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This Is Spinal Tap

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Mr. Show, Chalkboard Paint, and the Perils of Owning a Bar with Crudo's Micah Olson

    Last time we talked with Micah Olson, he was mixing drinks and running the wine program at Jade Bar, Sanctuary on Camelback's acclaimed cocktail lounge. He's now part-owner of the new Italian eatery Crudo. What's different about this place? Well, I'm the owner, so there's that. Compared to Sanctua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Metal Mondays: All Hail Jim Marshall's Black Wall

    See also: The 10 Hottest Chicks in Heavy Metal So, the Revolver Golden Gods are this week. Screw you if you're going. Yeah, I didn't plan wisely. Too busy bumbling about how Dungeon and Dragon nerds are more metal than you (guaranteed a ton of those dudes planned ahead) and shattering whiskey bottl ... More >>

  • Music

    February 16, 2012

    We're Still Asking Whether The Darkness Are for Real

    See also: The 10 Hottest Chicks in Heavy Metal So, the Revolver Golden Gods are this week. Screw you if you're going. Yeah, I didn't plan wisely. Too busy bumbling about how Dungeon and Dragon nerds are more metal than you (guaranteed a ton of those dudes planned ahead) and shattering whiskey bottl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Maylene and The Sons Disaster: Riding Dirty in the Hotrod Jesus Built

    You know that scene in Spinal Tap, where Rob Reiner is reading the band a review of the Shark Sandwich album and he says, "This one is simply two words: Shit Sandwich?" Scanning through most of the reviews of IV, the fourth album by Alabama Christian rockers Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is kin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Battles' Ian Williams on Math Rock, Scottsdale, and Cowbells

    ​Math rock, post rock, prog rock. Whatever you want to call it, it usually doesn't sound very fun. Gloss Drop, the latest record from Battles, defies those notions. The album, featuring guest vocals from Gary Numan, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, and Yamantaka Eye of the Boredoms in the wake of ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2011

    Down @ Marquee Theatre

    ​Math rock, post rock, prog rock. Whatever you want to call it, it usually doesn't sound very fun. Gloss Drop, the latest record from Battles, defies those notions. The album, featuring guest vocals from Gary Numan, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, and Yamantaka Eye of the Boredoms in the wake of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Morning Poll -- Stupider Idea For Reality TV Show: Bree Olson's Porn-Star Rock Band or Nik Richie?

    "Nik Richie's kinda famous -- so, of course, he needs a reality TV show. ​"Bubble-Butt" Bree Olson, porn star/former Charlie Sheen "goddess," just wrapped up filming a reality TV show that recently made a stop in Scottsdale. It's about a rock band comprised of porn stars who apparently just get sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Liturgy at The Rogue Bar, 7-26-11

    ​Liturgy The Rogue BarTuesday, July 26Unfairly or not, Liturgy gets a lot of flack. There are a lot of reasons, I suppose. The band plays black metal -- true "outsider" music -- but they don't look the part, at least not when the part normally looks like this. Then there's guitarist/vocalist Hunte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Robert Mason of Warrant Talks Guitar Hero, CDs, and Scottsdale Girls

    Singer Robert Mason, middle. ​Sometimes an interview just doesn't turn out the way you think it's going to. I figured Robert Mason, frontman of late-'80s/early-'90s sleaze rockers Warrant for the past three years, would come across as egotistical, delusional, and washed-up. I mean, Mason fronted a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Pete Yorn at Marquee Theatre Last Night

    Maria VassettPete Yorn performing at Marquee Theatre.​What do you do if it's Valentine's Day and you're an musician who makes music far removed from fuzzy teddy bears and chocolate, who has a concert scheduled, and not the sort of concert that just draws brodogs and the like? It was an interestin ... More >>

  • Music

    January 27, 2011

    Kinch Aren't Waiting for Guffman -- But He Might Show Up to See Them in L.A.

    Maria VassettPete Yorn performing at Marquee Theatre.​What do you do if it's Valentine's Day and you're an musician who makes music far removed from fuzzy teddy bears and chocolate, who has a concert scheduled, and not the sort of concert that just draws brodogs and the like? It was an interestin ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    Blue Oyster Cult, & Foghat @ Celebrity Theatre

    Maria VassettPete Yorn performing at Marquee Theatre.​What do you do if it's Valentine's Day and you're an musician who makes music far removed from fuzzy teddy bears and chocolate, who has a concert scheduled, and not the sort of concert that just draws brodogs and the like? It was an interestin ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2010

    Shape-Shifting with The Tubes

    Maria VassettPete Yorn performing at Marquee Theatre.​What do you do if it's Valentine's Day and you're an musician who makes music far removed from fuzzy teddy bears and chocolate, who has a concert scheduled, and not the sort of concert that just draws brodogs and the like? It was an interestin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Scorpions at the Dodge Theatre on 7/27/2010

    Scorpions​Scorpions Dodge Theatre July 27, 2010 If you've heard any of the Scorpions new material, you know that it's pretty terrible. I don't just mean, "Man, I really don't like this." I mean, terrible. Given that their old stuff is solid (and even maybe "great" to someone who enjoys hair metal ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    The Scorpions

    Scorpions​Scorpions Dodge Theatre July 27, 2010 If you've heard any of the Scorpions new material, you know that it's pretty terrible. I don't just mean, "Man, I really don't like this." I mean, terrible. Given that their old stuff is solid (and even maybe "great" to someone who enjoys hair metal ... More >>

  • Film

    June 3, 2010

    Get Him to the Greek: Crude on the Outside, Sweet in the Middle

    Scorpions​Scorpions Dodge Theatre July 27, 2010 If you've heard any of the Scorpions new material, you know that it's pretty terrible. I don't just mean, "Man, I really don't like this." I mean, terrible. Given that their old stuff is solid (and even maybe "great" to someone who enjoys hair metal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Top 10 Rock Documentaries: Anvil, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, Wilco, and More (With Video!)

    Anvil​This Friday the summer movie blockbuster season kicks into full swing with the release of Iron Man 2. Yes, there will be plenty of explosions, CGI special effects, sequels and remakes to last eager movie goers for the next few months.But just in case you want to skip the long lines, expensi ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    Muse

    Anvil​This Friday the summer movie blockbuster season kicks into full swing with the release of Iron Man 2. Yes, there will be plenty of explosions, CGI special effects, sequels and remakes to last eager movie goers for the next few months.But just in case you want to skip the long lines, expensi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Hollywood Saints: Other People's Music From the Heart

    ​Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look up on the stage at Naked Dave's Music's Tempe location, where hair-metal cover band Hollywood Saints pract ... More >>

  • Music

    April 1, 2010

    Uncovering the Vast Conspiracy to Kill Nonpoint

    ​Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look up on the stage at Naked Dave's Music's Tempe location, where hair-metal cover band Hollywood Saints pract ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Rock 'n' Wrestling

    WWE's Chris Jericho Brings his metal act to Tempe During Wrestlemania Weekend

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Stephen Lynch

    WWE's Chris Jericho Brings his metal act to Tempe During Wrestlemania Weekend

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Sin and Salvation

    Be naughty and/or nice at Alice Cooper’s annual holiday party

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    The Dork Knight

    MC Frontalot documentary brings glamour to dweeb style

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Metallica’s Therapist Opens Up

    MC Frontalot documentary brings glamour to dweeb style

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2008

    Gift of Gag

    Joke band returns. No joke.

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    This is Not Spinal Tap

    But it might as well be

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    Q: Are We Not Men?

    A: We are divos!

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