Bon Jovi

Green Day's Billy Joe Makes a Mess of His Life, Asks Fans to Pay the Price

Billy Joe Armstrong sat down this month with Rolling Stone to atone for his infamous mid-set rant at last September's I Heart Radio concert in Las Vegas. You may remember the gig, which featured the puerile Bay Area punkers performing along with the likes of Rihanna, Bon Jovi and Swedish House Mafia ... More >>

Vintage Trouble Calls On the Past to Further Their Future

The hills of Laurel Canyon might not be the first place you'd think to look for a gritty soul band like Vintage Trouble. But one thing that gives the band's rollicking, old-school flavor some authenticity is their decision to rehearse at their drummer Richard Danielson's house there, pitted inside a ... More >>

Muscle Music: A Schwarzenegger Soundtrack Retrospective

Today, veteran action icon and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's new movie The Last Stand hits theaters. Being the face of pulse-pounding action for almost four decades, Schwarzenegger's butt-kicking (and occasional comic mischief) has often been accompanied by the most bombastic mu ... More >>

Paul McCartney To Play With Nirvana Tonight At The 12-12-12 Concert? Unfortunately, Yes

For those of you who may or may not know, tonight in New York City is the granddaddy of all Sandy concerts. Taking place at Madison Square Garden, tonight's show will feature some of the biggest names in music history including (drumroll please) Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bon Jovi, Eri ... More >>

Richie Sambora - Fonda Theatre - November 13, 2012

Richie Sambora Fonda Theatre November 13, 2012 How does one transform a small intimate venue like the Fonda Theatre into an arena like rock show? Few people can accomplish such a task. Richie Sambora easily managed to pull off this feat while touring in support of his new solo album Aftermath of th ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: The Complete List

Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: 25-15

Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>

Fiona Apple - Greek Theatre - September 14, 2012

See also: *The Originalites - House of Blues Anaheim - September 13, 2012 *The Hives - The Observatory - September 11, 2012 [w/ VIDEO] *FIDLAR On What It's Like To Party With The Hives Fiona Apple Greek Theatre 9/14/12 It's hard to believe that Fiona Apple has been making music for nearly 20 ye ... More >>

Jennifer Pastiloff's Yoga Karaoke!

[Trendzilla] Freeform, silly sessions just might invade OC

The MTV Video Music Awards' Five Most Iconic Performances

See Also: *Five Unexpected Cover Songs From Insane Clown Posse*Five Artists (Besides Lil Wayne) Who Think New York Sucks*Monday Night Raw's Six Most Memorable Music MomentsTomorrow night is the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. For fans of music videos, it's the most wonderful time of the year--a ti ... More >>

Whipped Cherry Pie At JT Schmid's, Our Drink Of The Week!

​Truth be told, when friends want to meet for drinks, our Switzerland is BJ's. Yet we found ourselves at The District one happy hour, and negotiations concluded at this other brewhouse. After scanning JT's booze options, the most intriguing choice also doubled as my "least likely to request". The ... More >>

Metalachi Love Boobs

The Espinoza brothers blend metal, hair metal and mariachi

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced

​Fifteen rockers are up to bat for the five available slots at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this October. The nominee list (posted after the jump, along with our Top Five picks) has garnered mixed responses from the public--with some expressing outrage over the inclusion (and excl ... More >>

Cinderella

House of Blues

Bon Jovi: 'Steve Jobs Killed Music'

Luke Holwerda/Phoenix New Times​Bon Jovi told the Sunday Times Magazine  that Steve Jobs killed music. How? He used that deadly, deadly weapon called iTunes.

The Offspring Spring Forth

Memories of growing up in OC mean no nostalgia from front man Bryan "Dexter" Holland

Casanova Is Comics for Music Lovers: An Interview With Matt Fraction

​If you don't think music plays a big role in Matt Fraction's writing, you're not reading closely enough. Or the last album you bought was Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet.Let's present the case:He titled an issue of Uncanny X-Men "All Tomorrow's Parties" and used Velvet Underground references as capt ... More >>

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Honda Center

Video: Lil Jon rocking out to Bon Jovi at Sutra Lounge, Costa Mesa

You think you know Lil Jon's musical taste? You have no idea. There's probably a lot you don't know about this Atlanta-born King of Crunk. For instance, are you aware  that he's an established vinter--owner of Little Jonathan Winery? He's also a crazy NHL enthusiast. But you mi ... More >>

