At first glance, a band called Hit The Lights would probably be considered a Metallica cover band. After all, it's the name of one of the best songs on Kill 'Em All. But in an interview for the Warped Tour, HTL let it fly that their name came from the greatest skateboarding movie of all time:... More >>
Thursdays show was meant to be a huge booking coup for Miami all-ages venue the Dugout; warehouse drama has now shifted the show to Ground Control, a similarly bare-bones venue in West Palm Beach. Evergreen Terrace is arguably Jacksonvilles most famous musical export in recent years,... More >>
In the early 80s, the guys of L.A. Guns were proudly members of the dirtier subset of Sunset Strip denizens. Acts like Poison tarted themselves up in blush and aimed for pop crossover from the beginning, but the Guns and their fellow sleaze-rockers were almost more punk-inspired. The L.A.... More >>
For most, the thought of Southern California in the 80s just brings to mind a Less Than Zero-style existence full of cocaine and Ray-Bans. But the sun-baked swath of turf from L.A. south became, at the beginning of the decade, the cradle of searing underground punk. Londons punk had... More >>
Much about the overall aesthetic of new Fort Lauderdale favorite Murderous Rampage can be gleaned from the bands new video, for its song Programmed to Kill. The stars therein are topless zombie chicks who are way more brutal than Jenna Jameson (no matter how much Nietzsche she... More >>
As an expert needle-wielder at Miami tattoo shop Ochoplacas, John Vale turns out works of art that are clean and eye-poppingly bright. But as the frontman for the Miami quartet Furious Dudes, he specializes in all that is sleazy and dirty. If Vales very enviable, awesome beard doesnt... More >>