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The 10 Metal Gods Geeks Will Always Worship

by Adam Steininger Geeks love metal more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway across the universe on Serenity, and then discovered by Silver Surfer while out scouting for delicious planets. These bands ... More >>

Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

One of the bands you can see this week around Phoenix has a famous song called "A Praise Chorus." Another of the bands you can see this week titled the first song of their first album "Penis." See which one of those bands is Jimmy Eat World after the jump!

Mushroomhead @ Marquee Theatre

NES in the West Tour, Trunk Space, 2/6/13

NES in the West Tour with Mega Ran and The Writer's Guild @ Trunk Space | 2/6/13Local rapper Mega Ran a.k.a Random completed the Phoenix stop of his latest tour at the Trunk Space and made it a point to drive home the old saying: "You're only as strong as your crew." With solid supporting acts, as w ... More >>

Rocktober's Metal Picks: Bloody Art, New Gwar Guitarist, Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem Trailer

If there's one month that you can count on to be on metal's side, it's October. We're allowed to adorn our residences with skulls, fake blood, and motion-sensor demons without being judged. Hell, we are also allowed to indulge in an array of freaky, horrific activities, orchestrated by record compan ... More >>

8 Kids More Metal Than You

See also: The Most Anticipated Heavy Metal Releases of the Fall See also: The 10 Hottest Chicks in Metal See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear See also: A Closer Look at KUPD's MILF Contest 2012There are few things in this world that have the ability to coax an "Awwwww...that is so damn ... More >>

KISS and Motley Crue, Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion, 8/10/12

KISS and Motley Crue Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion Friday, August 10, 2012 See also: KISS and Makeup: 8 Male Makeup Icons See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hail From England) See also: The Full KISS/Crue Slideshow A few things are guaranteed at a KIS ... More >>

Fishbone, P.I.L., The Toadies, GZA, Waka Flocka Flame, and More Just Announced Shows

See also: GWAR, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Kendrick Lamar, and More Just Announced Shows It's time to tear into your closet and dust off those old gas station shirts. '80s ska/punk band Fishbone is hitting Club Red on Thursday, September 27. After last year's album release Crazy Glue, a documenta ... More >>

GWAR, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Kendrick Lamar, and More Just Announced Shows

See also: Last Week's Just Announced Shows, Featuring The Railroad Revival Tour, The Who, and More See also: GWAR at Marquee Theatre in 2011 Who wants to check out a 25-year-old satirical metal band, complete with scary costumes and raunchy lyrics? Well, you're in luck. Gwar is coming to The Marque ... More >>

Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off

See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace The arrest and detention of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic has held the attention of metal fans since his arrest on ... More >>

Metal Mondays: Metal's First Music Videos Ooze Green Jellÿ

There's never been a huge a market for heavy metal music videos. Praise is far and few between, and they don't garner awards like pop music videos, clips like Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," which won seven MTV Video Music Awards in 2010, and even grabbed a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. But t ... More >>

The Five People You'll Meet at Country Thunder

Two years ago, yours truly embarked on finding a real country experience that didn't lead me into the backwoods of some quaint southern town, but rather out into a barren field in Florence. I was alone. I was scared. I was wearing flip flops, at the risk of getting my tootsies stomped by the cowboy ... More >>

Real Estate at The Sail Inn, 11/14/11

Nicole Smith​I'm not stoked on the current sound of "indie." Real Estate play things more on the traditional jangle pop/C86 side of things, but the band fits into the nebulous state of indie rock circa 2011 -- chillwave over there, lo-fi in the corner, new wave revivalism out back. The pretentious ... More >>

GWAR at Marquee Theatre, 11/14/11

Melissa Fossum​I had the craziest dream last night. Normally when people say that, their dream is actually pretty boring, but I swear to you, this all happened. 

GWAR and Peace

Five Bands That Set Out to Be Creepy, But Ended Up Lame

​As a kid, a lot of things creep you out that really shouldn't. Shower drains, primarily, along with cryptic pictures of Jesus Christ and, of course, clowns (John Wayne Gacy, Jr. being the exception.) Certain bands seem to play on that irrational childhood fear, making their music a year-roun ... More >>

Broloaf's Ben Brah on Being the Best, The Vandals, and Straight Edge Kids

​ Jocks chugging beer bongs, snorting lines of cocaine, and hazing nerds on stage -- welcome to the magic that is a Broloaf show. The Scottsdale punk band that has been entertaining the Valley with wild on-stage antics for the past three years and will do so again when they open for The Meatmen ... More >>

Mosh Potatoes: A Heavy Metal Cookbook That Rocks

​There's a new heavy metal cookbook in stores called Mosh Potatoes (Atria Paperback), and even if you're not a headbanger, you'll find something to appreciate in this clever tome. Where else could you ever find recipes for things like "Hot Rod Penis Loaf" (courtesy of Gen from Genitorturers) ... More >>

Beyonce Not Preggers After All

​Yesterday Us Weekly reported that Beyonce and Jay-Z have a baby on the way. However, Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles shot down those rumors, according to Billboard. TMZ has a clip of the pre-recorded Ellen show, which will air today, in which Tina denied any gorgeous kids are on the way. Tina joked ... More >>

Incoming: Free Energy, Nas, Fuel, Chali 2na, Zane Lamprey, Cobra Skulls, GWAR

GWAR​Do you like blood? How about grown men in overblown, sci-fi/horror inspired costumes spitting buckets of it at you? Well then, you're in luck -- GWAR is coming to Phoenix this November.What started as a shock-rock outfit in Richmond, Virginia in 1994 has evolved into one of -- if not the -- m ... More >>

By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Courtney Marie Andrews Is the Biggest Star in the Valley's Blooming Pop-Folk Scene

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Stevie Wonder and More

​Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival has announced a full line-up for this June. No real surprises here: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are the top of the pile.The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, ... More >>

Everclear, GWAR and Concorso Arizona Over the Weekend

​Concert Review: Everclear at The Big Pour It's a well-established fact that the mark of a truly brilliant pop song is its ability to stand the test of time, captivating new generations or, at the very least, remaining meaningful to it's intended audience over a lifetime. As an admitted Gen X/ ... More >>

An Eviscerating Experience: GWAR at Marquee Theatre on Saturday, November 14

Photos by E. GrovesGWAR singer Oderus Urungus​Nothing was sacred in splatter metal band GWAR's theater of costumed insanity at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe on Saturday. Michael Jackson's face got ripped off. Babies were disemboweled. President Obama's noggin got partially severed and was rolling a ... More >>

GWAR Seeks Crack: The Whiff and Wisdom of Oderus Urungus

Austrian Death Machine

The Aquabats

GWAR is War

Niki at Nite on Anal Blast and 8-year-old grindcore fans

You’ve Got Hate Mail: The last hurrah in the ongoing Marshall Beck and local metal coverage tantrum

Pit Stop

You can mosh, potato

Eroticide

Yay, torture!

Sounds of the Underground

They've come to the surface

This Friday - Summer of Sound Continues

Banned in Tempe

Chop Jock

Tub Ring

Tasty in more ways than one

Battle Acts

Which act deserves your entertainment dollar this week?

Minus the Bear

Beats yelling "Free Bird"

Sounds of the Underground Tour

Day of the living dead

Slipknot

Who are those masked men?

Eroticide

Raw but legal

GWAR

Club Directory

Burden Brothers

Progression key to Burden Bros.

Hello, Cleveland!

Unlike Spinal Tap, Iron Maiden made it to the stage, as a new boxed set gloriously demonstrates

Touch of Evil

Blood, sweat and no tears, as Gwar and Derrick May infiltrate the Valley club scene