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Review: Motörhead and Anthrax at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

By Tom Bowker
Sep 28, 2015

"Dude! What kind of a grown man acts that way in public?!" It was hardly the kind of commentary you'd expect mid-way through Saturday night's Anthrax set, during their double-bill with U.K. proto-thrash gods Motörhead at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre. But, there was Pete, my suburban metalhead and dreadlocked friend of a...
Punk, P-Funk, and Muddy Boots: Recapping Riot Fest Chicago

By Tom Bowker
Sep 14, 2015

If you graduated high school in 1989 like I did, the late-80s, early-90s freak flag that was Riot Fest's Chicago lineup this past weekend would make you feel right at home in your backwards baseball cap and cargo pants. Unfortunately, most of those people were probably stuck at work when...
Living Colour's Will Calhoun Returns to South Florida Making Jazz Under the Stars

By Tom Bowker
Mar 13, 2015

"When I went into Berklee (School of Music), I never thought I'd join a rock band," Will Calhoun drawls over the phone en route to a recording session he's producing in New York City. For the millions who have headbanged to Calhoun's vicious kick-start to Living Colour's late-'80s megahit "Cult...
Earth, Wind & Fire and Breakwater: A Tale of Two Funk Shows in Two Different Cities

By Tom Bowker
Oct 16, 2014

Last week when I interviewed Earth, Wind & Fire bassist extraordinaire Verdine White, I referred to the band's amazing performance on PBS' Soul! show in 1973 as "what it must've been like to see" them in a club. Verdine didn't exactly deny that, so I looked for a modern-day funky...
Earth, Wind & Fire's Verdine White on the "Steady Progression of Getting Better and Better"

By Tom Bowker
Oct 8, 2014

There's very little in the music world that Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White hasn't accomplished in his 44 years as a recording artist. He's sold hundreds of millions of records. He's played in front of mammoth festival crowds. He's widely considered one of the best bass guitarists of...

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