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Just a Girl: Crushing on Gwen Stefani in the Early Days of No Doubt

See Also: *No Doubt Talk About Being Rockstar Parents*Happy 25th Anniversary, No Doubt! A Look at the First Show's Venue, Lineup, Flyers and Benefit--And Where Everyone is Now*Tony Kanal Talks About No Doubt's New AlbumNo Doubt is back with a retro-new wave album called Push and ... More >>

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Blink 182 at the Honda Center Last Saturday Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow for more blink-182 pictures here!Blink-182 and My Chemical RomanceOct. 1, 2011Honda CenterIf you've been keeping up with Blink 182 news, you know they've spent the last two months trucking along with the decade-old Honda Civic Tour and are pla ... More >>

Free Filtered Water at Every Warped Tour Stop

​Last year, a 26-year-old man died at the Warped Tour stop in Kansas. At the time, the death was rumored to have been caused by dehydration, partly due to the fact that water is $4 per bottle at the Warped Tour. In response, for the 2011 festival, which kicked off in Texas this weekend, Warped To ... More >>

Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Hayley Williams Featured on Muppets: The Green Album

​In one of the most adorable collaboration albums of the year, Weezer, Atreyu's Brandon Saller (a local-er!), Paramore's Hayley Williams, My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, OK Go, Sondre Lerche and many more artists have contributed to The Muppets: Green Album, a tribute to the music of the Muppets. ... More >>

My Chemical Romance and blink-182 Headline the 2011 Honda Civic Tour

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyBlink-182 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater​The 2011 Honda Civic Tour is bringing together pop-punk purveyors blink-182 and pop-emo purveyors My Chemical Romance to co-headline this year. They'll be at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, October 1.

Lady Gaga Coming to OC

[Mental Notes] Also, Josh Freese fills in with Paramore and WAR remembers Teena Marie

WTF of the Week: Hayley Williams Won't Admit She's a Tool

Myspace.com​The set-up:Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams is responding to a strongly worded letter penned by former members Josh and Zac Farro following their sudden exit from the band. As you may have heard, the siblings, who played guitar and drums respectively, published a scathing treatise ... More >>

Josh Freese to Fill in For Paramore's South American Tour

Susan Sabo/OC WeeklyJosh Freese gets his hair cut by a fan in a parking lot in Downtown Long Beach. No big deal. ​According to SPIN Magazine, Long Beach resident and session drummer (and former OC Weekly cover man) Josh Freese has been pegged as the fill-in drummer for Paramore's upcoming tour dat ... More >>

[UPDATED With Statement From the Farros] Paramore's Josh and Zac Farro Leave the Band

​UPDATE, 10 A.M., DEC. 22: The Farro brothers have put out a rather scathing statement on  their departure and Hayley Williams. See bottom of post for entire statement.ORIGINAL ITEM, 12:45 P.M., DEC. 20: Say farewell to at least two members of pop/punk band Paramore. According to Paramore's ... More >>

Know Fearless Records

The OC label that first signed Plain White T's has a plan for keeping the next big thing from bolting to the majors

Paramore, Steelwells, Local Natives and Others In This Week's Links Roundup

Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyParamore's Hayley Williams in Anaheim.​This edition in links to OC-related music writing that we didn't write...

Paramore at the Honda Center Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​ParamoreSeptember 19, 2010Honda CenterThe show: Honda has found quite an impressive marketing tool in psuedo-punk band Paramore. By teaming up for the Honda Civic Tour, the two have effectively lured legions of true believers into stadiums where the auto giant can as ... More >>

Jonas Brothers, Hanson, the New Limb, and Other OC-ish Music Links

​This week in local music news links... lots of material for tween girls.

Sure Thing

Paramore satiates the 'Twilight' set with hooky pop-rock songs and becomes the biggest band of its generation

Hayley Williams Covers Bed Intruder Song

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​We're still not quite over the "Bed Intruder Song" by Antoine Dodson and the Gregory Brothers. A celebrity cover couldn't have been too far off, given the song's massive popularity, but the one by Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams is pretty awesome. Watch it after the ... More >>

1, 2, 3, 4 ... Katy Perry Declares A Boob War! See Who is Pulling Out the Big Guns in This Fight

Katy Perry fires the first volley of Boob War in this screen shot from her "California Gurls" video​In the past week, Katy Perry has claimed the summer as hers. Not with the inexplicable success of her single "California Gurls," nor her inexplicable romance with the inexplicably charming Russell ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Weenie Roast

Andrew YoussefScott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots​Check out our slideshows here and here!Last week, I put together a Weenie Roast guide for Saturday's event, where I talked about incredible buzz bands you shouldn't miss, along with the bands to skip so you could go to the bathroom. Well, after sp ... More >>

