moe. 02/26/2010 Club Nokia @ LA Live - Los Angeles, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Reverend Justito/concertconfessions.com Lucky 13: moe. live from downtown los angeles   It's not often that I suffer from anxiety, but in the hours before my thirteenth moe. concert, I was struggling.  What should I eat?  Did that Russian bobsled really just tip over?  Would I get the fun Club Nokia, or would the foul oppressive camera hating venue who love to make my life a living hell?  Yet there was one question on my mind ... Read More

Are we pumped? I know I'm pumped! Tonight the twenty third edition of the Jay Porks Never Ending Concert Series brings us to Roseland Ballroom (239 W 52nd street- New York City) to see the super-group, although they scoff at the term, THEM CROOKED VULTURES. A side project of legendary proportions, featuring the Josh Homme of fame with Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss(a short stay as guitarist in the Screaming Trees too) on lead guitar and vocals.. ... Read More

The 90's are back! did they ever left? who would have though that in 2009 musical groups that began their carrers in the 90's were going to be crashing the party in the new millenia? With the return of bands like BLINK 182, LIMP BIZKIT (touring in europe), JANE'S ADDICTION, CREED, NO DOUBT, PHISH (justin's hippi-fave), THE CRANBERRIES, THE PIXIES, SUGAR RAY and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS (2008 tour) and adding the continuing carrers of NIN, PEARL JAM, ROB ZOMBIE, 311, PAPA ROACH, GREEN DAY, ... Read More

My Morning Jacket 09/21/09 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA Words/Photos by Justin/Concertconfessions.com Editors note:  This piece made it's original debut on mtvnews.com.  I am basically reposting here to test out and see if I can insert youtube videos into a blog. Jim James For President - My Morning Jacket Campaigns in Los Angeles For most of the decade, every jaded junkie brown nosed rock critic scumbag has declared My Morning Jacket saviors of rock and roll. MMJ front man Jim James has been dubbed the second ... Read More

It is no accident that i love taking pictures. in fact i graduated with a Graphics Arts Degree and worked in the advertising field for a time. though i make my living as a state employee my love for picture taking has never waivered. To "compose" a concert photograph and be given a few seconds to do it, is a challenge that i want in order to get that ultimate shot that is so rewarding. Now! i am not a professional photographer ... Read More

u2 - 360 tour[gallery] U2 360 tour 2009 is the best stadium tour that i have seen. mind you i have only been to 5 stadium gigs over the years, but the staging is very fan-friendly and awesome to look at.  the proximity of the stage from the audience was the first thing i noticed.  the stage, in the round just a bit off center gave not a bad seat/spot in the house. the speakers were hanging from this "spider-like" claws that held everything in place, including ... Read More

Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 09/17/09 - Fox Theatre: Oakland, CA Words/Photos by Jhallead Ben Harper is my favorite.  I have been a fan of his since he opened for Pearl Jam in 1995.  I have always loved the fact that although he is an outstanding person and musician, he did not get incredibly big in the music world.  This means that I can typically get very up close and personal at his shows.  This show was the closest I have ever gotten which ... Read More

P!nk w/ The Ting Ting's Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA 09/18/09 Words by HJunderpants I’ve seen P!nk live  three times now, and this last show in promotion of her latest album “Funhouse” was by far the most overall entertaining. Having separated her shoulder days before her L.A. show, P!nk far from disappointed, and opened by being lowered in a cloth rope swing while singing the AC DC favorite “Highway to Hell" to almost 20,000 amped fans at the Staples Center. At this point she has ... Read More

Nine Inch Nails (with special guests Queen Kwong and Mew) Wave Goodbye Tour 2009 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA 09/02/09 Words/Video by Justin/Photos by Justin & Sylvrtail (Editors Note:  I did not take many photos last night, as I used the laxed taping policy to video tape a good chunk of the set.  I am going to create a nice DVD of it, stay tuned for details). November 1994: Somewhere between San Francisco and San Jose on a cold and damp afternoon.  I am down on my knees ... Read More

Autolux/Queens Of The Stone Age/Nine Inch Nails 10/01/2005 - Hollywood Bowl: Los Angeles, CA Words by Justin Editors Note:  With LA on fire once again, and tonight being the "last" time I see Nine Inch Nails, I figured it was appropriate to share with you the very first concert review I wrote (for my myspace blog).  In going back and reading this today, I was not only reminded of a wonderful night I had, but am rather amazed to see how far my writing has come.  ... Read More

