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    Thor Live In New York City, November 21st And 22nd 2015 

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    This article is long, and maybe a little self-indulgent, but bear with me. Or skip straight to the pictures and the video. It’s your call. But I’m going to tell this story and I’m going to tell it right and to tell it right, a little bit of background information is needed.

    When I was a kid growing up in the wilds of Southwestern Ontario and our family’s cable package started carrying Muchmusic (the Canadian MTV for those who don’t know), one of the first music videos I remember ever seeing was for a song called Keep The Dogs Away. In the video, an oiled up muscle man calling himself Thor strutted about on stage, flailing his arms all over the place clad in leather and studs but not before he was pulled down an alleyway by a pack of Dobermans. This video was nuts, and     ...
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    King Diamond With Exodus Live In New York City, The Playstation Theater, November 21st 2015. 

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    King Diamond, currently playing the classic Abigail album in full on this 2015 tour, played the third and final night of run of shows at the Playstation Theater in Times Square last night to a sold out crowd.

    Exodus, now reunited with vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza, opened up the night with a ridiculously tight set and they did a great job of working the crowd up for the main event. Souza sounded great and had a lot of energy, as did the rest of the band. Kragen Lum (filling in for Gary Holt) and Lee Altus killed on guitar with the rhythm section of Jack Gibson on bass and Tom Hunting on drums holding everything down perfectly.

    The set list for their opening assault was: Deranged / Blood In, Blood Out / Body Harvest / Impaler / Blacklist / Bonded by Blood / The Toxic Waltz / Strike of the Beast

    About twenty minutes later the sounds of Uriah’s Heep could be heard coming from the PA system. The crowd knew what was coming up     ...
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    Looking Back: The Sex Pistols Invade Texas - Sex Pistols live at Randy’s Rodeo, January 8, 1978 

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    Text And Photographs By Russ Joyner


    January 8, 1978 seems like a hell of a long time ago, but I truly can remember events just like it was yesterday. Recently I discovered a YouTube clip and it brought back a flood of those memories, from a period in my life that I thought was all but lost to time. The video featured the Sex Pistols playing the song, New York, from their infamous appearance at Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, the third stop on their brief, but legendary, tour of hostile southern U.S. venues. But even better, at the end it tacked on footage of the notorious incident where Sid Vicious smashes his bass guitar over some hellraiser’s head. Check out the end of the video – they interview the guy who was on the receiving end of Sid’s guitar. It was the type of spontaneous event that left a lasting impression. My life actually changed in so many ways that day, and it altered the course of my remaining time in     ...
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    D.R.I. Live In New York City At Blackthorn 51 May 30th, 2015. 

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    You know you’re in for a special night when, shortly after walking through the door of a venue, you’re smashed into by a burley mosh pit enthusiast and knocked into the bar. But when minutes later you see a guy in a plastic Viking helmet skanking alongside a bearded albino in a big ol’ circle pit, you have to wonder if you’ve been transplanted to some     ...
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    Cock Sparrer With Murphy's Law & 45 Adapters Live In Brooklyn 4-10-15 

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    Last night, UK street punk legends Cock Sparrer played their first New York City show in fifteen years at The Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to a sold out capacity crowd. To say that the band was welcomed with open arms would be an understatement but before they took the stage, there were the two opening acts.

    First up were 45 Adapters, a local Brooklyn band made up of “five friends who dress well and drink heavily.” They play a pretty straight forward brand of street punk/oi! music with some reggae and ska influences worked into the mix and they do it really damn well. They wear their influences on their sleeves but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. They played catchy sing-along style punk with a load of energy and they did a very fine job of warming everyone up for the main event. These guys are definitely worth checking out, can’t wait to see them again.

    Queens’ Murphy’s Law were up next.     ...
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    Gwar With Corrosion Of Conformity And American Sharks - Live At Irving Plaza, New York City – November 30th, 2014. 

