Lately, the heavy-metal environment offers some pretty interesting terrain: There are popular death-core bands with eight-stringed guitars playing polyrhythms they’ve rehashed hundreds of times, a full-on early Megaforce Records-style thrash revival, and more blossoming subgenres than you can shake a stick at. And while it would appear that a lot…
Today is Morrissey’s 53rd reel around the fountain of life, and to celebrate the crowned prince of the coif’s most recent year of survival, we’ve decided to take a closer look at some of the man’s best tracks. But first, some biographical information to help you better understand the “pope…
Better than: The last Indigo Girls tourLast night, Melissa Etheridge brought her heartfelt songs, massive voice, and undeniably rocking band to the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, where she played an unexpectedly raucous set of songs spanning the length of her entire career. High on the list of songs we never…
The Growlers, Jane Jane Pollock, Honey TrainPropaganda, Lake WorthMay 14, 2012Better Than: Sitting in your room on a Monday night, waiting for school, waiting for work, waiting to die. A light pre-summer rain set the scene outside of Propaganda, Lake Worth, last night for the Growlers show, presented by TheHoneyComb and…
So, you missed the Growlers show in Miami on Friday night, and now you’ve fallen prey to a deep depression? Like, the kind of depression where all you do is wander around the house in your bathrobe and eat cold cereal until nightfall, at which point you openly weep to…
As the doors of the Culture Room opened for last night’s Overkill show, throngs of men and women donning faded black band shirts and surplus camouflage jackets filed in, all ready to catch the South Florida stop of the Killfest tour. Upon entering the restroom, I was confronted with the…
Shopping options for fans of vintage clothing in the Fort Lauderdale area are limited. There was a point in time when patient shoppers could rummage through area thrift stores and surface with affordable, unique, and functional finds. However, these stores have caught on to the popularity of vintage clothing and…
As you may well know, blood and guts are the new black. There are “Zombie Response Team” bumper stickers everywhere you look, people have shoddy zombiefied profile pictures on Facebook year round, and the undead have even eaten their way onto mainstream television with AMC’s adaptation of the graphic novels…
Off!With Retox and Cerebral BallzyCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleSunday, October 23, 2011View a slide show from the concert here.Better Than: Whatever else you were doing last night.Last night Off!, a band that has an insane amount of buzz, played in South Florida, and many were absent. Not only was it a…
Today we celebrate the birth of one of the most significant American-born rock ‘n’ roll artists of all time, Tom Petty. The term artist gets attached to musicians in the same way that you’re forced to call a burger from McDonald’s “food.” However, Tom Petty has demonstrated over the course…
Though introductions should be entirely unnecessary, Keith Morris was a founding member of seminal punk band Black Flag. Shortly after he left that band, he founded the Circle Jerks, which he fronted from 1979 until quite recently. Keith now performs with the hardcore punk supergroup OFF!, which also include members of…
Peter FramptonHard Rock Live, HollywoodSunday, October 9, 2011Better than: Reviving the Silver Connection.While the list of aging musicians currently embarrassing themselves with attempts at recapturing glory days grows, Peter Frampton has developed into the perfect example of how a former rock superstar and sex symbol can weather the years with…
Today Bob Geldof turns 60. Unfortunately for Bob, many people these days know him only as the sire of poorly behaved and awkwardly named socialite Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof. Also known as Lindsay Lohan’s understudy, Peaches has been tabloid fodder for years with a seemingly never-ending stream of naked photographs and…
In Guitar Center and Sam Ash guitar departments across the country, myriad axe-playing stereotypes kick tires and waste time. A rocker girlfriend looking bored as hell while her boyfriend finds new ways to blow his freshly printed paycheck is a familiar sight. There are also the metal guys chugging out…
Unless you’ve been living beneath a rock, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the recent and sudden disappearance of former Real Housewives of D.C. star Michaele Salahi, who recently ditched her husband to cozy up with Journey guitarist Neal Schon. If you’re not in the loop, the couple broke their silence in this interview…
JourneyWith Foreigner and Night RangerCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachSunday, September 18, 2011Better than: Running off with a member of Styx. Recently, the ultimate melodic rock powerhouse that is Journey has found itself riding the wave of a massive resurgence. Credit both in no small part to The Sopranos’ final episode…
Strap on your white high-tops and start dyeing your goatee. Anthrax is coming to South Florida and coheadlining with equally awesome thrash peers Testament for what they’re referring to as a “Thrashfest Extravaganza”! The hairiest band NYC ever produced is prepping to release a new album, Worship Music. which features…
There are few stories of talent, luck, and looks combining in as serendipitous a way as they have for the Pretenders’ lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, and today we celebrate the raven-haired high priestess of fem-rock’s 60th birthday.The native of Akron, Ohio, attended Kent State University, where she was witness to…
The SmithereensThe Nectar Lounge, Seminole Coconut Creek, Coconut CreekFriday, September 2, 2011Better Than: Another night downtown drinking PBR and watching people stumble. New Jersey’s gift to college radio and the mid-’80s sovereign curators of mod-influenced rock, the Smithereens played a free show at the Seminole Coconut Creek’s Nectar Lounge on Friday. The nostalgia was palpable as an unexpectedly…
Today is Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan’s 66th birthday. One of the most influential, and possibly under-revered members of British rock royalty, Gillan shares a similar story with a great many of his countrymen. Gillan was born to a working class family perpetually on the move between different forms of…
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is a year older today. The grunting godfather of thrash — and then not so thrash — metal is now 48, and we at New Times would like to wish him a happy and a healthy birthday. Regardless of how you feel about Metallica’s post “Black…
Today is Rush singer-bassist Geddy Lee’s 58th birthday! In our attempts to entertain and educate those a bit light on their musical celebrity trivia, we present some interesting factoids you may not know about Canadian rock’s pride and joy, as well as some of our personal favorite Geddy moments.The holy…
