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Bully, Broadway Calls set the stage for the Descendents
Bully bathed in light. (All Cat Rose photos)So, before the Descendents ripped it up at The Neptune in Seattle last Thursday, Bully (think Sonic Youth meets Bettie Serveert) and Broadway Calls (anthemic...
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OFF! and Plague Vendor live in Seattle
OFF! (All Cat Rose photos)Plague Vendor.By AndyWhat more can you say about OFF!? You've gotta get up close to fully experience the band's brutal barrage of tunes. Meet the makers face to face. Your...
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Life as a Circle Jerks bassist and beyond: 'The Prodigal Rogerson' / Book Review
By AndyAt the age of 14, I first encountered the Circle Jerks at the Starwood in Los Angeles. It was a night I'll never forget.As we entered the club in April of 1981, I was both elated and petrified....
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RIP, Micky Fitz of The Business
Micky Fitz photo from a promo poster for "The Truth The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth"By Andy"Be yourself and you'll rule the day."These words always ring true for me on The Business song...
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Monsters, metal and mayhem: Ghoul and company creep into Seattle
Ghoul's Cremator. (All Andy photos)By AndyIt was a thrash-metalist's dream gig.Five pulverizing bands -- Ghoul, The Plot Sickens, The Crüd Güns, Misuse of Power and Kömmand -- and a ravenous crowd made...
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Quotes of Note for 2016
Bill Stevenson of the Descendents in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo)When we started this blog six years ago, we were mainly using it as a vehicle to tell our stories of punk/rock past and present. That's...
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Lucky 13 Top Photos for 2016 | Cat Rose
Holy GroveCat Rose worked the hell out of her camera this year, wedging her way up front to capture tons of bands in action.Here are some of her top images for 2016. Enjoy and happy new...
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#3waySteve: McDonald goes all out with the Melvins, Redd Kross and OFF!
Steve McDonald with OFF! in Seattle in November 2016. (Cat Rose photo)By AndyA few songs into OFF!'s set, singer Keith Morris turned to bassist Steve McDonald and inquired: "I hope you've been pacing...
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Fang and The Stuntmen blast in the New Year
Fang's Sam McBride with a Stuntman singing along. (All Cat Rose photos)2017 hit and the punks were alive and well at the Black Zia Cantina in Burien, WA.Fang and The Stuntmen were the perfect...
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Still rocking to Crowe's 'Singles' 25 years later with this old-school movie...
From left, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Matt Dillon, Sheila Kelley, Bridget Fonda and Jim True. (Warner Bros. publicity photo from the TSHIT collection)Holy crap, it's been nearly 25 years.On Sept....
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Pure Punk Rock Fury: Seattle’s 10-band marathon | Part One, El Corazon
Derelicts, top, CH3, below. (All Cat Rose photos)You gotta build up your stamina for nights like these. You know, jog from the car to the club, and then rip through a couple jumping jacks or a few air...
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Pure Punk Rock Fury: Seattle’s 10-band marathon | Part Two, The Funhouse
Die Nasty (All Cat Rose photos)So, we're back with another round of rippin' Seattle tunes. If you missed Part One of the 10-band extravaganza, we'll hit repeat on the following intro:You gotta build up...
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Sleep hits the road; 'The Clarity' on the way from Southern Lord
Matt Pike with Sleep in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo)As the dope hovered in the air and people inched forward to get just a bit closer to the stage, someone cried out, “Matt Pike for President!”Pike had...
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Beefed-up ‘Singles’ soundtrack on the way May 19
Mudhoney and Heart...or Lovemongers (All Cat Rose photos)Filmmaker Cameron Crowe said in a press release this week that the stellar soundtrack to his 1992 movie “Singles” was a tribute to the...
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Beggars can't be choosers with guitar straps, but the band oozes forth
The Beggars rage on. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndyBroken guitar straps be damned.Hell, even duct tape can't fix those bastards sometimes.So, what do you do? You say "fuck it," you grab your six-string...
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Ace smokes through KISS and solo tunes in Seattle
Ace in Seattle. (All Andy photos and videos)By AndyAs a KISS fanatic in 1978, I was faced with a serious conundrum. I know I wasn't the only KISS Army card-carrying member who was in this predicament,...
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Tourage: Descendents announce plethora of gigs
The Descendents in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo)The Descendents have unveiled their “Hypercaffium Spazzinate” 2017 tour dates.Get on it, folks.Here’s a choice quote from drummer/songwriter Bill Stevenson...
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Mould: Patch the Sky Spring 2017 solo electric gigs
Bob Mould with his band in Seattle in 2014. (Cat Rose photo)Bob Mould is flying solo electric lately and he'll continue along that path for at least a little while longer on his Patch the Sky Spring...
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Don's murals 'rock well' at Silver Platters in Seattle
Don Rockwell's Hendrix. (All Rockwell art in this entry)By AndyMuralist Don Rockwell is a big Jimi Hendrix fan, and his painting of the legendary lefty axeman at Silver Platters in Seattle is a...
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Road trippin' to Memphis and Nashville
Sun Studio. (All TSHIT photos)When you get outta town, you must do it right.Memphis and Nashville resided on our bucket list for a long time, and we finally checked 'em off during the last week. Twas a...
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