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Motorhead - Club Nokia - May 14, 2013

Motorhead Club Nokia May 14, 2013 The privilege of watching Motorhead thrash on their instruments is certainly a good way to spice up any Tuesday night. But there is no way to start this review without discussing the insanity of their opening act, Anvil, who took the stage with a vengeance in front ... More >>

Five '70s Metal Bands Who Are Better Than Black Sabbath

By: Nicholas PellOk, we get it. You like Sabbath. Everyone does. But there's a whole big world out there of '70s metal bands that goes beyond Sabbath -- even beyond Sir Lord Baltimore, if you can believe that. The '70s offered so much in the way of doom-and-gloom heaviness that it's criminal so many ... More >>

MusInk Days 2 & 3 - OC Fairgrounds - March 9-10, 2013

MusInk Days 2&3 OC Fairground March 9-10, 2013 The art of ink slinging took over OC this weekend as the sixth annual, three-day Musink Festival came the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, in what was turned out to be a 72-hour celebration of body art(including tattoos and piercings), ... More >>

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Tiki Bar

Hey Metal Scene, Where's All the Black People?

By: Nicholas Pell Long Beach-based metal band Hirax has a unique sound, blending the galloping beats of the new wave of British heavy metal with the intensity of thrash. Katon W. De Pena's operatic and aggressive vocals lead the way. Since 1984 De Pena, who is 49, has fronted the legendary thra ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Nobunny - Alex's Bar - 8/18/12

Taylor Hamby/OC WeeklyNobunny at Alex's Bar on Halloween See Also:*Over the Weekend: Braid - The Glass House - 8/17/12*Pussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years for Anti-Putin Punk Prayer!*Alabama Shakes - Fox Theater Pomona - 8/15/12NobunnyAlex's Bar8/18/12Masked madman Nobunny delivered a range of good-ti ... More >>

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Alex's Bar

Six Most Notorious Musician/Wrestler Incidents (Not Including Hulk Hogan Almost Joining Metallica)

​Wrestling and heavy metal have gone hand-in-hand since, well, the '70s. That being said, NME reported the startling news that wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was buds with Metallica's Lars Ulrich and wasthis close to joining Metallica in the early '80s when the Hulkster was a session bassist (believe t ... More >>

Album Attack: Fugazi's 13 Songs at The Prospector Saturday Night

David Thornton​Album Attack, Fugazi's 13 SongsOctober 15, 2011The ProspectorAs has become the custom in Long Beach, a hodgepodge-supergroup of local musicians took the stage at The Prospector on Saturday to play through an influential indie album in its entirety. In the spotlight this month--Fug ... More >>

Ten Songs That Foreshadowed the 2011 UK Riots

Beacon Radio (Creative Commons NC)​Watching footage of the UK riots has been shocking, scary and difficult, but the British have a history of taking to the streets in times of social upheaval as an act of defiance. The proof is in songs by its musicians: everyone from the Clash to Morrissey to Mot ... More >>

Eight Films to Help You Prepare for the End of the World on May 21

​ For the last few months, a kooky religious group has been plastering North America with billboards and placards announcing that the world will end on May 21. Call us warped, but we're thrilled by the prospect of Armageddon. With millions of the faithful lifted skyward by the Rapture, their hom ... More >>

WTF: Former Iron Maiden Singer Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Aled Thomas​WTF:Perhaps this week's post is a more pathetic cautionary tale than a bonafied WTF. In any event, it demonstrates that iconic stars everywhere might benefit from the stern benefactoring of MASH's own Mike Farrell, who once consulted fallen stars on how to manage their fortunes. 

