Bad Sam Presents: The Mau-Maus, The Gears, Billy Bones, The Stains & Underground Alliance Weber’s Place, Reseda, CA Friday, December 14, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM Bad Sam promotions does it again. They have an knack for putting together insane shows with some of the best talent around. Not just the best talent, but convincing them [...]

This past Summer I wrote a piece on Boston Hardcore on this here site. I intended to do a Top 10 Boston bands list. So, I buzzed Curtis at TAANG for some info. It evolved into a “Most Important Boston Bands” list. Curtis’ doing, not mine. Anyway, I thought I’d ask Lisa Fancher (Frontier Records) [...]

Street Dogs State of Grace Released: July 8, 2008 Hellcat Records Producer: Ted Hutt Mike McColgan – vocals Johnny Rioux – bass, backing vocals, mandolin, harmonica, acoustic guitar Marcus Hollar – lead guitar, backing vocals, dobro, pump organ, acoustic guitar Tobe Bean III – rhythm guitar, slide guitar, dobro Paul Rucker – drums 1. Mean [...]

999 999 Released: March 1978 United Artists Records Produced by Andy Arthurs Nick Cash – Guitar, Vocals Guy Days – Guitar, Vocals Pablo Labritain – Drums Jon Watson – Bass, Vocals 1. Me and My Desire – 3:48 2. Chicane Destination – 2:43 3. Crazy – 3:39 4. Your Number Is My Number – 2:59 [...]

So, I sat down on the edge of the building and waited for the show. Bill started crawling on his belly military-style, until he got to the edge of the building, once there he started beaming oranges at any car that drove by. Now Bill came from a relatively upscale neighborhood in Encino, so the [...]