Epicenter Festival 09 Fairplex: Pomona, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin Why waste time with a long introduction about the Fairplex at Pomona (you know, where they race ponies) lets just get to the f’n music! Street Sweeper Social Club: Chances are I would not have shown up to this festival till much later in the day if it was not for SSSC opening up the cavernous main stage.  As someone who spent their formative years (musically speaking) in the 1990’s I was not about to miss a chance ... Read More

7/24/09 King Thief, a local band from Saint Louis and two other bands, Makeshift Gentlemen and Sybris played at Cicero's tonight on the famous Delmar Loop. I am a huge supporter of a King Thief. Actually I've been a fan of them for over two years now. I first saw them at a Music Spotlight show at The Pageant back in March 2007 with Cavo and a couple of other bands. They definitely stood out to me. A few months later, I saw ... Read More

Useless Keys/Into The Presence 07/09/09 The Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Video by Justin So there I was Thursday night, standing outside the Roxy Theater chatting with The Maldonado brothers when adult film legend Ron Jeremy strolled by. As scenesters sucked on cancer sticks oblivious to their surroundings, we watched as a homeless man tried to sell the King of Porn roses as he made his way up the strip to the Rainbow Room. Just another Thursday night in Hollywood, I suppose. A few hours ... Read More

Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - July 2, 2009 Dear Caleb Followill, Everyone has their good days and their bad days. No matter how much money you make, when it's uncomfortably hot in a 10K capacity venue, filled to the rim with people coming and paying to see and hear you - the heat is still uncomfortable. I get that. When you just got off a, say, one hour flight from London but with 7 hours time difference to make up for, you will start your show ... Read More

Warped Tour 2008 Seaside Park - Ventura, CA 06/22/08 Words/Photos/Videos by Justin (With Warped Tour kicking off this week, and things a tad slow here I figured we would look back at my experience on the long running festival last summer.  Note, this first appeared on MTVnews.com) A good rock festival is very similar to a good meal at a buffet. If planned correctly, you can get a nice sample of everything you love, try something new, and hopefully avoid items that you simply don't agree ... 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

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

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

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

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

A Hometown “Idol” Experience Ameristar Casino, Kansas City April 22, 2009 Words/Photos By KC Music Gal For the past fifteen months, it’s been nearly impossible to escape the name David Cook in Kansas City. While David has been playing music in Kansas City for over five years, his “big break” occurred when he auditioned for American Idol last August in Omaha, Nebraska. The local Fox affiliate provided a quick interview with David and his brother Andrew prior to their Omaha audition and well, we all know ... Read More

Prolific songwriter, Leonard Cohen, has been penning and performing music for over four decades. Saturday night at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, he proved that, despite a fifteen-year hiatus from the live stage, his music not only holds up to the test of time, but transcends it to resonate with multiple generations of fans. Upon arriving at the sleek venue, it was difficult not to notice the diversity of the crowd in attendance. Patrons ranged from the predictable baby boomers, who ... Read More

There is a time to think for yourself, and question authority.  There is also a time to simply respect the wishes of someone you deeply admire.  At Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles this past Saturday night, I listened to the pre-taped video message by Major Douche (AKA Maynard James Keenan), and did not take flash photography or videos (I did sneak one cell phone photo) of Puscifer (pronounced by most as pussy fur), the latest mind blowing project by the Tool/A Perfect ... Read More

This past Monday night, for 30 minutes I was blessed enough to speak with Luis Carlos Maldonado & Tim Alexander of Into The Presence.  I am well aware that this is a live site (and fingers crossed a new ITP review will be posted Sunday) but this was something very special for me, and I would like to share it with you (as well as expose this great up and coming band).  The interview (posted on MTVnews) is in two parts and ... Read More

[gallery] R.E.M. - Leaving New York This is in responce to the post on Modest Mouse. Having been an R.E.M. fan for a long time, this Madion Square Garden show   was my first time seeing R.E.M. in concert. Modest Mouse gave direct support to R.E.M. and they were ok.  I was more into watching (daydreaming) guitarist Johnny Marr, the former SMITH legend, wishing that it was them on stage.   R.E.M. has stood the test of time, their music played so well going from the early 80's jangly "(Don't Go Back To) ... Read More

(This review was originally published on MTVnews.com in June 2008) In 1993 I walked from my parents’ house to the only music store in San Carlos, California. The store was called Rod’s Records Videos & Tapes, and on one warm summer day I slapped my hard-earned Hamilton down on the counter. In exchange for the cash that I had earned sweating away over the lawn mowing and bathroom cleaning, I was handed a cassette tape by Stone Temple Pilots called Core. I removed ... Read More