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    The GWAR ETERNAL tour, the band’s first without legendary late front man Oderus Urungus, started out a few weeks ago and last night it came to Manhattan, Irving Plaza to be precise. The evening was kicked off right with an all too short set from Austin Texas’ American Sharks, a killer three piece that play fast and tight and who ripped through most of their debut album in what seemed like no time at all. Make a point of seeing these guys if they come to your town either on their own or supporting a bigger act, because they definitely do not disappoint and were one hundred percent worth getting to the show early and having to entertain yourself with $8 PBR’s for a while before they set up. And when they finish? Go say hi and get a hug from the singer, he’s a super friendly guy.

    From there, Corrosion Of Conformity came out for a forty-minute set. I’d     ...
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    Alice Cooper - Halloween 2014 - Kitchener, Ontario 

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    Venue: The Centre In The Square, Kitchener, ON
    Date: October 31, 2014

    *All pictures are off of my cellphone, so don't expect awesome. All typos, grammar mistakes, etc, etc, etc, are the result of not being a proper student of English, and a heaping help of NyQuil.

    It's not too often that you get to see a real life rock and roll legend. Most of the path-forging folks who attained legendary status didn't do it through healthy living and good clean fun, and sadly have passed on. But Vincent Furnier, aka Alice Cooper has managed to keep going strong, largely due to the shedding     ...
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    Fates Breaks Dawn, Ross The Boss And Flames Of Fury - Live At The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY 9/27/14 

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    Last night at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, a veritable metal meltdown took place when an assemblage of local talent took the stage for an early show.

    First up was Flames Of Fury, fronted by the lovely and talented Angelica Vargas and featuring Jason Perez on guitar. Mike Lepond of Symphony X handled bass and a second guitarist whose name I didn’t catch were also on stage. This band has been playing out for a few years now and they put on a fantastic show. Vargas has got a great stage presence, an amazing energy level and she does a great job on the vocals. They play pretty great Iron Maiden-inspired metal but definitely have their own sound. Perez is a blast to watch on guitar too, getting really into the act.     ...
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    Accept And Raven Live At The Gramercy Theatre, New York City 9/15/2014 

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    After a very effective opening set from legendary nwobhm act RAVEN, ACCEPT stormed the stage blasting out the opening number from their latest CD "Blind Rage". This wasn't no oldies show metal brothers and sisters. Since regrouping after the exit of iconic frontman Udo Dirkschneider a few years ago with new vocalist NYC boy/ex-TT QUICK singer Mark Tornillo, guitarist and steward of the ACCEPT legacy Wolf Hoffman and     ...
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    The Lillingtons - Live At The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn NY, May 16th, 2014. 

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    When was the last time that The Lillingtons played New York City? I’ve no idea, but I know it was before I moved here. In fact, The Lillingtons haven’t really played anywhere since calling it quits in 2001. There were a few dates     ...
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    Kraftwerk 3D: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario - March 29, 2014 

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    Some 22 years ago, I found myself at a friend's party on a Saturday night, and relaxed in the way that we usually did; by throwing on some music and sitting around having some drinks. That night, I decided to take it easy, as I had to bike my way home, and would more than likely encounter my parents, who were not fans of the underaged drinking scene. With that in mind, I stopped after a few drinks, and decided to finish out the evening's festivities with a glass of orange juice. I drank it down, hit the bathroom, chatted     ...
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    The Tossers With Continental And Jumbo Brown Live At Slake, New York City, March 7th, 2014. 

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    Chicago’s The Tossers rolled into Manhattan on March 7th to headline a show at Slake in Midtown as part of their current St. Patrick’s Day tour. The first band to hit the stage was Jumbo Brown, a six-piece band from Brooklyn who delivered a solid set of mixed up music. They pulled from rockabilly and bluegrass roots, mixed in some country and some rock n roll and mostly sang about drinking and screwing. They were amusing, something different at least. At one point their standup bass player handed his     ...
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    D.O.A. – To Hell N’ Back 