Top 10: Orange County Concerts of 2010

It's time to stop looking back and focus our attention on 2010. Sure, many more concerts will be announced in the coming months. But here are the hot ones, already scheduled, taking place in local clubs, halls, baseball stadiums and hockey arenas. These are the shows you don't dare want to miss. Unl ... More >>

Show Announcement: Bon Jovi Won't Leave Honda Center, Anaheim

Not after one night, at least. Bon Jovi's "The Circle World Tour" already planned to visit the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, February 26. Today, we received news that a second show has been added for Saturday, February 27. Like the thought of that middle-age brat Billy Corgan getting to do nau ... More >>

Last Night: KISS at the Honda Center

Last Night: KISS at the Honda Center Better Than: watching Gene Simmons on his show Family Jewels  Andrew YoussefLive at the Honda Center​KISS changed my life. My earliest memories of listening to music involve clutching my older brother's vinyl album of KISS Alive and wondering what it woul ... More >>

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Charles Feelgood at Focus (With MP3 Link!)

BY DENNIS ROMEROListen/download "Charles Feelgood vs. Michael Jackson" here.Revealing a favorite DJ can date you like an exotic entertainer who plays Bon Jovi for her pole-dancing finale. (She thinks she's rocking out like it's 1988 on the Sunset Strip, but she's really putting on a sad bio-drama.) ... More >>

[Trendzilla] The Return of Quiksilver's '80s styles

14 Reasons Why the Angels Lost Game 1 of the ALDS

*The stupidest noisemakers ever, a thin piece of cardboard which fans were supposed to fold up like an accordion and slap them like a tambourine. Did some idiots complain about having to blow too hard to inflate the old ThunderStix, which worked so well in 2002? *Stupid little kids who sing the N ... More >>

[Pucker Up] Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

To Do This Weekend 4/4 - 4/6

Bad Religion, April 4, 8 p.m. Often credited for leading the punk rock revival of the late '80s, LA based band Bad Religion, will be performing in OC before heading out to perform at four European festival appearances in May and June. House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 92802 714-778- ... More >>

Bon Jovi Guitarist Arrested in Laguna Beach

Richie Sambora: Livin' on a prayer? Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was arrested Tuesday night on Coast Highway in Laguna Beach for drunk driving. The popular axeman was commandeering a black hummer, in whose confines sat three women, two of whom were (and still are) minors. OC Register has the ... More >>

Whoa-oh, Drivin' on a Prayer

If you are an average, everyday Joe with a crappy job who drinks to relieve his sorrow and gets busted for DUI when only slightly over the punitive limit, I might feel sorry for you, provided no-one was hurt by your actions. If you are a huge rock star who could easily afford not only a cab but you ... More >>

Music, Karaoke, Wisecracks, Retards and Boobs

Cover Me Badd are the wrong band for all the right reasons

Sabbath Was the Blob

Get Out! Nightlife and more: Nov. 30 - Dec. 7

Varsity Losers

The All-American Rejects

Live Review

Big Nothing: Big Japan, Big City Rock at the Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, Sunday, June 4

Get Out!

No Flip-flops
March 23 - March 30

Get Out!

Non-vomitingly
Feb. 23 - March 2

Tap of the Class

Guide to watering holes worthy of the old college try

Not Just Your Ass

The Funk of 40,000 Years

I cant resist the power of Quans Club Thriller

Drunks of a Different Color

And creed, and sexual orientation . . .

Its a Wonderful Week

All doped-up and nowhere to go

What Happened to the Tops of Your Pants?

Best Albums of 2003!

363 days before everybody else!

Irony Maiden

Tyranis: Heavy metal. Put that with an exclamation point

Smell the Love

Is the best thing about the Moseleys their clean, close shave?
No, its waking up in their arms.

Jazz Hands, Everyone!

If Ray Cordovas hair were like Henry Rollins neckand could talk!

Scary Tribute Bands Edition!

Such Nice Boys!

Suddenly famous, the guys in Lit figure out how to mix high-octane success with being as nice as they ever were

More Meat

A musical diet rich in Protein actually tempers testosterone

Peeling Korn and Eating Zombie Flesh

What's it like to be a big-time music writer at a major metropolitan newspaper?

45 Months in the Life of a Register Rock Critic