Black Friday | November 27, 2009
The day after Thanksgiving is best known for door-buster savings and the start of the holiday shopping season.  This particular Friday, an extreme lineup of nine bands playing for eight and a half hours of blistering metal redefined the meaning of “Black Friday!” I didn’t get to the Warfield until 6 pm by which time 4 [...]

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Dropkick Murphys | November 6, 2009
Friday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland.  If you’ve never been to the Fox, it’s an art deco movie theater that was reopened in February 2009 after sitting empty for decades.  The restoration was top-notch and it’s great to have a venue of this size (3,000 capacity) in the East Bay. These days I usually [...]

Stellar Corpses, The Mutilators & Rezurex | November 4, 2009
Check out the pictures from Wednesday night at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland… Stellar Corpses View Photo Album The Mutilators View Photo Album Rezurex View Photo Album Help support these bands by buying their music!!! Amazon.com Widgets

Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg | October 24, 2009
Saturday was a bit of a surreal day for me. I was covering that night’s Blitzkrieg show in San Jose and had stayed the previous night down there because I had an interview with Marky Ramone on Friday and I didn’t feel like all the driving. I had a lot of time to [...]