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Spins: Greg Dulli ⢠“Random Desire”
Greg Dulli Random Desire (Royal Cream/BMG) Calling this âthe first solo albumâ by The Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli isnât technically truthful â unless itâs a deliberate attempt to erase 2005âs Amber Headlights altogether. Whether first or second, it was time for another musical road less traveled for Dulli. Surviving way longer than most rock […]
Spins: Pearl Jam ⢠“Gigaton”
Pearl Jam Gigaton (Monkeywrench/Republic) Pearl Jamâs timing for the end of the world record is impeccable. The Seattle-based quartetâs recorded output has been stalled for nearly seven years, and apparently, they have some shit they want to get off their chests. The bandâs eleventh record, Gigaton, also finds its members looking for new ways to […]
Media – April 2020
Steve Darnall remembers the exact moment he became obsessed with old time radio. âIt was 1977, and I was driving in the car with my dad. I asked him to turn on the radio, and he turned on Chuck Shaydenâs program, which aired old-time shows from the Golden Age of Radio. Dad told me that […]
File: Q&A with Mike Campbell
Discovering your own particular avenue of expression is not always easy for a young artist. Take the late Tom Petty, for example, who started out sounding a lot like his vocal idols, Bob Dylan and The Byrdsâ Roger McGuinn. He just couldnât help it â that was his creative jumping-off point, which quickly developed into […]
Cover Story – Best Coast
Best Coast anchor Bethany Cosentino admits that her duoâs chiming new Always Tomorrow set, it’s fourth, just might be the Feel-Good Album of the Year. But in retrospect, she only wishes that she at first didnât have to feel so incredibly bad just to compose it. And she isnât waxing poetic when she describes the […]
Hello My Name Is…Tim “Ripper” Owens of the Three Tremors
Although the Three Tremors concept was initially conceived in the early 2000s by Iron Maiden wailer Bruce Dickinson, Judas Priest screamer Rob Halford, and QueensrĂżche belter Geoff Tate, it never came to fruition. However, in 2018, Cage vocalist Sean âThe Hell Destroyerâ Peck began tossing the idea around with journeyman vocalist Tim âRipperâ Owens (ex-Judas […]
Stage Buzz: Steve Aoki at Aragon Ballroom
Steve Aoki Friday March 13 (This Show Has Been Postponed) Aragon Ballroom, Chicago Steve Aoki, the founder of the Dim Mak label, is one of the most commercially successful names in all of EDM. Over the past decade, heâs created tracks with the likes of Rivers Cuomo, Kid Cudi, will.i.am, Fall Out Boy, Machine Gun […]
Cover Story: Green Day
On the most instinctual gut level, Billie Joe Armstrong gets it. No question. A la cinematic director Godfrey Reggioâs 1983 visual masterpiece Koyaanisqatsi, life â nationally and around the world â has tipped completely, horribly, maybe irrevocably out of balance. On one recent day alone, the headlines said it all: Freakish, climate-change-spurred floods are swamping […]
Media – March 2020
How long has Pat Cassidy been delivering us the news on the radio by âthe dawnâs early light?â âThe alarm clock has gone off at 2:30 am for over 40 years,â he says with a laugh. âI go to bed early. The bottom line is that I start going to bed around 6:30 or seven […]
Photo Gallery: Lamb of God at House of Vans
Acclaimed metal stalwarts Lamb of God performed a rare intimate show at House of Vans Friday night, commencing a promotional campaign for a new self-titled album and the single “Checkmate,” plus the band’s mega-tour that comes to Tinley Park later this summer. Lead vocalist Randy Blythe also treated fans to his personal photo and artwork […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery – Dirty Honey at Bottom Lounge
Dirty Honey Tuesday, February 11 Bottom Lounge, Chicago For the past year, some music industry folks have been working themselves into a piranha-like frenzy over L.A. blues-rock quartet Dirty Honey. Formed in 2017, the band features singer Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstone. The buzz surrounding the band is heightened in […]
Live Review: DeadMau5 at Navy Pier
Deadmau5 âCube V3â Saturday, February 1 Navy Pier, Chicago From 2008 to 2015, Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5, was the inescapable force in the world of electronic dance music, one of the most prominent and most easily recognizable names in the genre, putting out albums like Album Title Goes Here and While(1<2). To many people, he […]
Live Review: Squirrel Nut Zippers at Arcada Theatre
Squirrel Nut Zippers Arcada Theatre January 26, 2020 Review by Jeff Elbel Photos by Luciano J. Bilotti In the Squirrel Nut Zippersâ heyday, the bandâs music offered a singular throwback to the freewheeling fun of gypsy swing and pre-war hot jazz. In 2020, the retooled and rejuvenated band does the same […]
Photo Gallery: Sons of The Apollo with Tony McAlpine at The Arcada Theatre
Ed Spinelli captured pro-metal supergroup Sons of The Apollo at The Arcada Theatre with guitar pioneer Tony McAlpine opening the show.
![Hello My Name Is…Steve Harris from Iron Maiden and British Lion [with Photo Gallery from The Forge of Joliet]](http://illinoisentertainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BL11-e1581299331927-150x150.jpg "Hello My Name Is…Steve Harris from Iron Maiden and British Lion [with Photo Gallery from The Forge of Joliet]")
Hello My Name Is…Steve Harris from Iron Maiden and British Lion [with Photo Gallery from The Forge of Joliet]
Liam Gallagher always said that there are only two ways for an English lad to break free from his grey, oppressive, working-class environment â become a professional footballer or start a rock and roll band. Growing up in the London suburb of Leytonstone, Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris clearly remembers doing both. Quite well, […]
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