What You Missed: KROQ Weenie Roast, the Buzzcocks, Kitchen Ink

Andrew YoussefA surprisingly sober Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots.​It was KROQ's annual summer kick-off concert with a line-up that didn't totally suck: Weenie Roast! The 2010 roster included Sublime with Rome, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Devo, Paramore, Silversun Pickups, Spoon, Cage ... More >>

Watch The 2010 KROQ Weenie Roast Live (On Your Computer)

​If you didn't get tickets to the sold-out show tomorrow, you can watch the concert here on Heard Mentality or Ustream.tv's Webcast at http://www.ustream.tv/kroq. Aside from live performances, there will also be backstage interviews with Sublime with Rome, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, The Temper Tr ... More >>

Weeding Out the Weenie Roast

Our handy-dandy guide to sorting the wieners from the dogs

Weenie Roast Lineup Doesn't Suck

[Mental Notes] Also: Buzz about the Golden Bear, the Dirty Heads' no. 1 hit and how you can get on the warped tour next year

Paramore with Tegan and Sara Headed to Honda Center, Anaheim

Andrew YoussefParamore frontwoman Hayley Williams at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Aug. 1, 2009The strangely paired tour of pop-rockers Paramore with indie queens Tegan and Sara hits the Honda Center in Anaheim Sept 19, concluding a summer run that starts July 23 in North Carolina. The es ... More >>

Railroad to Alaska at Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest

Danielle BacherRailroad to Alaska get rowdyThe Hype: Rising from Midway City, Railroad to Alaska are rowdy and unpredictable. After listening to LuckyBearClawDoom, the band's expertly crafted EP released in February, it's easy to understand why singer/ guitarist Justin Suitor might feel so much p ... More >>

Angels and Airwaves, the Maine, Say Anything, Many More Added to Bamboozle California

​Tom DeLonge's much-loved side-project Angels and Airwaves (pictured) will join finally reunited OC band Something Corporate and AFI, which we blogged about here, at this year's Bamboozle, taking place March 27-28, Festival Grounds at Angel Stadium, Anaheim. Today's announcement also includes the ... More >>

Crowdsourced: Paramore at the Fox Theater in Pomona

Andrew YoussefDon't be fooled! This photo is from August 1 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine.​Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams isn't quite of legal drinking age (she turns 21 in late December), but her and her band have already released three albums, with the latest, Brand New Eyes, o ... More >>

Slow Fall at the Fox Theater?

Andrew Youssef​Since reopening this past May with a show from Gogol Bordello, the Fox Theater in downtown Pomona has continually impressed by netting top-flight shows: Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, Ween, Cake, Marilyn Manson. After tonight's Paramore (picture ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: All Time Low, Paramore, More

​All Time Low are currently experiencing an all time high (I'm sorry, really) amount of exposure through their new album, Nothing Personal--which defied expectations by debuting #4 on Billboard and got them an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Ride the wave of their success on Nov ... More >>

Set Your Goals Keep Up the Pace on Their Second Album

(Tragic) Kingdom Come Again, Leaving No Doubt Who Rules OC

Friday Night: No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefDon't be fooled! This picture is from Saturday's show!​Friday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater--the first of No Doubt's four sold-out hometown shows and the beginning of the end of the band's reunion tour--I sat in my seat the Irvine venue not quite knowing what to expect from ... More >>

Slideshow: Saturday's No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds Concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew Youssef​It's No Doubt Central around here. Amanda Parsons threw up the setlist from Friday's show, and here are Andrew Youssef's pictures Gwen, Tony, Tom and Adrian-filled from Saturday's way beyond sold-out gig (he couldn't even stay past three songs, poor guy). Coming up: John Gilhooley's ... More >>

Four Days of No Doubt Shows in Irvine Starting...Now. Almost.

​Yeah, No Doubt is obviously one of the biggest bands from Orange County of all time. (Some might say "the;" feel free to debate that point as much as you'd like!) As such, it's appropriate that their return to Orange County--after a five-year layoff, save a quickie reunion during the encore of on ... More >>

No Doubt w/ Paramore, The Sounds

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

[Sound Guy] No Doubt It Out Loud

Incoming: No Doubt Returns to Orange County! Eventually.

Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

More No Doubt Tour News

Alright, so there aren't any official tour dates yet, but a few babies and weddings later, No Doubt has finally officially confirmed they will indeed be touring Summer 2009. Starting this May, the band will be making stops at larger amphitheaters and arenas all through out the United States and Cana ... More >>

Musical Advent Calendar: Death Cab for Cutie, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'

At this point, who hasn't covered the Phil Spector co-written classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"? Mariah Carey sang it on her 1994 Merry Christmas album, U2 on the 1987 Christmas compilation A Very Special Christmas. Original singer Darlene Love performs the tune every year on "The Late Sho ... More >>

The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie Announced for KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas

It's radio station concert day! Apparently! KROQ has announced their lineup for day two (Dec. 14) of Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, and it is predictably pretty great: The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Franz Ferdinand (!), Scott Weiland, ... More >>