TGIF: RX Bandits, Cold War Kids, Motörhead and More

RX Bandits​On Saturday, Ty Segall plays Alex's Bar in Long Beach, headlining a bill featuring Tijuana Panthers and Okee Dokee. His hyperactive role in a slew of bands had already won him local fame, but the release of Melted seems to have woken up the rest of the musical world to what's been going ... More >>

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House of Blues

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Is Still Wild

Lemmy remembers the old days, but has no plans to slow down

Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Festival at OC Fairgrounds

Andrew YoussefNOFX performing SundayClick for slideshows of Day One, Day Two and Day Three.The Hype: Three days of tattoos, punk, metal, rockabilly and skateboarding descended upon the OC Fairgrounds under the umbrella of the Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Festival Friday through Sunday. The l ... More >>

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister and More at NAMM Day 2

The musician sightings at NAMM, which runs through Sunday, heated up Friday as I passed Tom Dumont (No Doubt), Kenny G, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Neal Schon (Journey), Billy Zoom (X), Tim Mahoney (311), Rikki Rockett (Poison), Peter Frampton, and Hollywood-based hard rock hero, Lemmy Kilmister ... More >>

Tonight: Varukers, Reagan Youth and the Voids

​With a flyer as detailed as this one, I guess I don't really have much to say. But for those of you who don't know, UK-based Varukers formed in the very late '70s and are credited as one of the founders of D-beat, a style of punk that is a bit heavier than, say, the Sex Pistols. Basically, these ... More >>

Five Regrettable Music/Video Game Moments

​Motörhead are currently on tour (including a stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim), they also play a role in upcoming action/adventure game Brütal Legend, out next week on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (we got a chance to play it at Comic-Con this year, it's a fun, straight-forward beat 'em up wi ... More >>

On Sale Saturday: Motorhead

You know how doctors advise you not to wear two condoms at the same time? Well, that logic applies to earplugs at Motorhead shows. Yes, they are loud, but putting in two in each ear isn't going to stop the rock. Don't believe me? Catch 'em with the Chelsea Girls Oct. 7 at the House of Blues. Tickets ... More >>

MUSINK Tattoo & Music Festival: Totally Canceled!

Curse you, recession! The MUSINK Tattoo & Music Festival, which was birthed from a three-day event this past February at the OC fairgrounds, has been completely scrapped; official word is that it's, unsurprisingly, "due to the current economic climate."The tour was planned for 25 cities, includ ... More >>

Halloween Shows! Spooky! Scary!

H-ween's almost here, dudes. If you're wondering where you and your Don Draper, Sarah Palin or Sexy Jailed Ted Stevens costume should show up to, here are some ideas on what to do this Friday. Or should I say what to BOO! Ahahaha. Right.

Valient Thorr, Black Tusk and Tweak Bird at Detroit Bar

To Do Tonight 9/2

Motorhead; Airbourne; Valient Thorr; Year Long Disaster, 8 p.m. Click through photos of the concert tomorrow on OCWeekly.com House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 Mike Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. Mr. Laguna Niguel Savannah Steak & Chop House 32441 Golden Lantern Laguna Niguel, CA ... More >>

For Those About to Schlock . . .

KNAC/DC supply the metal, you shout at the devil

Cuzz Yore So Sweet

Dec. 21-Dec. 28 Get Out! Nightlife and More

Get Out!

May 11 - May 18: Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver

Tumble and Flop

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4,100,000,000 Flies

How High On Fire do Hadean (not Hitchcockian) heavy

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True Poison
March 9 - March 16

Get Out!

Here, Honey: Feb. 9 - Feb. 16

Get Out!

Kill them all

Noise Noise Noise

Guitar Wolf

Your new favorite bands!

Rendered by Verse

Summer music haiku-o-rama!

Supersuckers

How Swede It Is

Five bands besides Laura Lee

Best Albums of 2003!

363 days before everybody else!

Letters

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Let Them Die!

Motorheads Lemmy explains it all

High Colonic for the Eardrums

Fu Manchu turn it up to 11

White Dopes on Punk

Soul-Soothing Magick

Joe Louis Walker makes you proud to be an American

Eat Extreme Shit!

Crusty Demons: Minimalism at its finest

Who Wants to be a Headliner?

Time Has Come Today

Motorhead and Alison M. Rosen: Separated at birth?

How-dee, Buck!