Lazarus AD, Unearth & Testament House Of Blues - West Hollywood, CA 06/11/09 Words/Photos By Justin (note, all photos taken with an iphone as House Of Blues does not allow cameras) Standing up against the bar alongside stage left inside Hollywood’s House Of Blues Thursday night, I was distracted from the on stage action by a young man who fit the exact description of a heavy metal stereotype:  A young Latino with long fluffy hair, black denim jeans, a faded leather jacket and 1980’s white high-top sneakers.  ... Read More

hello earthlings here melo writing to you  about an observation i made and keep making if you will. maybe you all know about it? have you notice that LIVENATION is offering a "free fee wednesday" for many LN shows?  also warped tour was selling sans convenience fee or that jones beach arena box office was offering $20.00 upper seats to the upcomming JUDAS PRIEST show without the extra fee when buying at their box office?  yes folks the economy is hitting the concert business.  Up ... Read More

Street Sweeper Social Club/Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction 06/07/09 Jones Beach Amphitheatre - Wantagh, NY Words/Photos By Melorocker When the announcement of a reunited jane's addiction, to tour this summer along with nine inch nails was made it  gave me chills and  brought back some old memories of my first jane concert back in 1990 at the garden in n.y.c.  this was a great show from start to finish.  opening the gig was tom morello and boots riley's  Side Street Social Club.  SSSC is a very hard and ... Read More

Peaches 06/06/09 Music Box @ Fonda - Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos By Justin Saturday Night on Hollywood Blvd. The smell of hobos, trash, bad perfume and bacon wrapped hot dogs. Sitting soaked in sweat, twittering about some random star upon the blvd, I just had to take a few moments to contemplate what had just happened. Wow, did that really all go down? Did I really consume that many chemicals? Did I really show up here with five beautiful women on my arm, only to be ... Read More

King's X 06/05/2009 Key Club - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin   It is a well known fact to musicians that King’s X are the Rodney Dangerfield of Rock & Roll. For 20+ years this three piece has toured the world bringing their muscular mix of metal, gospel, funk and blues to anyone willing to listen. From stealing the show Friday night at Woodstock ‘94 to playing every club/bar across the world King’s X always brings their A game when they take the stage. That’s ... Read More

Atmosphere w/ Brother Ali The Pageant - St. Louis, MO 05/21/09 Words/Photos/Videos by BeeZnutZ   I have been down with Rhymesayers Entertainment for about 5 years. My friend took me to the store to buy "God Loves Ugly" in 2003. I also believe he got Sage Francis "Sick of Waiting Tables" the same day. We rolled around St. Louis checking out graffiti throughout the city relaxing bumping this hip hop in his car. Hip Hop is a whole lifestyle and Atmosphere to me represents. I liked his ... Read More

2009 Rock On The Range Festival 05/16/2009 Crew Stadium - Columbus, OH Words/Photos by larganation So this was my first trip to the east coast. Im from Oregon and thats mainly where I stay. I decided to take this trip to Ohio to go to the Rock on the Range festival, a 2 day show with three stages and tons of bands. The band I mainly went out there to see was Slipknot and I was not dissapointed at all. but I will get to that in a bit. I ... Read More

Mandy Moore 05/26/09 Amoeba Music - Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos By Justin For years, I have had a crush on Mandy Moore. If my wife and I were to play that silly game where we made a list of those we are allowed to cheat on, she would be close to the top of that list. I mean lets be honest here, I went and saw License To Wed in theaters and it was not because of my fellow Bay Area native Robin Williams. So when ... Read More

Days before my 18th Birthday, my Mother took me to San Francisco for an event dubbed Sky Concert by local radio station KFOG.  As mobility challenged Red Cross Volunteer, she needed my help to haul all of the supplies to and from the First Aid station she would run at the event.  While I would like to say the reason that I agreed was to help my Mother, truthfully I went to check out an exciting new band I had recently discovered.  ... Read More

 Pointfest at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. The first summer concert of 2009. Here was the the lineup: The New Translation, Street Dogs, Inimical Drive, Greek Fire, Parlor Mob, Framing Hanley, Hed P.E., Shiny Toy Guns, Cavo, Hurt, Anberlin, Blue October, Ludo, The Used, Sick Puppies, Taking Back Sunday, Chevelle, The Offspring and 11 local bands.   Here are the bands I watched: Killer Me Killer You: Local band. The funny thing was my brother had given me their cd a couple of weeks ago, but i ... Read More

Fleetwood Mac 05/21/09 HP Pavilion - San Jose, CA Words/Photos By Jhallead Video Found On YouTube  (click link in review) What an amazing show!  Even though we did not have the best seats in the world it was one of the best shows I have been to in a long time.  One of my favorite things about going to a concert is when the artists connect with their audience.  Lindsey came out and said "We are not here to sell a new album, we are ... Read More

Julien K 05/15/09 Jerry's Pizza - Bakersfield, CA Words/Photos by Krazy For Korn Just wanted write a quick review of the events in Bakersfield California 5-15-09  at Jerry's Pizza. Who was there??? Julien K!! And they were amazing. The venue is a very small place and lots of body heat. Sound was not so bad considering the venue but Julien K pulled it off. Great performance and the guys were so awesome. They were kind in signing everybodies stuff and doing pics with them. Ryan the lead singer is ... Read More

Meat Puppets 05/11/09 Amoeba Music - Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin (Editors Note - Per Amoeba Staff Members Videostaping for sharing was approved for this show.) With the milestone age of 30 weeks away for me, I was in high school when Nirvana introduced the world to Meat Puppets. During their now classic appearance on MTV Unplugged, the Arizona band performed three songs (only two song appeared on the original broadcast which our webmaster has on VHS) at the request of Cobain who couldn’t figure out ... Read More

May 2, 2009 My main problem with singer/songwriters is their live acts: if it don't rock my socks off, it's going to bore me to no end. The pretty songs that singer/songwriters produce, are more suitable for cozy nights in front of the fireplace rather than an evening in a smokey club, smelling the armpit of my too-close neighbor. After a couple of songs, you start feeling your feet getting tired, your back screaming in protest of having to arch in unusual ways ... Read More