At 78, retired and living in Las Vegas, Lee Hazlewood was as deadpan and droll as ever, having recorded his farewell album fully aware of his impending demise. ...
AFTER A DECADE OPERATING OUT OF A 600-SQUARE-FOOT STOREFRONT on Vermont Avenue, the iconic Eastside establishment Mondo Video -- whose specialized sections of fringe videos include Doomsday Cinema, Delinquency, Booze and Dope, and Racial Hatred -- has been "exorcised from Los Feliz Village" said Tattoo Erek, Mondo's de facto store......
Sex With Lurch: The ”It“ ghouls tony peckdawn laureen ”I just wanted to mix glam, science fiction, transvestites and surfing all together,“ says Robbie ”TomKat“ Quine, explaining how the band he fronts came to be. Though perched atop 6-inch black stilettos and wearing a vinyl jockstrap that showcases interesting ink......
Photo by Wibke Reimann “I can’t wait to slip into my nano-technology body,” remarks J.G. Thirlwell, pioneer of the musical genre sloppily referred to as “industrial.” He’s just finished the Ray Kurzweil tome The Age of Spiritual Machines, and is discussing the coming advances in mechanical physiology: miniature, self-replicating robots......
IRON MAIDEN, QUEENSRYCHE, HALFORDAt Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, September 10 How many people attending the 1982 Iron MaidenJudas Priest tour thought they‘d be lucky enough to witness something almost as grand thundering its way through the Y2K? Rob Halford, with 17 years as the voice of Priest under his spiked belt,......
Perched upon folding chairs in a convention hall in Mesquite, Nevada, a blister of a town located 75 miles north of Las Vegas, an army of truth seekers -- ponytailed dolphin-communicators, walking conspiracy-theory encyclopedias in fatigues, cyberdelic technophiles, and skittish-looking women in natural fibers -- has gathered for one of......
For almost four decades, one song has returned from the realm of the undead every Halloween, lurking on every spooky-sounds compilation, the soundtrack of every mad monster party. ”Monster Mash,“ the swingin’ tale of a dance party hosted by Dr. Frankenstein, is the only song in history to hit the......
Brothers Ron and Russell Mael have been called eccentric more times than Dali waxed his mustache. Though born in the U.S.A., a country where one can't be serious if one possesses a sense of humor, they have kept their wits and produced one of the most idiosyncratic oeuvres to have......
In the mid-'70s, the din of Merzbow's fluorescent feedback, Scandinavian Black Metal and your mother's Cuisinart had yet to exist as viable forms of musical terrorism; even if they had, chances are people wouldn't have known what to make of them. Times, they have changed. The masses now clamor for......
The mere mention of Judas Priest undoubtedly stirs a shiver in any rock fan who came of age in the previous decade. The cheesy double-guitar onslaught of K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, the grade-school lyrics of devils/testosterone/domination, and the band’s snarling leather-daddy ringleader, Rob Halford: All have left an indelible......
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.
