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Got issues? Seattle bands can be your support group
Having Issues. (All Cat Rose photos)Andy, text; Cat Rose, photosWho doesn't want to peruse bands, swill beer or wine and partake in a wild time at 2 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon?Nealan Blinstrub,...
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FEAR of life, featuring CH3 and The Lucky Boys
FEAR, top, and CH3 in Seattle. (All Cat Rose photos)Andy, text; Cat Rose, photosWell, there’s a first time for everything in punk rock. And I’m not talking about your initial out-of-control stage dive...
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Returning to the scene of the crime with Sloppy Seconds
Sloppy Seconds in Seattle. (All photos by Andy)By AndyBefore we deal with Sloppy Seconds in the present, let's journey back to West Hall at San Jose State University in 1989, shall we?One evening, we...
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No Sleep Til Greenwood part two / Cat Rose photos
Bearaxe, top, and Big Wheel Stunt Show. (All Cat Rose photos)Follow the noise.While cruising up Greenwood Avenue North on Sunday toward The Angry Beaver hockey bar, we were seemingly yanked by the arm...
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The Fastbacks, The Meices and more: Banding together for a friend in Seattle...
Kurt Bloch, left, and Andrew McKeag during The Fastbacks' set. (All Cat Rose photos)Kim Warnick of The Fastbacks.Ben London of Alcohol Funnycar.When Seattle rocker Andrew McKeag was injured in a...
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Therapy? unleashes new album 'Cleave'
By Andy/There's Something Hard in ThereAs the world unravels before us, teetering on its flimsy axis of fucked-up-edness and idiocy, Therapy? emerges before thine eyes with a document of eye-gouging...
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Hermosa Beach Dedicates Mural to Punk Rock Pioneers They Once Shunned
This story originally appeared on October 4, 2018 on the Los Angeles Beat site.By Elise ThompsonOn Tuesday, October 2, 2018, The Hermosa Beach Mural Project unveiled Mural #8 of their ongoing project,...
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Top-notch tunes with the Descendents in Seattle / Cat Rose photos
The Descendents in Seattle. (All Cat Rose photos)"Toil away, and at the end of the day, you can look back on a game well played."That was the Descendents for you last Friday at the Showbox Sodo in...
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Monster Magnet, Electric Citizen and others bring the heavy to Seattle / Cat...
Monster Magnet, above, and Electric Citizen. (All Cat Rose photos)First time we witnessed Monster Magnet in the flesh was in 1995 at the Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, Calif., alongside...
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Bob Mould will roll out new album, ‘Sunshine Rock,’ via Merge Records on Feb. 8
Bob Mould in action during the "Beauty and Ruin" tour in Seattle. (Cat Rose photo)By AndyWe never get enough of Bob Mould.Last year at around this time, he cranked out a sterling, abrasive electric...
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Metallica: Chaos reigns supreme at LA gig in 1988
By AndyFirst time I heard "Harvester of Sorrow," there was heaps of bass slithering through the epic Metallica song.Jason Newsted was fucking plowing through that towering tune alongside the three...
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Plugging in with Holy Grove as 'II' is unleashed
By AndyWhen you commence the journey, the unexpected awaits. The terrain could be smooth for a bit, then take a sharp shift and hit jagged territory -- maybe for longer than intended. If you're truly...
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Fu Manchu and Mos Generator at El Corazon, Seattle / Cat Rose photos
FU MANCHUMOS GENERATOR.... SEE YA NEXT TIME
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Machine Animal and Shark Jump at the Shanty Tavern / Cat Rose photos
Machine Animal. (All Cat Rose photos)Man, we hadn't stepped foot into the Shanty Tavern on Lake City Way in Seattle for a while, not since roaring country and punk shows from The Shivering Denizens,...
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Going 'Straight to the Hunter' with Arctic Flowers / Interview
Alex Carroccio unleashes her emotions with Arctic Flowers. (Cat Rose photo)By AndyIt was one of those magical "fuck yeah" experiences.Two-fold, in fact.Arctic Flowers was slashing through its...
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Record reviews: Western Star and Silver Screams
By AndyWestern Star: "Any Way How" LPSaustex Records kingpin Jeff Smith told me this was gonna be a good one. After digging Western Star’s “Fireball,” my ears pricked up at the news of “Any Way How”...
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Quotes of Note from our 2018 interviews
Tony Kinman (RIP), left, and Chip Kinman, right, with Ford Madox Ford. (Lisa Reed Kinman photo)Chip Kinman, Ford Madox Ford and The Dils:"With The Dils, it was full speed ahead (like other punk...
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TSHIT's Lucky 13 Photos for 2018
The Damned. (All Cat Rose photos)It was a tough task to narrow down Cat Rose's Lucky 13 photos this year. So many great shows and so many shots to choose from. Here they are and cheers to 2019!THE...
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Punk bands have the last laugh (or scowl): murals and signs in Hermosa Beach
At Floyd's 99 Barbershop (along with a nod to "Point Break"), 828 Pacific Coast Highway.During our recent trip back home for Christmas, we spied music murals and signs all over Hermosa Beach, CA, from...
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My Valentine to T.S.O.L.
By Reject GirlT.S.O.L.: Jan. 3 at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CASO the True Sounds of Liberty…. where oh where do I start? In 1981, one of the best, most ruling, raging records to ever be released was...
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