Sunset Strip

Sixth Annual Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival Line Up Revealed

A motorcycle caravan of dozens of Hells Angels and other bikers rumbled up to the Whiskey A GoGo on the Sunset Strip yesterday to kick off a party for the announcement of the lineup for the sixth annual Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Hundreds of fans and members of the press gawked and took pictur ... More >>

Top 10 Douchiest Guitarists of All Time

Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy of watching their favorite axe man/woman go on a tear and destroy the crowd with their fast-fingered prowess, signature style and lush mane of flowing hair. It's the textbook rock-n-roll sex ... More >>

The Offspring try to keep their edge while keeping their crown

Their new album, 'Days Gone By,' is a mixture of punk and palatable pop

'Rock of Ages,' or 'Hair Metal: The Musical'

Adam Shankman, et al. make you happy you missed the Sunset Strip, circa 1987

Diatribe With Dave: Talking with Frank Panza, Legendary Bartender at Santa Anita Park's Turf Club

Every first and third Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender Dave Mau tends bar at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to free meals as the night progresses. To remind ustedes of this great night, Dave treats us every Wednesday morning to a random OC food or drink musing of h ... More >>

Countless Thousands Are Really Excited to Be Here

[Locals Only] Garden Grove native Danger Van Gorder and his band rock the enthusiasm

Sunset Strip: Newport Beach Film Festival Pick of the Day

It's taken a lot of celebs, dopers, hookers, runaways and other assorted freaks to make a mile-and-a-half stretch into a mecca for music, fashion and sex. It took San Diego-bred, LA-based documentary filmmaker Hans Fjellestad (Moog, Frontier Life) to put the at once glitzy and grimy Sunset Strip int ... More >>

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Guns 'N' Roses at the House of Blues Sunset, March 12, 2012

​Check out our slideshow of the Palladium show here!Guns 'N' Roses House of Blues SunsetMarch 12, 2012Axl Rose's version of Guns 'N' Roses (he was the only original member of the band onstage last night) should've given me up and down and inside out goosebumps at the House of Blues on Sunset last ... More >>

Guns N' Roses at the Forum Last Night

Andrew Youssef​Guns N' Roses The Forum 12/21/11 This isn't your older brother's Guns N' Roses, and hell, they aren't even MY Guns N' Roses, but they're not trying to be nor do they give a shit what you and I think. Last night at the Forum, Axl Rose and the latest incarnation of GN'R took the stag ... More >>

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Beastie Boys Announced as 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers

​Los Angeles bands Guns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers top the list of inductees for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it was announced early Wednesday morning. Guns N' Roses, later dubbed "The World's Most Dangerous Band," emerged on L.A.'s rock scene in the mid '80s. Within a few ye ... More >>

Mac Miller: Five Ways to Pre-Game Before His Show

​Mac Miller's affinity for Chuck Taylors and alumni status with Taylor Alderdice's Pittsburgh high school might have you believe that he's a part Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang crew, the truth is Miller and Khalifa couldn't be further apart. Although they both launched their careers with Pittsburgh-bas ... More >>

[UPDATED with Ex-Veep's "Arrest":] Dick Cheney Greeted by Protesters at Nixon Library

​UPDATE, SEPT. 8, 9:56 A.M.: As Dick Cheney was lauding his profound role in Bush administration wars on terror, the Geneva Convention and the U.S. Constitution before a polite Nixon Library crowd Wednesday evening, he was "arrested."Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans rose from her chair in the East ... More >>

Today has Been Declared Mötley Crüe Day in West Hollywood

​Today the City of West Hollywood will declare August 18, 2011 Mötley Crüe Day, and honor the originaly partying hair metal band as the 2011 recipients of the "Elmer Valentine Award" for their contributions to the history of The Sunset Strip.The award ceremony at the House of Blues will kick off ... More >>

The Sunset Strip Music Festival Begins and Ends With Mötley Crüe

​Mötley Crüe is kicking off the three-day Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 18 with a special tribute at the House of Blues. They're going to be presented with the Elmer Valentine Award for their contributions to the history of The Sunset Strip. The City of West Hollywood will also recogniz ... More >>

Rock of Ages

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Drummer Alex Kirst of the Nymphs/Iggy Pop Band Dead at 47

