Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC
A fascinating story of one man’s roller coaster musical career and a great look behind the scenes of the Bon Scott years of AC/DC that was near impossible to put down. Rating: Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC – book by Mark Evans Bazillion Points When I was in sixth grade, a friend/classmate of [...]
Ted Nugent 7/20/11 at House of Blues
It’s the middle of summer which means electric bills are on the rise as people crank the air conditioning and it means that Ted Nugent puts down the rifles and bow and arrow and picks up a guitar instead and hits the road. The Nuge made his return to the House of Blues last night [...]
Billy Idol 9/8 at Riviera
Wednesday night, Billy Idol made his return to Chicago to perform a sold-out show at the Riviera. The man has really enjoyed a nice career over the years starting with Generation X in the 1970s, then after going solo in the 1980s he had a number of huge hits. Motorcycle accidents, drugs, and aging haven’t [...]
Ted Nugent 8/4/10 at House of Blues
Summer means two things: it’s skateboarding season in the midwest and Ted Nugent puts down his bow and arrow and picks up his guitar and hits the road for a season of touring. The controversial motor city madman has enjoyed a musical career spanning nearly four decades now and shows no signs of letting up. [...]
Van’s Warped Tour 2010 7/31 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater part two
As the afternoon progressed out there in Tinley Park, Pierce the Veil played on one of the stages and attracted a large group of teens and pre-teen boys and mostly girls. They played some rather weak emo-pop that would fit in on the soundtrack to any show on the CW network. It’s bands like these [...]
Down and The Melvins 9/26 at Austin’s Fuel Room
Saturday night saw a pretty stellar lineup of bands playing Austin’s Fuel Room, which is a place until that day I had never heard of before. This show was originally scheduled to be at The Pearl Room but that club closed down for good a couple weeks ago so all the shows booked there had [...]
The Melvins 11/20 at Reggies
When I saw The Melvins play last year after not seeing them play for around a decade, I was amazed by the fact that they were better than ever so when I found out they were coming back to town and playing a far superior club this time around, I was really excited to go. [...]
The Melvins 9/27 at Double Door
Thursday night my friend Liza and I went to see The Melvins at the Double Door in Chicago. I realized that this would be the first time I have seen them play in about seven years. I then realized before that, it had been probably seven years between that and the time before it! I [...]
Lots of Frontier color vinyl
The other day I was once again surprised to find a very large package sitting on my doorstep. It was full of records and I do mean full! The package in question was sent over by Lisa and Betty of Frontier Records, one of my favorite labels ever, and contained the latest in colored vinyl [...]
AC/DC – Back in Black Under Review DVD
AC/DC – Back in Black Under Review DVD Music Video Distributors When I was in 6th grade I heard AC/DC for the first time and they left a huge impact on me. The album I heard was Back in Black, which had just been released and it wasn’t like anything my young ears had ever [...]
30 years of punk show
Saturday was the big 30 years of punk show over at Stage 83 in Lemont, IL. This day-long festival was put together by some of my best friends, the guys from Destroy Everything. It featured a mix of old and new bands spanning nearly every decade of punk rock, though it was much more heavily [...]
The many flavors of Naked Raygun – Throb Throb LP
Naked Raygun’s first (and best) full length, and what I feel is probably the best punk rock album from a Chicago band, came in a lot of different flavors over the decade or so that it was in print. In fact, it can get so confusing at times it might give you a headache. Take [...]
The Velvet Underground Under Review DVD
The Velvet Underground – Under Review DVD Music Video Distributors The Velvet Underground, who were around from about 1966 – 1970, were way ahead of their time and to this day are one of the most unique and original rock and roll bands ever. They no doubt had an influence on the punk rock that [...]
Japan night
Yesterday afternoon I received an email from Senor Citizen asking me if I would like to go with he and some other of the Klown army to Empty Bottle for the Japan Night show. Since it had been awhile since I got to go anywhere, and he generously offered to cover my admission and a [...]
Motörhead – Stage Fright DVD
Motörhead – Stage Fright DVD SPV Records I think it is pretty safe to say that if it weren’t for Motörhead, metal these days may not exist, or at least not exist in the same way. 30 years ago, Motörhead started putting out some powerful metal/rock records that would help change the face of music. [...]
New York Dolls – All Dolled Up DVD
New York Dolls – All Dolled Up DVD Music Video Distributors If it wasn’t for the New York Dolls, you may not be visiting this site right now because were it not for them, who knows what would have happened in music and how punk rock would have formed, or if it would form. They [...]
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams – DVD
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams DVD Music Video Distributors For many punks older than me, their road to the promised land (the punk rock scene) was first paved by such unorthodox bands such as The Stooges and MC5. Now referred to as pre-punk, these bands bucked tradition and did their own thing with no [...]
