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Shattered Faith: Tight-knit 'Saviors of Sound' unleash new album
Courtesy photosBy AndyIt all started with a cassette tape: "The Future Looks Bright Ahead."When my brother shoved that seminal punk compilation into his friend's car stereo in 1981, the orange VW...
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Meet the sludgy Swedes, Monolord / Interview
Monolord crush Austin. (Andy photo)By AndyMONO-lithic.While driving down the highway the other day, I was cranking some Monolord and periodically glancing up at the clouds in the sky. For an instant, I...
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Hanging and rocking with Holy Grove | Interview
Holy Grove's Gregg Emley. (All Cat Rose photos)Andy, text; Cat Rose, photosGregg Emley's hands threatened to rip his bass strings to shreds while whipping his hair, skyrocketing it toward the...
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Demon Eye and Disenchanter plow Portland
Demon Eye (All Cat Rose photos)Demon Eye and Disenchanter hammered out the doom, prog and rip-roaring rock in their opening slots for Holy Grove last Friday at the High Water Mark Lounge in...
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The Monkeywrench surfaces after 15 years in Seattle -- worth the wait
The Monkeywrench (All Cat photos)The Monkeywrench oozed and bloozed out their first show in 15 years -- and it was killer.Sirs Tim Kerr, Mark Arm, Tom Price, Martin Bland and Steve Turner packed...
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RIP, John Stabb
John Stabb in 1988. (Scott Munroe photos)By AndyLast night, John Stabb passed away after a battle with stomach cancer. We lost one of the most unique, quirky, honest and dynamic hardcore singers of our...
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Piggy's last squeal at Vancouver's Astoria
All Cat Rose photosAs the punk rock carousel turned, these were the days of Piggy's lives.On Friday night, Vancouver, BC's beloved Piggy turned up the knobs and shook the amps one last time at the...
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Sexy Decoy ends on a wild note in Vancouver
Sexy Decoy. (All Cat Rose photos)So here we have part two of our punk-surf-garage-rock road trip to Vancouver, BC for a raucous, beery gig at the Astoria on May 6. Alongside Piggy, we witnessed Sexy...
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The Crosses blaze through Die Kreuzen tunes in Seattle
The Crosses in Seattle. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndyDan Kubinski was spot-on.The Crosses vocalist hit the nail on the head a few months ago when he informed us how the band would sound when it smashed...
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Descendents, Buzzcocks, Lower Class Brats, Slapshot and more at PRB
Descendents (All Andy photos)So, the There's Something Hard in There staff finally made its way back to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas after an eight-year hiatus last weekend.From the mighty...
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Weekend Nachos, Black Breath fire it up in Tacoma
Weekend Nachos, top, and Black Breath. (All Cat Rose photos)You want some fury with your Weekend Nachos? Some chunks of glass, perhaps? Well, dig in, pal.What about a bag of ice to go along with your...
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Descendents unleash ‘Victim of Me’ from forthcoming album ‘Hypercaffium...
Descendents magazine photo shoot from Punk Rock Bowling. (Eric Powers photo)So, yeah, this is happening!Standing on stage right at the recent Punk Rock Bowling fest in Vegas, we witnessed the...
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Dag Nasty: Baker and Sears discuss the band's past and present
Dag Nasty at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas. (Ryan Asaro photo)By AndyAs the crowd gathered at the front of the stage, there was a calmness to the scenario that I wasn't expecting. There were some...
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Vigil and company dig into 7 Year Bitch songs at Volunteer Park Pride...
Selene Vigil. (All Cat Rose photos)Former 7 Year Bitch singer Selene Vigil joined forces with Matt Dresdner (bass) and Andy Kessler (guitar) from The Gits and Dana Marshall (drums) of Scrawl to belt...
View ArticleDescendents rip through 'Victim of Me' in new video
Feel the energy. Feel the sweat. Feel the Descendents' new video for "Victim of Me" from their upcoming album, "Hypercaffium Spazzinate," slated for release July 29 on Epitaph Records.The band's last...
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Voivod: Power and precision to the hilt | Photos
Voivod in Seattle. (All Cat Rose photos)It's mind boggling that 26 years had passed since we last saw the mighty Voivod grace a stage and powerfully and precisely stick tunes into our heads like aliens...
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For the record: Suren's 'Crate Digger' is an emotional journey through punk...
By AndyTake a close look. You're in there somewhere.When reading "Crate Digger" by Bob Suren, it's like peering into a mirror. Sometimes, everything's crystal clear, and life is good. At others, the...
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FLAG shreds at Gramercy Theatre in New York | Review
By John LisaFLAG last night at the Gramercy was easily the best live performance I'd ever seen of FLAG OR Black Flag. I caught up with Dez and expressed the fact. The tracks he sang toward the end were...
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Los Straitjackets rumble into Seattle
El drum solo. (All Andy photos)By AndyI thought about it.Toyed with the idea of wearing my red devil wrestling mask, the one I bought with Cat near La Bufadora marine geyser on our trip to Ensenada...
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Bring Me the Humility | Editorial
Brian Baker with Dag Nasty. (Andy photo)By Andy"It's really for the music -- it's fun. It's nice to have fun playing music. I recommend it to everybody." -- Brian Baker in a Dag Nasty interview for our...
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