Angeles punk rock pillar John Talley-Jones (The … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe nela, john talley-jones, radwaste, the urinals
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Album Review: The Angst Blues of Jon Wahl and the Amadans; Record Release Party: El Cid, March 23
Any true music fan knows that serious listening can only happen with a decent hi-fi in a dedicated space free of distractions and the myriad, perhaps pointless, multitasking activities that fill every free second of our lives. While increasingly fewer … Continue reading
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Tagged Amadans, bob lee, claw hammer, el cid, Elastic Records, Extra Frothy Dynamite, Golden Rulers, john collinson, jon wahl, Music, music reviews, William Tutton
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Album Review: The Last’s Danger Reignites A Rich History
The recordings owed their origin to none of the usual motives- whether they be the desire for fame and fortune, or even women and song. – Raymond Pettibon album cover for “Danger.” To say that Danger, The Last’s first album … Continue reading
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Tagged bill stevenson, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, descendents, Hermosa Beach, Joe Nolte, karl alvarez, L.A. Explosion, Mike Nolte, punk, Redd Kross, south bay punk, The Last
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Concert Preview: Claw Hammer and Cosmic Psychos Team Up for Explosive, Historic Show
Lovers of genre-defining 1980s and 1990s underground rock rejoice: Los Angeles’s Claw Hammer will be playing its first concert in nearly 12 years at The Echo this Friday. Joined by Australia’s notorious Cosmic Psychos, this unlikely pairing could be the … Continue reading
Band Interview: The Black Widows Deliver Wicked Bite
The Black Widows have been menacing the streets and shores of Southern California for two decades with their unique brand of rock and surf that defies both genres. These guys are bad dudes who could never be your “friendly neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Miscellanious, Music, Offbeat LA
Tagged Black Widows, interview, kxlu, los feliz street fair, Matt Lake, Music, Pat Hoed, Punk Rock Rovers, The Black Widows, Tony Fate
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Filmage: The Untold Story of Bill Stevenson
On Thursday evening, the Art Theater of Long Beach treated contributors to Southern California’s 1980s punk scene to a special screening of … Continue reading
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Tagged all, bill stevenson, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, karl alvarez, milo, milo aukerman, punk, stephen edgerton, the descendents
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