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    Released by: MVD Visual/Sudden Death Records
    Released on: March 11th, 2014.
    Director: Marcus Rogers
    Cast: D.O.A.
    Year: 2014
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    Joe ‘Shithead’ Keithley and D.O.A. have been going strong for over three and a half decades at this point and as the band is currently on their farewell tour, and a lengthy tour it’s been, it seems only fitting that they’d release a concert DVD celebrating their accomplishments. And thus, ladies and gentlemen, we have D.O.A. – To Hell N’ Back, which is roughly     ...
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    Reverend Horton Heat Live In New York City, Irving Plaza, January 24th, 2014 

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    A whole lot of people braved the lousy cold weather in New York City last night to hit up Irving Plaza for The Reverend Horton Heat with Deke Dickerson with opening acts The Nekromantix The Creepshow and The Reformed Whores. We didn’t get there in time to see The Creepshow and got in about half way through the Nekromantix’s set. Despite permission to shoot the show, security didn’t want us to use a flash even occasionally, so pictures from their set are… blue. They dress all in black and the use blue lighting during their set so there isn’t a whole lot of light to work with. At any rate, despite that they put on a pretty solid show, prepping the crow for the main event.

    After a fifteen minute break to get     ...
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    Psychic TV, Daddy Long Legs and Bryin Dall At The Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY December 28th, 2013. 

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    This past Friday and Saturday night, The Brooklyn Night Bazaar hosted a free show put on by Scenic Propaganda with Psychic TV headlining both nights. Free to anyone who wanted to show up, the Saturday night show was opened by Bryin Dall of A Murder Of Angels and who has collaborated with Psychic TV’s Genesis P-Orridge on Thee Majesty. Dall’s set, which was a solo show, was a wild and strange collection of cover tracks in which he crooned over ‘guitar sculpture’ performing tracks by The Who, Johnny Cash and plenty of others.     ...
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    Me First And The Gimme Gimmes With Cobra Skulls And Teeange Bottlerocket, Live In New York City, October 22, 2010. 

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    As part of the 2010 CMJ Festival, Rocks Off Concert Cruises put on a show (a Fat Wreck Chords showcase!) featuring Me First And The Gimmes Gimmes with opening acts The Cobra Skulls and Teenage Bottlerocket. it was on a boat, and that boat was packed. Here's a whole bunch of pictures.

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    Andre Williams, Live At Dante's, Portland OR June 8, 2007 

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    A long time ago in Portland, Mr. Rhythm himself, Andre Williams (backed by The Flash Express), played a show at a consistently oversold bar called Dante's. Here are a whole bunch of pictures. Don't remember a whole lot of specifics about the show itself, other than that it was awesome and sweaty and hot inside. Lots of people danced, which is exactly what should happen at an Andre Williams show.

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    Goblin With Secret Chiefs 3 At Webster Hall, New York City, October 7th, 2013. 

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    Italian soundtrack/prog legends Goblin played Webster Hall in New York City last night after a sold out show in Brooklyn the night before. Their first ever U.S. tour saw Secret Chiefs 3, an instrumental group very obviously influenced by the headlining act, opening the show. Bathed in blue light and clad in white robes, they played an interesting and erratic set that seemed to pretty appropriately set the stage for what was to come.

    Goblin came on shortly after nine o’clock     ...
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    FLAG with T.S.O.L. And Cerebral Ballzy, Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, September 19, 2013. 

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    As most fans know, there are basically two dueling Black Flag reunions touring right now. The first is Greg Ginn’s version which features Ron Reyes on vocals. They hit Brooklyn a few months back and you can read my thoughts on that here. Let’s just say I’ve seen better shows, though in the band’s defense much of the problems that night had to do with terrible sound and horrible security. That doesn't excuse Ginn’s use of a theramin, however.

    At any rate, last night it was time for     ...
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    D.O.A., Live At Club Europa, Brooklyn, New York, September 14, 2013 

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    Joey ‘Shithead’ Keithley (you can read an interview we did with him a few years ago here!) has kept D.O.A. going for a long time now, in fact, they’ve been going since 1978. At this point, they don’t owe anybody anything, they’re road weary and have long since paid their dues and established themselves as punk rock legends. As it stands, however, all good things must come to an end and last night the band rolled into Brooklyn for the New York stop on their farewell tour. Yep, D.O.A. are pretty much calling it quits     ...
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