Billy Idol

Five Must-See Concerts This Weekend: Soundwave, Born Loser and the Hangers On, Greyhound Soul, Thrones, and Billy Idol

Greyhound Soul​It's big music weekend here in Phoenix. We've already mentioned the JFA/Father Figures/Asses of Evil/Anarchy Taco party at Hollywood Alley; the chilled-out sounds of Washed Out, Tour de Fat, and Foo Fighters, but each weekend we bring five shows that may have slipped through the cra ... More >>

Party Town

Greyhound Soul​It's big music weekend here in Phoenix. We've already mentioned the JFA/Father Figures/Asses of Evil/Anarchy Taco party at Hollywood Alley; the chilled-out sounds of Washed Out, Tour de Fat, and Foo Fighters, but each weekend we bring five shows that may have slipped through the cra ... More >>

Peel Me Off This Velcro Seat: 15 Songs About Being Bored

​Summer vacation is a wonderful thing, but once you reach the end of the internet, the prospect of going back to school starts to look good. Fall semester may be right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to watch reruns and unlock all those stubborn Xbox achievements. Savor the ... More >>

If Video Game Characters Became Rock Stars...

Brütal Legend, a 2009 video game released by Electronic Arts, featured voice work by Jack Black, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford and a soundtrack of more than 100 hard rock and metal songs.​Over the past three decades, two institutions have constantly remained near-unive ... More >>

The Heymakers

Brütal Legend, a 2009 video game released by Electronic Arts, featured voice work by Jack Black, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford and a soundtrack of more than 100 hard rock and metal songs.​Over the past three decades, two institutions have constantly remained near-unive ... More >>

Ten Most Overplayed Sports Arena Songs (with Music)

​I was grumblings of the Suns' porous, lackadaisical defense during a recent game when a different debate started between my girlfriend and I.Which Green Day album is "Brain Stew" is on again? The answer, of course, is 1995's Insomniac. But a better question is why such an odd query came ... More >>

Ten Songs That Make Me Hate Music

​We all have those select few songs we can't stand. Songs that, when they come on your car stereo, make you seriously consider jerking the car into a ditch just to make the pain stop. Songs that a wily FBI profiler could blast at us to stop a hostage situation.Not that anyone is planning to take h ... More >>

Glee at Dodge Theatre

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

Daughtry

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

Daughtry

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

The Men Who Stare at Goats: Did Aliens Abduct George Clooney's Sense of Humor?

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

Metal Misfits

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

Hemoptysis

Who Needs a Shepherd?
(self-released)

You Asked For It: Hemoptysis

Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of it in my off hours - that time when I want only the sweet, sweet voice of Karen Carpenter to sooth me over AM radio - but I'm constantly surprised by the depth and quality of the Phoenix metal scene. In the seven months I've been doing You Asked For It ... More >>

'Billy Boys

Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of it in my off hours - that time when I want only the sweet, sweet voice of Karen Carpenter to sooth me over AM radio - but I'm constantly surprised by the depth and quality of the Phoenix metal scene. In the seven months I've been doing You Asked For It ... More >>

Party Crasher: Jumpdown Sessions Vol. II

The partygoers at the Draw 10 are whipped into a frenzy by DJ Unknown Error at Jumpdown Sessions Vol. II. Click here for more pictures from the event. It's just after 11 p.m. on a Saturday night and the Party Crasher feels like his eardrums are about to burst. Standing less than two feet from the ... More >>

The Dirty on Nik Richie, Post-it Note Ninjas, and SCA-Gate — All Within This Owl’s Talons

The partygoers at the Draw 10 are whipped into a frenzy by DJ Unknown Error at Jumpdown Sessions Vol. II. Click here for more pictures from the event. It's just after 11 p.m. on a Saturday night and the Party Crasher feels like his eardrums are about to burst. Standing less than two feet from the ... More >>

The Dirty's Hooman Karamian, a.k.a., Corbin Grimes, a.k.a., "Nik Richie" Wusses Out

Hooman Karamian, the wannabe Perez Hilton... Sometimes, God sends you free room service. That's what it felt like a couple of days ago when Hooman Karamian's flack with the mega firm of 5W PR called me and offered him up to me on a silver platter. Hoo-da Hooman? You know him better as "Nik Richie, ... More >>

The Heymakers

Hooman Karamian, the wannabe Perez Hilton... Sometimes, God sends you free room service. That's what it felt like a couple of days ago when Hooman Karamian's flack with the mega firm of 5W PR called me and offered him up to me on a silver platter. Hoo-da Hooman? You know him better as "Nik Richie, ... More >>

Low Note

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore do not make sweet, sweet music

Global Orgasm

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore do not make sweet, sweet music

Punk Junkies

We wanna be sedated

Punk's Not Dead. It's Just Jaded

Corpse ride

Pink, Damone

I'm Not Dead
(La Face)

Out Here All Night
(Island)

Gutter Depravity

P-town's party patrol belly-flops into divey Ky's for free pool, cheap booze and hella-hot bar tarts

Snoop Dogg, and The Game

Now pushing ear candy

Billy Idol

Devil's Playground
(Sanctuary Records)

Club Directory

Devil's Playground
(Sanctuary Records)

Hot Pink Perdition

The night crew checks out an after-hours hot spot

Electro-Style Wars

Sometimes, as in the case of onetime Phoenician Sandra Collins, you can't judge a trance DJ by her cover

Billy Idol

The rebel yell settles into the cradle of love in the Valley

The Reel Who

Twenty-five years later, a filmmaker comes to grips with his Kids

Dub Bomb!, Baby

The influence of Jamaican remixes has spread far and wide since British punk rockers took to dub reggae in the 1970s.

The Devil and Alice Cooper

Ha ha, Satan, get thee behind The Spike!

Dogs' Life

British punk-era warriors Slaughter and the Dogs regroup for a shot at the respect they never got

Days of Beer and Promos

Taken with the holiday spirit, Trashman gives thanks for the good things in life.

Just the Old Dude

A newly released two-CD anthology of Ian Hunter's solo recording only tells half of the rest of the story

Ace Venture

Prowling strip clubs and dishing dirt with the members of Johnny Ace

Loverdad

Working for the weekend, indeed

A Glitch in Time Saves None

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

Bad Vibrations

A night of chips and dips at the Tempe Block Party, a dirge for old Mill Avenue

Recordings

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me / The Clash Tribute: Burning London / Jon Dee Graham

Pretty Flawed

At Desert Sky, the Offspring drag "punk" into the mire of mindlessness

Life After Death

As we reach the fifth anniversary of Doug Hopkins' suicide, his best music remains unheard by all but a few friends

Night & Day

August 6 - 12, 1998

Deja Who?

Talk about re-g-g-g-generation! Fans can always look forward to looking back with the Who--they've been conditioned to expect nothing else.

Pic Hits for the week

Talk about re-g-g-g-generation! Fans can always look forward to looking back with the Who--they've been conditioned to expect nothing else.

HIGH-TECH'S MISSING LINK

IS JAMES J. DILETTOSO A TECHNO GOD OR JUST ANOTHER FLOPPY DISCIPLE? EVEN HE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.