Slayer: The New Bob Hope

Slayer: The New Bob Hope
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Usually, if Slayer makes it into the mainstream media, it’s because somebody’s killed themselves and their parents are suing or right-wing Christian groups are complaining about their album covers. … read more

Slits Tradition: A Revolutionary Interview with Ari Up

Slits Tradition: A Revolutionary Interview with Ari Up

Ari Up grew up in 1970s London, and at the age of 14 formed the band that would eventually become The Slits, one of the most seminal and influential punk bands of all time. Their first tour was alongside The Clash in 1977 and their monumental album Cut was released two years later. The Slits

Dreamin’ the Blues: Bad Brad Wheeler and his Harmonica Army

Dreamin’ the Blues: Bad Brad Wheeler and his Harmonica Army
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“Everyone has a story about the harmonica,” says Bad Brad Wheeler of the Legendary Porch Pounders. Bad Brad’s story about his harmonica started when he was 18 years of age on a dare. He was at a keg party in Ogden, where he currently lives, when someone dared him to play the harmonica. Seventeen years

A Rocker Against Parkinson’s

A Rocker Against Parkinson’s
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Back in the late 70s, rockabilly was all but alive. That was until three young men, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom slapped some grease in their hair, picked up their respective instruments and formed the Stray Cats. They would go on to remind the world of the greatness that this early form

The 801 Sons: a Hip-Hopagraphy

The 801 Sons: a Hip-Hopagraphy
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When you think of Ogden, Utah you probably don’t usually think of hip-hop, gangsters or any other such radical social configurations. But one of O-town’s best kept secrets is that gangsters, such as Al Capone, ran drug cartels, prostitution rings and bootlegging operations out of our sister city to the North. From these auspicious beginnings,

No Booze, No Freaking and No Fun At All:  Studio 600 the Scariest Club in Town

No Booze, No Freaking and No Fun At All: Studio...
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Dance clubs and bars are all the same, no matter what town you’re in. The same characters reside there; the loud drunk girl that just broke up with her boyfriend and is aching for a rebound; the regular patrons that sit at the bar for hours after they got off work and the just 21+

AFI

AFI
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If a band finds a certain level of success in what they’re doing does that automatically make them “sell-outs?” Case in point, AFI has recently enjoyed #1 status on the charts with their new record Decemberunderground. A lot of people have come out of the independent woodwork to slam this band with all sorts of