Killswitch Engage take the roots of hardcore punk, the flash of guitar wizardry, the evil core of heavy fuckin’ death metal, and the heart of rock and roll, throw them in a mosh pit, and create some of the most brutally harmonious music the world has ever known. Their tour…
Richard Patrick, the founder and lead singer of Filter never used to get political in public. Then, one day, some rednecks in a pickup truck started throwing trash at his wife’s car and almost ran her off the road because her Prius had a “Ban Assault Weapons” sticker on it…
Richard Patrick left his post as Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist to form Filter during the Nails’ recording of the Downward Spiral album. His gamble paid off with hits like “Hey Man Nice Shot,” global tours, a 20-plus year recording career, and an industrial rock sound that’s still fresh today…
You wouldn’t guess at first glance how aggressive a rapper Allyssa Chic is. After all, she looks like a fashion industry executive. But the Miramar-born, hip-hop lady grew up memorizing Wu Tang albums. she’s a serious lyricist, and straddling the line between polish and grime is her specialty. We caught…
How do you make a girl “big O” without even touching her? According to DJ Laz, by giving her diamonds.Not only has Laz made timeless contributions to Miami Bass and Booty Music, he’s also willing to share the wisdom on how ‘it ain’t trickin’ if you got it’ with listeners…
Photos – Jacob KatelWelcom to Twerklandia Getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha freak on! We all know that there are lots of ways to become immortalized at a massive outdoor music gathering like Ultra Music Festival. Say, humping a tree. Or dancing naked while getting arrested. But yo’ momma would probably…
Photo by Jacob KatelWelcome to Ravetopia.Society got the best of ya? Go to Ultra Music Festival and leave the normal world behind. Here, you can feel free to get half naked, customize your brain, and put some neon in your life. Deep inside the endless well of bass, you just…
Photo by Jacob Katel Every year, Ultra Music Festival slashes through the fabric of space-time and opens up a portal into an alternate dimension. Night is brighter than day. Silence is the loudest noise you hear. And bass is the only currency that matters. The Mau5 will be dead. You…
Photo by Jacob KatelDude … Sensory overload. There’s so much bass and lasers pumping through downtown Miami, it might break off the mainland and becom a new, free-floating island. That’s thanks to the millions upon millions of dollars that have gone into insuring that Ultra Music Festival 2013 is the…
Your headphones are drenched in sweat, lower back locked in the shape of an old office chair, and the crushed aluminum of too much guzzled taurine litters the space around your feet. Your heart pounds like a bass drum. It’s 3 a.m., and the pulsating blood vessels in your eyeballs…
Your headphones are drenched in sweat, lower back locked in the shape of an old office chair, and the crushed aluminum of too much guzzled taurine litters the space around your feet. Your heart pounds like a bass drum. It’s 3 a.m., and the pulsating blood vessels in your eyeballs are…
There’s a lot you might not know about Kenny G, the 75-million album selling saxophone player.He bets on golf, he likes to win, and there’s definitely sex, drugs, and rock and roll in smooth jazz.He’s got a show at Hard Rock Live on March 3, and we caught up with…
You’re drinking your fourth delicious draft of domestic swill when darkness overtakes the Culture Room. A random girl’s ass shakes against your leg excitedly. Someone hoots, someone hollers, someone lights a joint. With a flick of his wrist, bass player Jesse Miller triggers a sample on one of many electronic…
You’re drinking your fourth delicious draft of domestic swill when darkness overtakes the Culture Room. A random girl’s ass shakes against your leg excitedly. Someone hoots, someone hollers, someone lights a joint. With a flick of his wrist, bass player Jesse Miller triggers a sample on one of many electronic…
It’s a dark night in California in 1993, and Fishbone bass player Norwood Fisher’s forearms strain as he applies a vicious chokehold to the throat of childhood friend and bandmate Kendall Jones, whose eyes bulge from their sockets. He’s nearly unconscious from the lack of oxygen to his brain. Still,…
Rozay’s Bentley ate a clip full bullets last week, and the man made a song, hired an arsenal of mercenaries, and stepped into the home turf of the guy whose name he stole.Grammy weekend is here, and Rick Ross is gonna either live or die in L.A.We expect he’ll grab…
Top shelf iced vodka shakes on the VIP table with each thump of pounding bass.The walls vibrate.Half-naked model chicks dance on couches, slap each others’ asses, and take pictures.NYC’s DJ Boris surveys the scene from his booth, builds his sound like an architect, and then smashes through the house with…
“Rockin’ and rollin'” is a euphemism for sex.And R&B is the basis for rock and roll music.And the O’Jays are in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.So, obviously, the O’Jays make great fucking music, And great fucking music.No surprise they’re playing Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Valentines Day…
Who is Jake Miller you ask?Well, if you are a 13 year old girl, or you wake up every morning just to watch MTV, (or somebody is paying you to), then you already know.He’s the South Florida pop rapper with millions of YouTube views, a freshly inked record deal, and…
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is historically recognized as “the wild ones” of Native American culture. These people were freedom loving adventurers from other states who banded together with runaway slaves in South Florida, and built a new home, culture, and way of life in the river of grass. Now…
Engelbert Humperdinck is a bad motherfucker.Not only did he sing “Lesbian Seagull” for the end credits of Beavis And Butthead Do America, he’s also sold over 180 million records around the world.He was born with the boring name of Arnold Dorsey to a British dad and Indian mom in 1936,…
Martin Luther King Jr loved South Florida, and visited the region many times throughout his career. He was a contemporary of some of Miami’s most upstanding citizens, like Father Theodore Gibson of Overtown, as well as some of our most venerable party starters, like WMBM disc jockey Milton “Butterball” Smith…
