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Costume Drama

This is going to be a disaster. Or maybe it’s going to be the best thing ever.Salt River Tubing & Recreation is already a circus on dirty, polluted water. Now imagine the riv packed with a bunch of freaks dressed as if it’s October 31.Uhhhhh or yay!, depending on your...
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Our Guide to Scaring Up a Good Time This Halloween

It's said there's nothing new under the sun, and that timeworn chestnut proves particularly true each and every Halloween. For instance, if you under the delusion that you'll be the only Lady Gaga out and about on All Hallows' Eve, think again. While it's bad enough that everyone and their...
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Digital Summer, What Laura Says, The Maine and More in Crowdsourced

Last night was an exciting one for fans of rock band Digital Summer. The group best known for its successful grass roots marketing (hand-delivering tickets to fans, putting their logo-covered stickers all over town, etc.) made their triumphant return to Tempe, opening for Sevendust and Drowning Pool at Marquee Theatre.Meanwhile,...
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Sevendust

There's an easy way to distinguish between "alternative metal" and regular, old-timey heavy metal. Critics and rock anatomists will tell you about "time signatures" and "syncopation," but the lyrics offer a more rewarding contrast. For example, instead of instructing the head-banging masses to "Pour some sugar on me," an alternative-metal...
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St. Patrick’s Day

For all you early birds, the party at D'Arcy McGee's starts with the KUPD Morning Crew, breakfast, and Bloody Marys. The shindig raves with live entertainment and food. Wed., March 17, 6-1 a.m., 2010...
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Eating Green: Drinking & Dining on St. Patrick’s Day

Let's not pretend that tomorrow is about shamrocks and pots o' gold.  In America, St. Patrick's Day is nothing more than a thinly veiled excuse to get sloshed on green beer. Unfortunately, it's less fun when you start start feeling green two songs into Blackwood's Celtic pub song set. We tracked down a...
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Digital Summer Touring with Sevendust and Drowning Pool

It's been almost two years since I profiled Digital Summer, and I'm still getting shit for it to this day. More times than I can count, certain local musicians or hip-hop artists have told me they think the West Valley hard rock band "really sucks" and asked why this publication...
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Vayden

We're thinking there probably won't be too many presents waiting under the Christmas trees of the members of Vayden. It's not because the Tempe/L.A. alt-rock foursome (whose members split time betwixt the two cities) has been particularly naughty, per se, but rather because Santa already has been handing them plenty...
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KUPD End of Summer Scorcher

If you're recovered from last weekend's three-day Fall Frenzy at Tempe Beach Park and are ready to continue partying this weekend, check out 98 KUPD's End of Summer Scorcher Saturday. The rock radio station is saying adios to summer with a cock-rock roster of hardcore acts for an all-day music...
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Saint Misbehavin’

You needn't bother trying to get hold of Brian O'Carroll on St. Patrick's Day, because he's gonna be a wee bit occupied. The bearded guitarist and frontman for local Celtic rock outfit The Biffos will be busy bounding around town with his bandmates during Lá Fhéile Pádraig, staging gigs at...
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St. Patrick’s Day Guide

You needn't bother trying to get hold of Brian O'Carroll on St. Patrick's Day, because he's gonna be a wee bit occupied. The bearded guitarist and frontman for local Celtic rock outfit The Biffos will be busy bounding around town with his bandmates during Lá Fhéile Pádraig, staging gigs at...
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Juggalos Vs. Maggots: The Battle Rages On

You might not know this, but with Insane Clown Posse and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor coming to town within five days next week there is potential for unrest. Watch as these two teens discuss the feud between fanbases and who's a "fag" before trying to find common ground, all the...
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You Asked For It: Black Metal Box

Black Metal Box Black Metal Box (Self-released) Grade: B 98 KUPD is the premier (if not the only) radio station in the Valley for rock and metal. The station has a devoted following of music lovers in it for the soul-crushing bass and the scream-your-pain away vocals, not the cookie-cutter...