The changing tastes of popular hip-hop seem to have left the recently acclaimed Long Beach Sound far behind. Artists who lined up to become the... More >>

Just look at that picture, would ya? We won't even comment on the biceps because, good God, I'd run and hide in a corner from the threat of that... More >>

Photo by Jeanne RiceDAVE NOISE OWNER, NOISE NOISE NOISE RECORDS, COSTA MESA • Ramones, Hey Ho Let's Go (2-CD anthology) • Dodge... More >>

It's happy hour at the Tin Lizzie, a noisy hole-in-the-wall bar across from the Lab in Costa Mesa. But during this particular hour, Dana James... More >>

I love hateful, embittered old musicians who have nothing good to say about anyone or anything. I particularly love CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN... More >>

TOM JONES is so macho that when he walks, his testicles sound like a pair of bowling balls knocking together. And what of the acrid sweat beading... More >>

There isn't a more fitting stop on the Watcha Tour than Coors Amphitheater, a gargantuan outdoor shed near Chula Vista, just three miles north of... More >>

Until recently, LEVI DEXTER would have been a prime candidate for the Where Are They Now? files on VH1. Inactive for the past few years due to... More >>

Is the Costa Mesa Police Department, in its zeal to protect the public, slandering OC bands by branding them "Nazis" or "skinheads" when they're... More >>

Seeing and hearing BIG BILL MORGANFIELD play is like being in a room with a ghost. The son of the late, pivotal blues figure Muddy Waters (née M... More >>