Subject: ZZ Top

• Live Review: Parson Red Heads and Others @ Detroit Bar:

  The Parson Red Heads photo by Zach Schrock The three bands on this bill proved that rock can be uplifting without being corny—which was an inspirational lesson on a Sunday night in a mostly empty house. Detroit Bar's desolation was a shame and maybe to be expected, as the lineup seemed to be cobbled together at the last minute. But the groups proved to be troopers, playing as if to a packed room. LA's Parson Red Heads number eight (four guitarists, a bassist, a drummer, a keyboardist and a

  June 25, 2007

• Bruce Springsteen at Honda Center: Finger-lickin' good!

  (Warning: rambling diatribe ahead on Bruce Springsteen that may or may not make sense, but that's what blogs are for, no?) I’ve had moments of superfreak Springsteen fandom before. The bumper sticker on my car that proclaimed AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY GOD CREATED SPRINGSTEEN. The time I rented a car for one day (cost: $155.78) on my first trip to New York City in 1989 and drove down to Asbury Park to pocket a few splintered pieces of the wooden boardwalk, and to see where the “Tunnel of Loveâ€

  April 10, 2008

• CD Reviews

  July 8, 1999

• Waiting for the Great Leap Backward

  November 16, 2000

• God Loves Losers

  December 13, 2001

• Sharp-Dressed Men

  January 30, 2003

• To Do This Weekend 10/24-10/26

  Pre-Halloween Party, Friday, 9:30 p.m. Johnny Madcap and The Distractions; After; The Sweet Dominiques $6 Fitzgerald's Pub 19171 Magnolia Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 714-968-4523 The Toledo Show!, Friday, 9 p.m. Burlesque show featuring The Cats, The Dames, the whole Dirty Deal. $10. The Cellar 201 E. Broadway Long Beach, CA Grimm's Fairy Tales, Saturday, 2 p.m. Alive Theatre's newest project re-invents five classic fairy tales including "The White Snake," "The Traveling Musicians," "Briar Rose,

  October 24, 2008

• The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Good Die Young" -

  December 19, 2008

• [Game On] For Those About to Rock . . . Again: 'Rock Band 2' Turns It Up To . . . You Know the Rest

  October 2, 2008

• Fee Waybill and the Tubes Have Survived More Than Three Decades of Rock. Somehow

  January 1, 2009

• Rockabilly Icons the Stray Cats Give the OC One Last Hurrah

  July 17, 2008

• The New Hibbleton Gallery in Fullerton Is Off to a Great Start With 'To the Fifth Dimension'

  June 19, 2008

• Piss, Whiskey and Styx Are All Part of Actor John Corbett's Rock & Roll Fantasy

  May 15, 2008

• Homme, Bittersweet Homme

  Queens of the Stone Age spearhead a network of hard-rock badassery

  July 19, 2007

• Topper Takes a Trip

  The topper coat is back this seasoneven if its too hot to wear

  December 7, 2006

• Von Rich

  May 18, 2006

• KILL YOUR FANS

  July 21, 2005

• HiTS!

  July 7, 2005

• More Live Previews

  February 10, 2005

• Diary of a Loud County

  December 30, 2004

• The Mothers of Invention

  November 11, 2004

• Live Previews

  September 16, 2004

• The Wild One

  July 29, 2004

• Dog Day After June

  June 10, 2004

• The War on One Bank Plaza

  April 15, 2004

• How and Why White T-Shirts Rocked

  April 1, 2004

• Cover Me!

  February 26, 2004

• Sex, Drugs and Turd Jokes

  November 20, 2003

• Rendered by Verse

  May 29, 2003

• Stoned and Dethroned

  March 13, 2003

• Mirk Richardson

  October 17, 2002

• Why Punk Had to Happen (Reason No. 8235G)

  May 16, 2002

• Suburban Cowboy

  November 8, 2001

• Goodbye, John Lee!

  July 12, 2001

• Schlock & Roll!

  December 7, 2000

• Dave Turturro, Gasoline Addicts vocalist, Cellular Technician

  August 17, 2000

• Hell Booglarize You

  April 6, 2000

• Youll Die of Pleasure!

  December 9, 1999

• Can Mention Blow up the LBC Scene?

  August 20, 1998

• Cheap lawn tickets on sale today

  Concert promoters LiveNation are offering a pretty good deal for upcoming shows at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (and other venues across the country that, if you are reading the OC Weekly, you probably don't care that much about). The catch is, it's good only today.Anyone who buys lawn tickets to shows at the mega Irvine venue will pay only $24.99. And to make the deal even sweeter, there are no additional fees. Yeah, you're sitting a mile away, but the lawn's where all the good weed is, so

  June 17, 2009

• Live Nation Going 'All-In' Today

  The Fray kicking back.Sure, it's fun to hate Live Nation for being a giant corporation that seems to control every big concert tour in the world, but they're making it pretty tough to do so this summer. Since starting "no service fee Wednesdays" last month, they've (as one might guess) dropped those nasty service fees (I just paid $9.50 per ticket for a non-Live Nation show--ouchies!) that are a big reason people hate Live Nation/Ticketmaster/etc. so much. Nothing really worse than the feeling o

  July 8, 2009

• Outgoing: Aerosmith Cancel Remainder of their Summer Tour

  ​Sorry, classic rock fans. Steven Tyler falling off the stage in a much-publicized incident at a concert last week in Sturgis, South Dakota means that Aerosmith has to cancel the remainder of their summer tour with ZZ Top. Logically, this includes the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine date scheduled for August 23. Ticket refunds are available at the point of purchase.In cheerier news, despite Depeche Mode canceling shows including tonight's at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheater in Chula V

  August 14, 2009

• ZZ Top to Make Up for Canceled Aerosmith Tour with House of Blues Date

  ​ZZ Top hasn't made it last for 40 years in the music biz by not knowing how to please their fanbase. So it stands to logic that in light of last week's cancellation of the remainder of Aerosmith's tour--where ZZ Top were the featured opening act--the classic rock trio has announced their on tour, with a stop at the House of Blues Anaheim this Thursday, August 20. Oh thank goodness.Tickets are on sale now for $79.50 in advance, $85 day of show. Insert beard joke here.

  August 17, 2009

• Aerosmith; ZZ Top

  August 20, 2009