Chuck Billy, Steve Zetro Souza and Marcos Leal Discuss the Dark Roots of Thrash II Tour Interviews by Mike Bax For thrash metal fans, the upcoming April 2015 four-week run of dates featuring Testament, Exodus and Shattered Sun could very well prove to be the tour of the year, considering the three decade legacy of…
#TBT July 2009 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.underworldlive.com http://www.facebook.com/underworldlive twitter.com/underworldlive Back in 1994, I was passed a copy of Underworld‘s dubnobasswithmyheadman to review. After repeat listens, it became my favourite album of 1994, and remains one of my most played albums to date. Tying to articulate in a written review what Underworld sound like back in…
Review and Photos by Mike Bax An evening where wrong was so right, nothing was really something, and Torche blew the roof of the venue. For only twenty bucks. Saturday night was already promising to be something special with Relapse Records’ bands Torche and Nothing performing together. Even with their own signature sounds, there can…
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “Same three guys. Same three chords.” With over 40 years of recordings and touring behind them, Billy Gibbons (guitar) Dusty Hill (bass guitar) and Frank Beard (drums), the three long-time members of ZZ Top can easily pack a room with screaming fans. The three-piece band, with 15 albums of…
Play It Again Sam Review by Mike Bax Mew has been crafting quality recordings of some of the finest musical atmospherics for twenty years now. What? Never heard of them? You likely aren’t alone in this regard. Even with numerous tours across our sizeable continent, Mew has managed to remain rather unknown in North America….
Relapse Records (Release: 7 April 2015) Review by Mike Bax Lately, I’ve been thinking a fair bit about what defines a classic album. With the re-issues of the Zeppelin catalog currently upon us, Physical Graffiti being the most recent release, I’m replaying these albums and wondering what it must have been like to be taking…
#TBT May 6th, 2014 Rex Brown, seminal bassist for Pantera and Down, has been focused on a new musical outlet for the past few years in a band called Kill Devil Hill. Originally a pet project of Vinny Appice (Heaven and Hell & Dio) and Mark Zavon, Brown was brought into the fold during the early…
September 17th, 2014 Interview by Mike Bax For the past few months, Pierce the Veil’s Jaime Preciado, Vic Fuentes, Mike Fuentes and Tony Perry have been sequestered away in New York, working on the follow-up to their very successful 2012 release, Collide with the Sky. Collide took the band to new levels of popularity. It…
#TBT March 5th, 2014 By Mike Bax For nearly two decades the Scottish bravado musicians of Mogwai have been wowing music fans with dense explorations into a tapestry of dirging guitars and synthesizers. Operating as an instrumental outfit and churning out new material on average of every three years, Mogwai never really veer too far from…
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