​Alex Kirst, former member of seminal LA glam rockers The Nymphs and, later, longtime drummer for Iggy Pop's band, died tragically Jan. 13. According to The Desert Sun, Kirst was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Cathedral City, Riverside County. The Nymphs had their heyday in the late '80s and ... More >>

At Last! Someone Holds Benefit Shows For The Gulf Coast Oil Spill

​Just last week, we were wondering where the musical benefit shows for the oil spill were. Well, someone's finally come up with something, and it's pretty big. On July 1, music venues all over the country will hold concerts and donate all their ticket sales to benefit those directly impacted by th ... More >>

Black Apples March to the Beat of Double Drummers

The 4 members of the Black Apples = 2 drummers + 3 singers + 2 guitarists + 1 bassist. You do the math

Fifty Bucks Gets You Alotta Shows with New Live Nation Deal

​Concert promoter Live Nation has a pretty sweet deal on the table. For $49.99, people who purchase something called a "Club Passport" get admission to all shows at a few local venues (including the Anaheim House of Blues) for the remainder of the year. When you consider your average ticket costs ... 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 >>

What Do Pope, Larry Flynt, Mission Viejo Shoppers Have in Common?

Media reports that as many as 16 actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry recently tested positive for HIV have prompted new calls for legislation requiring condom use in all porn videos shot in California. Opponents to condom use include the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment ... More >>

Venus Infers Score Another Opening Gig with Peter Murphy

Huntington Beach's Venus Infers are not exactly new to having cool things happen to them as a band--they've gotten a ton of local awards and acclaim, placement on TV shows and some prime gigs supporting big names. But they're still assuredly psyched about this: opening up for former Bauhaus frontman ... More >>

1989 Calling

Nine Inch Nails and the original lineup of Jane's Addiction are touring this year. What are the odds that Bush I gets back in office and the Menendez brothers get adopted by a new family just so they can kill them too?In all seriousness, I've never quite understood the appeal of either band. I saw N ... More >>

Blake Miller of Moving Units Lives the Best of Both (Indie and Electronic) Worlds

[CD Review] The Bronx, 'The Brox III' (White Drugs Records)

Mötley Crüe Stage a Mötley Crüe Broadway Musical in the Inland Empire

[CD Review] Melvins, 'Nude With Boots' (Ipecac)

No Big Payout for the Laguna Art Museum's 'Las Vegas Diaspora'

To Do Tonight - 01/02

ELVIS AT THE CONTINENTAL ROOM, 9 pm The holidays are gone, but the King and his impersonators are forever. The Continental Room, 115 W. Santa Fe. Ave., Fullerton SOCIAL DISTORTION WITH ANGEL CITY OUTCASTS, 7:30 pm If you didn't catch 'em last night, try this evening before Mike Ness and the gang he ... More >>

The General Store

Trading posts, purveyors of fine goods & services, skilled tradesfolk, trinkets, gewgaws & sundries

Aural Reports

Empire of Empowerment: Artistdriven's Corey Katouli has a marketing plan for you

Convention of horrors

I should have known better. Years of Comic-con attendance have taught me that geek-convention faux pas 101 is to show up late and somehow expect you'll be able to get inside quickly. True, I had overslept, and the fact that the FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS convention was being held at the "Burbank Ai ... More >>

Love Is Dead

Arthur Lee, R.I.P., again

Deep Doo-doo

A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again

Sam's Club

Twenty years ago, Safari Sams owner Sam Lanni had his dreams crushed by Huntington Beach. Now hes got a new dream on Sunset Boulevard

Endangered Species

The Crazy Horse is demolished, the Golden Bears Rick Babiracki passes on

This Godhead Life

Getting too close to Rodney Bingenheimer

Pushing Kinda Sorta Hard

Sky Saxon & the Seeds live the myth

Rolling on the Hooker Bus

One night at Rodmans

Aint Love Grand?

Arthur Lee is Free and says youll get your moneys worth

Old Man, Take a Look at Yourself

CSN&Y: The new radicalsonly old!

All Rise Together

OCs first real independent hip-hop label is all about friends helping friends

Hookah Party!

Smoky flavors at Open Sesame

The Rock Star Track

For Giant Sucking Sound, gigs are for kicks

First-Stage Alert

The Clear aint smoggy

Viva Vasquez!

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

Woodschlock OC

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