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Getting crazy with Piggy and pals in Vancouver, BC
Birthday boy Ron Reyes rocks with Piggy. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndyMy mind was dead set on singing the chorus, but my feet weren’t warned of the impending dance floor of doom.When Piggy tore into...
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Hammering it out with Brain Cell Genocide
Brain Cell Genocide. (All Cat Rose photos)Birthday boy Ron E Banner.The punk/thrash metal gate screeched open with a vengeance, and in clamored Brain Cell Genocide (BCG) with machine gun-fire riffage...
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Graham's 'Punk Like Me!' is thoroughly captivating | Book Review
By Elise ThompsonOriginally posted on July 28 on The Los Angeles Beat site.Call in sick and cancel all of your appointments! Lost World Press has just released "Punk Like Me! Liner Notes for a...
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Peters relives punk beginnings during Alarm set in Seattle
Mike Peters of the Alarm in Seattle. (All Andy photos)By AndyMike Peters grinned, raised one hand and informed the crowd that he was about to tell his Sex Pistols story.The Welshman and leader of the...
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Four on the floor: Thee Deception, Tacos!, Death Eyes and Cages crash it up...
Death Eyes x 2. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndyOnce the initial slashing guitar chords angrily punctured the PA, it was clearly evident what the night would deliver. In other words: shit just got...
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CH3 strikes a chord with new album, 'Put 'Em Up' | Review
CH3 in Seattle. (Cat Rose photos)By AndyCH3 always delivers.You're gonna get some punk, some pop, some rock -- all volleyed your way with heaps of gusto and intellect. No-holds-barred tunes that come...
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Hillbilly Headbangers Ball rolls into seventh year in Seattle
Piston Ready. (All Cat Rose photos)Congratulations to our pal Ron E. Banner for unleashing another successful Hillbilly Headbangers Ball on Friday and Saturday at Slim's Last Chance Saloon in Seattle....
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It's Freak Out time again and bands rip it up at Darrell's Tavern
The Second Hand Suits' bassist freaks out, catches air. (All photos by Cat Rose)By Andy; Photos by Cat RoseIt’s been sung that the freaks come out at night.Well, sometimes they emerge from their weirdo...
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Digging into The Cheap Cassettes' new tunes and how the rock comes forth |...
The Cheap Cassettes live in Seattle (All Cat Rose photos)By Andy; Cat Rose photosSometimes, stuff snaps right onto your radar. You don't even have to seek it out.When our pal Mike Isberg enlightened us...
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Greenwood Music Crawl: 'Kicking up the Dust' | Cat Rose Photos
The Riffbrokers, top, Wild Powwers, middle, and Narcoptic, bottom. (All Cat Rose photos)So many blistering riffs, melodic and roaring vocals and cracking drums ... and let's not forget the stunning...
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RIP, Grant Hart
Grant Hart in Seattle. (Andy photo)Grant Hart of Husker Du passed away on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 56.By AndyThe first time I met Grant Hart, he was barefoot and a bit tipsy and...
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Rat City Recon 2017: A no-holds-barred festival of fury
Dead Asylum. (All Cat Rose photos, except where noted)Bands brought mega-fuckin' heaps of noise to White Center last Saturday at the Rat City Recon 2017.Inviting the snarling groups into their lairs...
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American Waste: Migdol talks Black Flag, new project
From left, Rik Collins, Bryan Migdol, Farrell Holtz and Mike Vallejo. (Courtesy of Bryan Migdol)By AndyWhen Bryan Migdol pounded the skins for Panic -- later doused with more gasoline and lit up as...
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3-point play: Hoop helmets and then some with Endino's Earthworm, Swallow and...
The Thrown Ups. (All Cat Rose photos)At Slim's Last Chance Saloon last Thursday night in Seattle, the rock rolled and basketball helmets were a slam dunk with the packed house at the benefit gig for...
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Dinosaur Jr. guys pound out some tunes with former Laughing Hyenas, Necros...
Fans who showed up for a Dinosaur Jr./Easy Action gig last night in San Francisco were blasted back to the past, Laughing Hyenas- and Necros-style.At The Regency Ballroom, Easy Action singer John...
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Mould, Bondi team up again at stirring Seattle gig
Bob Mould bathed in the stage lights in Seattle. (All Andy photos)By AndyWhenever Bob Mould and his Husker Du bandmates rolled into Redondo Beach, CA in the early '80s, I was always armed with many...
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Record roundup: All over the musical map on this journey
By Andy*** In the documentary "We Were Feared," which tells the gritty tale of the legendary club the Cuckoo's Nest in Costa Mesa, CA,Love Canal guitarist Eric VonArab gets some screen time. He and his...
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Corrosion of Conformity roaring to go with new album, ‘No Cross No Crown’
Corrosion of Conformity in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo)It’s been a while, right?After a 12-year hiatus from recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan, the venerable and brawny original Corrosion of...
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One-two punch: Fu Manchu and Mos Generator | Cat Rose photos
Fu Manchu, top, and Mos Generator. (All Cat Rose photos)Two vans packed with rock gear and solid dudes are certainly better than one.First, gripping their sturdy hands on the wheel as they tear up the...
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Chrome, Blitz and their cohorts keep the Dead Boys alive
Cheetah Chrome in Seattle. (All Andy photos)By AndyThere wasn’t a piece of baloney in sight.As I entered the small dressing room, Cheetah Chrome was hunched on a bench and perusing his phone messages....
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