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Ministry 2
page [ 1 ] 2 [ 3 ] For Rio Grande Blood (13th Planet), Jourgensen figured if the Bush family gets to act like it’s 1991, then so does he. Corralling Tommy Victor (Prong) and Paul Raven (Killing Joke) for the reoutfitted sect, they cannon through 10 tracks in the spirit of Psalm 69 with […]
Ministry 3
page [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 3 But as he said earlier, ideological freedom was the least of his concerns. If he wanted to smoke dope with college kids and protest world trade injustices, he’d move to Portland. Texas has land, perfect for 13th Planet. Having room for his record label complex also helps […]
Cover Story: Slayer
The Unholy Bible Slayer guitarist Kerry King knows Chicago very well. Of course he knows many places extremely well because Slayer have now been touring the world for more than 20 years. But for Chicago, and more specifically the Aragon Ballroom, he reserves a special place in his heart. As nearly any band that have […]
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick The Rockford Files You know the old saying, ‘If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere’?” asks Cheap Trick’s lead guitarist and main songwriter Rick Nielsen. “I say, ‘If you can make it in Rockford, you can make it anywhere.’” Appearing 9/3 at Ravinia in Highland Park.
Office
Office Party It continues to surprise people that NBC’s “The Office” is a near-identical cop of a British sitcom bearing the same name. Chicago’s Office were likewise born of an idea hatched in London, though their origins and subsequent migration are hardly the stuff of cultural assimilation. Appearing: 6/16 at Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western) […]
Slayer 2
Page [ 1 ] [ 3 ] That is why Slayer demand the respect of every honest metal fan: their refusal to be anything but Slayer. Even when they slowed the tempo for South Of Heaven, Slayer never sacrificed heaviness. And when their counterparts in the “Big Four” (Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax) scored radio and […]
Slayer 3
Page [ 1 ] [ 2 ] And it’s the way Slayer will be heard later this summer, finally. It has been five years since the group’s last record, God Hates Us All, a long time for a band who generally release something every two or three years. Before this the longest they had ever […]
Jackie Allen
Jackie Allen Tangled Up In Blue Media outlets galore utilized Pink’s “Stupid Girls” video to ultimately say what many Americans were already thinking: It’s not cute to play dumb. In a society driven by celebrity, young girls will do and say almost anything if the flavor of the week approves. Fortunately for these young ladies […]
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol Vision Quest Only 29, Belfast-bred bohemian Gary Lightbody appears to have it all. Fresh from opening the recent U2 tour and a slot on last summer’s prestigious Live 8 concert, the singer and his popular drone rock outfit Snow Patrol hit San Francisco last month to suitably manic fanfare. Screaming young female fans […]
Abstract Giants/Cary Kanno
Abstract Giants Keeping It Live With the thought of making a profit buried deep in the back of his mind, Cary “CKP” Kanno of The Chicago Drop record label/collective doesn’t make the best businessman. As unconcerned as he is about striking it big, though, Kanno is after grander things — particularly exposure. Over the past […]
Kalas
Kalas No Way Around When you ask Matt Pike how he got involved with Kalas, you’ll get a pretty nonchalant, “No big deal”-type answer.
Cover Story: Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers Bound to the road even though their success would suggest they don’t have to be, Drive-By Truckers make a return to their roots of sorts on A Blessing And A Curse (New West). But those roots aren’t the Southern rock doppelganger DBT have come to signify, they’re the wild days when The Replacements […]
Duke Spirit Interview
The Duke Spirit Cut Above “This band grew out of friendships,” says Liela Moss. “I don’t see that happening.” Moss fronts The Duke Spirit, one of these shit-hot, media-darling bands from the U.K. But already in her young career, she finds herself addressing breakup rumors, that in a matter of time she will fly solo […]
Alejandro Escovedo Interview
Alejandro Escovedo Fighting Chance Even if you’ve heard “Sacramento And Polk” a hundred times, it’s worth the price of The Boxing Mirror just to learn the song’s real power. With production in the hands of The Velvet Underground’s John Cale, and Alejandro Escovedo’s performance in the hands of his own deliverance, the new recording makes […]
Gomez Interview
Gomez Bringing It All Back Home The moniker Gomez has always been a cause for mystery. As the band is from Southport, England and not one of its members — Ian Ball (guitar/vocals), Paul Blackburn (bass/keys/vocals), Ben Ottewell (guitar/vocals), Tom Gray (guitar/vocals), or Olly Peacock (drums) — is, noticeably, named Gomez, it’s a quandary that […]
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