Limp Bizkit

Backstreet Boys, ZZ Top, And More Announce Phoenix Shows

Earlier in May, Justin Timberlake announced he would be coming through Phoenix on his enormous solo tour, which set off a concert-excitement bomb the likes of which hadn't been seen since--well, since those Prince shows, I guess, even earlier in May. More recently, the Backstreet Boys announced they ... More >>

The Year in Heavy Metal: 2012

The year 2012 brought an array of exciting moments in heavy metal, from album releases by veteran acts like Napalm Death and younger bands like Goatwhore, to some of the biggest ever heavy metal festivals, to a few of my personal favorite interviews with metal legends. Enjoy -- and happy metal fuc ... More >>

What's Better, Fifty Shades of Grey or Staind's 14 Shades of Grey?

[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two things that have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] By Paul T. Bradley Released in 2003, 14 Shades of Grey is the fourth studio album from a ... More >>

Korn Guitarist Munky Discusses Moving Away From Dubstep With Next Record

This past Saturday, Korn crashed through town, performing at the Arizona State Fair. I watched in glee. This is a band that truly contributed to opening the door to metal for me. Before that discovery, I was a sixth grader rocking out to Westside Connection, much to my Backstreet Boy-loving locker p ... More >>

Is Dubstep the New Nü-Metal?

Love it or hate it, it's looking inevitable: dubstep isn't going anywhere for awhile, and a lot of ambitious metalheads are pairing their riffs up with wobble wobble sounds in a bid for commercial success. It reminds me of a coked-out Paris Hilton making a sex tape with Slayer's Kerry King. It wou ... More >>

When Crowds Attack: Concert Edition

Local and national sports pundits are still somewhat befuddled by the degree of ferocity with which Arizona fans brought the hate on Monday and Tuesday nights. But don't let this uproar fool you. Unruly crowds can appear anywhere. And not just in sports.

Lil Wayne at U.S. Airways Center Last Night

Maria VassettLil Wayne performing at U.S. Airways Center last night.​Lil Wayne US Airways Center, Phoenix Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Lil Wayne has entertained the idea of morphing from a rapper into a full-fledged rock star for a few years now. Why would one of the world's most successful rappers wa ... More >>

Feb. 16 In Blogs: NBA All-Star Game, Napolitano, Limp Bizkit and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced D ... More >>

Show Announcements: Willie Nelson, Staind, Chris Isaak, Katy Perry

There were a massive amount of upcoming shows announced this week, including Willie Nelson on the road again and possibly three of the four worst nu metal bands of all time (Staind, Papa Roach, Hoobastank) on a single stage… with the insufferable Adam Carolla. Crooner Chris Isaak and Stro ... More >>

The Biggest Dick in Phoenix: Richard Cheese at Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, June 7

Big in Japan

Tempe rapper Intrinzik's journey from the Valley of the Sun to the Land of the Rising Sun

Wicked Wisdom This Way Comes

This is the nü stuff

Funktified Friday

Jett gets sprung on a dope local chef, and Kreme sips Hennessey with E.T. at StraightNoChaser

Never Sleep Again Tour

Starting now

Unkind Cut

We'd been enjoying emo for years before self-injury stepped into the spotlight

Z King Is Back

Catching up with DJ Z-Trip

Retail in Blood

Phoenix's Metal Devastation fills the hole in the Valley death metal lover's heart

Korn

The guys from Bakersfield, California, don't give a crap what youthink

Pick Your Poison

Miami hard-core band Poison the Well straddles the line between being faithful and being better

Reduced-Salt Dogs

In the slick and handsome Pirates of the Caribbean, more is somehow less

Suburban Nightmare

Anger Management Tour brings Slim Shady to Valley of the Sun

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Fellowship of the Ring

Rebounding from health scares, the Promise Ring sheds its emo skin for a Brit-pop sheen

Crushing Groove

Bionic Jive's hip-hop/metal fusion is an accident that's about to happen

Fairy Warning

Proving that muses are more than mere myth, we expose the unusual inspirations for the latest crop of Valley bands

Vinyl Adventure

A weekend tagalong with a top DJ offers insight into the rigors of a life spent spinning on the road

Working From Scratch

DJ Radar offers a different read of turntable music with the score to 'Antimatter'

Unholy Union

When porn star Raylene and Pantera double for a Zia in-store, music becomes an afterthought

Dude Raunch

All-girl quartet Kittie has more balls than the rest of Ozzfest 2000

Going Def

After more than a decade, the Deftones are overnight sensations

A Well-Known Drag

Pop purveyors Superdrag keep the fight for artistic freedom alive with In the Valley of Dying Stars

American Dream

Speedbuggy USA: guns, booze, hicks and chicks

Deftones

White Pony
(Maverick)

Jive Talkin'

Local rap metalers ink a bionic record deal

Pirates of the Cyberspace

Music, money and mayhem clog MP3 download sites

Suffer Safari

Another funk-rap-metal morph disturbs the peace

Paperback Writer

Trashman pours his beer-fueled soul into a saga of Guns n' Mooks

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

Jimmy Eat World gets some Rolling Stone-size love from Blink-182

Bad Vibrations

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

Molten Wax

Molten Wax

Recordings

I Stroke, Therefore I Am

Billy Squier gets philosophical and Trashman gets sick

Recordings

Various artists American Pie (Universal Records)

Gimme Shelter Again

The Green Room's Altamont 2 takes rock back into the bowels of hell

Jonesing for Joan

Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix

Recordings

Guns 'n' Poses

Trashman finds that he can no longer enjoy a beer in peace

Recordings

Father Cube

Ice Cube re-stakes his position as a rap icon on the Family Values tour