Rock ‘n’ roll — at least in its most essential form — will never truly die. The organism evolves, splits, and reforms as time marches on, but at the end of the day, there is absolutely no substitute for what a band like the Darkness does. These British glam-rock revivalists…
Rick Springfield’s life has been an interesting ride from the peaks through the valleys of major stardom. The man is a Grammy-winning songwriter, a former soap star, and the face plastered on the inside of your mom’s locker. He’s been through the ringer of Behind the Music cliches — including a…
Better Than: Seeing Kid Rock For the average 87 year old, New Year’s Eve usually means a night of sleeping up-right on the couch at a family function. For blues legend, B.B. King, it’s just another working night. The undisputed King of the Blues was kind enough to grace the Broward Center…
Better Than: Jock Jams: Volume 5.It has been said that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none. However, while someone like Dave Grohl feeds his children by disproving the aforementioned statement, Kid Rock has managed to spin a career out of what boils down to on-stage vivisections of the term.Last…
With 2013’s breath already warm on our necks, most music scribes are reflecting on the year past. We contemplate the good and bad bits of the year, we compile our “best of” lists, and we (sometimes subconsciously) set our new standards for the next year. See also- The Growlers, Jane Jane Pollack,…
Better than: Playing guitar in your bedroom Former child prodigy Joe Bonamassa has managed to shed the shackles of his early successes and blossom into the guitar torch-bearer of a generation. Bonamassa’s performance at Hard Rock Live last night lured droves of fans out to see the premier sultan of pentatonic…
It’s pretty common for fans of the Misfits to shit on anything the band did following the departure of Glenn Danzig. All things considered, the re-animated Misfits was a totally different Frankenstein’s monster than the original lineup, but we here at County Grind are secure enough to admit that there…
Better Than: Any American Idol performance. Ever. Over the past few years, Aerosmith has been the focus of some rather mixed media attention, generally fueled by lead singer Steven Tyler’s assorted (and very public) antics which have, at times, nearly spelled the death of the band. However, it is the same…
As time marches on, fans of the (now) classic rock ‘n’ roll animal have fewer and fewer groups to enjoy in their original, or even mostly original, configurations. The years can be pretty unkind to bands: Members quit, members die, and “the magic” can so easily disappear. Aerosmith has almost…
Now 25 years deep in the guts of a career in the genre it helped to forge, Cannibal Corpse is still considered the quintessential death-metal group. The Buffalo, New York-based goremongers have somehow managed to keep the quality of their records consistently high while maintaining the original vision that placed them…
When revered hardcore bands reboot (as most inevitably do), it is generally an event reserved for festivals, an obvious money grab. At best, it’s an attempt to scrape some nostalgia out of the back of the van for old time’s sake. However, for seminal Minneapolis-based hardcore band Harvest, a recent…
We love Black Locust Society. Who else throws a free party as a fundraiser for another free party? Absolutely no one, that’s who! See also- Help Black Locust Society Raise Funds for the End of the World; Bleubird, Protoman Give You Good ReasonAnd the impending “end of the world” has given the clique…
Let’s be honest. South Florida is not exactly a great market for rock music, and when you couple that with the fact that South Florida is the virtual dead end of the United States, a state that is spotted with other equally shitty rock markets, and takes 8 hours to traverse,…
As hoards of consumers move to rape, pillage, and assault the retail world of its wares (and the nerves of the poor, unfortunate souls of its employ) we are sitting here, in our elastic waistband-equipped pants, pondering the ugliness that “door-busters” and “deep, deep discounts” can bring out in the masses…
In case you’re one of those still out of the loop and thus haven’t heard, an awesome tiki bar has risen from the Monterey Club’s proverbial ashes. Known as 5 Points Lounge, the venue provides an ideal setting for local shows, much like the Monterey did in its early days…
If you happened to wander into the vinyl wonderland that is Radio-Active Records last Friday night, you would have been confronted with a scene not too far removed from your average Harmony Korine flick. Ok, maybe it wasn’t that uncomfortable, but to the uninitiated, an intimate performance by Vancouver’s Mecca…
For fans of the douche-chills, we present what will be, with out a doubt, the event to be at when we segue into 2013: Kid Rock performing two nights, including New Year’s Eve, in Hollywood. The “American Badass,” born Bob Ritchie, has been making headlines in recent months for swinging from…
Better than: Watching stumbling variations on the theme of the skank crawl around Downtown Ft. Lauderdale’s monthly Splatter-Rama event has been a pretty successful taste of blood, guts, and booze since its inception, but, as one might expect, the Halloween edition was another beast altogether! A costumed, dancing, drunken beast, it…
As time marches on, fans of the (now) classic rock ‘n roll animal have fewer and fewer groups to enjoy in their original, or even mostly original configurations. The years can be pretty unkind to bands: Members quit, members die, and “the magic” can so easily disappear.Aerosmith has almost lost…
Since 2002, droves of punk rock fans have converged upon Gainesville each late October. They do this to punish their ear drums and livers collectively for three days of musical alcoholism at the Fest. The event has grown every year via a potent mixture of rare performances by dormant artists…
Regardless of how one weathers the years, the impact time has on an artist is almost always intriguing. For former Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, time has witnessed him mellowing (down easy) into a far more laid back sort of guy — an evolution that began at the latter end of…
Neal Casal is a man of many hats. A prolific and fully realized recording artist in his own right, Casal has released a steady flow of his own albums since the early ’90s, worked with artists like Tift Merritt and Willie Nelson, and has released a book of his photography, Ryan…