(First published by MTVnews in 2008)   I am looking forward to the George W. Bush tax rebate check that I still have not received. $600 bucks to inject back into the economy. Being a good American, I have decided to take that chunk of change and spend it. I live within walking distance from the Hollywood Bowl, and I really wanted that money to go back into my community. Tonight I was rewarded for the first donation I made with a chance to ... Read More

As Gov’t Mule played a bluesy two hour set, I watched many physically challenged Dead Heads struggle to get to their seats. As much as it was a struggle for the aging fan base to reach their seats, it was even more of a struggle for me to stay awake. I really do enjoy Gov’t Mule, and it was cool to hear “Lay Your Burden Down” & “Soulshine” again after all these years. For me, with an evening of slow blues based ... Read More

[gallery] One of my favorite bands Interpol, hails from New York City and are seen as the Dark Princes of Pop. Comprise of Paul Banks, Carlos D., Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino.  Interpol has attain an immediate level of success thanks in part to their song craft and to the visual appeal of the band,  greatly manifested in bassist  Carlos D.  The cult of Carlos D. has been covered by many magazines and T.V. channels over  the years.  Carlos does oozes city cool, but it is his playing ability ... Read More

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[gallery] taken from my response in the slipknot forum. "well i'm back from the concert and it was a real blast. i wished slipknot would have played more songs from AHIG. first things first. that emai about early entry for ot9 that was not being used at madison square garden was done in error. there was a ot9 yellow section for early entry and meet and greets. would you guys believe that i was the only one being escorted by ot9 for early entry. everybody was looking at me as ... Read More

A Night to Remember By: Jen Bonfiglio Thursday, March 19, I was so excited to head down to one of my favorite venues, BackBooth. In my opinion, it is one of the best places to see a show. My friends and I have been looking forward to this night for more than a month. The lineup was awesome: In Violent Times, Hydrosonic, Awestruck, and The Rise of Defiance. These are some of the best local bands around right now. I couldn’t wait for it ... Read More

The Key Club in Hollywood is always (in our opinion) the best place to see a Metal show. The Security is cool, the food and drink is delectable (though they recently shortened and changed their dinner menu) and there isn’t a bad spot to stand in to see the mayhem that takes stage. Matt & I have been here many, many times and it’s usually busy. Rarely have there been shows that have been light in attendance. The show for Armored Saint ... Read More

Beginning Thursday, March 12th, pre-order the new Neverender DVD or purchase any Coheed and Cambria T-shirt at the Burbank Town Center Hot Topic location ONLY and receive a wristband that guarantees the opportunity to meet Coheed and Cambria on March 26th!* Need more info? Call the Burbank Town Center Hot Topic at 818.843.8630. *Available while supplies last. Space is limited. Offer not valid online. Limit one wristband and one autograph per person. See associate for further details. Hot Topic Burbank 201 E. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA ... Read More

The Forum: Inglewood, CA 12/18/08   It was somewhere during their second song during their second night in Los Angeles (ok, Inglewood) that I realized – I have never actually seen Metallica live.  Sure, this was my 5th Metallica concert, but every time I have been in the back of the arena/stadium/amphitheatre.  Not this time however, as I lucked into a below market value pit ticket for the greatest heavy metal band on the planet.  I hoped into my car and after two hours ... Read More

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Into The Presence 01/30/09 On The Rox - West Hollywood, CA Words/Photos/Videos by Justin/concertconfessions.com [caption id="attachment_47" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Into The Presence - On The Rox 01/30/09"][/caption] Friday night, I took another $12.00 cab ride down the Sunset Strip to check out the exciting new rock band Into The Presence. After being blown away by their set two weeks ago, I knew I could not miss the final Friday of their month long residency On The Rox. After saying hello to the venues wonderful door woman Stephanie, ... Read More

The  Troubadour: West Hollywood, CA 03/04/09 It was a warm spring night in Palo Alto California when Papa Roach and I decided to go our separate ways. The date was April 24, 2000 and as I exited The Edge Nightclub I knew in my heart the special thing we had was over. The next day, the band would release their major label debut Infest and tour the country with Taproot. Warped Tour would follow that summer and by then I knew it would ... Read More

The Forum: Inglewood, CA 03/07/09 I mean, lets be honest here, you are not good enough to be a cop, so to get your rocks off you work concert security. Not only do you collect a paycheck to power trip, you tiny lil cock is rock hard right now and were it not for an arena full of underage children I know you would have it covered in your own saliva stroking till you blew watery wad all over the beer line.    Saturday night ... Read More