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Kid Rock Drops Rhymes and Prices For Summer Tour

As the ever increasing cost of living continues to careen down the highway dragging the corpse of the American dream along the crumbling asphalt, white trash superstar Kid Rock is sparking a revolution. The Detroit-born rapper-turned-rocker, known for such gems as "Bah Wit Da Bah" and "American Bada ... More >>

The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Week

Monday, April 1 The Originalites Gallagher's Pub Since coming together as teenagers (and later recruiting saxophonist Mike Belk after an impromptu jam session at a local gig), The Originalites have risen high in the ranks of Orange County's local music scene in the span of only five years. The Fou ... More >>

Blackberry Smoke

House of Blues

Monday Night Raw's Six Most Memorable Music Moments

Tonight, television's longest running weekly episodic program, WWE's "Monday Night Raw" has its 1,000th episode. While the show's most known for its brawls in and out of the ring, the past 19 years have had plenty of unforgettable cameos from some of the biggest names in music. On this momentou ... More >>

From Fu Manchu to Creepy Fingers: Brad Davis Talks Boutique Pedals and Crappy eBayers

When the OC stoner rock band Fu Manchu began twenty years ago, the world of effects pedals consisted of a few rusty ones leftover from the 1970s waiting to be stumbled upon at random pawn shops. But today, even that world has become dominated by mass-market brands such as Boss and DigiTech that sell ... More >>

The Complete (But Quick) Guide to Every Lagwagon Cover

Since their start in the early 1990s, Santa Barbara-based skate-punk rascals Lagwagon have penned tons of great tracks: "Razor Burn" (the best song ever written about looking like a member of ZZ Top), "After You My Friend" (the best song featuring an elevator music interlude), "Leave the Light On" ( ... More >>

Local Record Review: 'Cancelled Checks and Cigarettes' by Icky Thumpp

​Icky ThumppCancelled Checks and Cigaretteshttp://www.ickythumpp.com/A little bit of a mystery with this one--in fact, a lot. There's the fact that nearly everything on the net about the band name ends up pointing to the similarly titled White Stripes song and album, that Icky Thumpp's website giv ... More >>

Songs About Girls From A(lison) to Z(ebulon), Part 1

​Music geeks, rejoice! Here's the ultimate list for you--a song with a girl's name in the title for each letter of the alphabet. We dug up everything from custy Beach Boys songs to deep cuts by the Smashing Pumpkins (who, by the way, have an inordinate amount of songs titled with girls' names, odd ... More >>

Weezer, Kiss, ZZ Top, Backstreet Boys: Music Cruises are the New Music Festivals

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Who wants to run around in the heat from stage to stage just to watch a band? Now that fans are getting older, musicians are getting it right--trap fans in a boat and so everyone will have nothing better to do than watch your shows with the amenities of a casino, pool, and ... More >>

Sweet Limited Edition Releases for Record Store Day

​Record Store Day is like Christmas in April for both fans and independent record shops. Fans make pilgrimages to local shops seeking limited edition releases, free shows, band signing, bonuses, sales and if you're lucky, free food. The releases are hyper-limited--smaller stores may only get one ... More >>

James Fletcher Takes the Stage at Detroit Bar's Monday-Night Residency

Facebook.com​Luckily for OC, James Fletcher is not too sexy for Detroit Bar--or just about anywhere else, he insists. The jet-setting drummer last fall self-released his first solo CD, The Booze & Clocks, after 10 years of constant touring and gigging in support of others' lyrical prowess.&nbs ... More >>

Pocketbooks, Rejoice! (Some) Cheaper Concert Tickets Expected in 2011

​There's some good news for concert lovers who thought that skyrocketing ticket prices meant they'd forever be stuck at home watching their favorite bands and artists through blurry footage on YouTube.   Promoters say they plan to make shows more affordable in 2011, the AP reports. This past ... More >>

3hree Things: On Halloween (Plus: Thrice's Best Halloween Costumes!)

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. If memory serves me correctly, this Halloween will be just the second that I've spent at home s ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Craft Show Calls for Vendors

Ahhhhh, the summer craft fair season has drawn to a close. It's time to step away from the glue gun, have a beer, and take a little crafting break. But not too much of a break--fall is right on summer's heels with two new calls for indie arts and crafts vendors!Photo from Unique LA website​After t ... More >>

Orange Bits: Ozzy Osbourne, Barrett Johnson, Rye Douglas

John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyOzzy at Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, back in February '09.​Sorry to leave you hanging for two Fridays, but Orange Bits--our weekly round up of all the OC-related music news that wasn't in the Weekly--is back. Rejoice:

WatchThe World's Greatest Guitar Players On The Big Screen

​Do you love Eric Clapton but hate concerts? You're in luck. "Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010" will broadcast the day-long Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, a sold-out concert that took place in Chicago's Toyota Park on June 26.

Five Songs That Should Be On "The Human Centipede" Soundtrack

​ I just went and saw Tom Six's 90-minutes of insanity known as The Human Centipede.First, the synopsis: This movie is about a deranged German doctor who is obsessed with creating a "human centipede" by connecting the gastrointestinal tracts of numerous people together (to be read: connecting one ... More >>

Aerosmith; ZZ Top

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

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, ... More >>

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 s ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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

Rockabilly Icons the Stray Cats Give the OC One Last Hurrah

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

Homme, Bittersweet Homme

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

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 cobb ... More >>

Topper Takes a Trip

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

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Dog Day After June

Reality: its not just for leftists anymore

How and Why White T-Shirts Rocked

A roots rock roundtable looks at what it all meant, man

Cover Me!

Sex, Drugs and Turd Jokes

The Marginal Prophets semi-conscious hip-hop

Rendered by Verse

Summer music haiku-o-rama!

Stoned and Dethroned

Sharp-Dressed Men

Shoe talk with Drunk Horse

Mirk Richardson

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

God Loves Losers

Anti-immigration activist Harald Martin says illegals worse than bin Laden

Suburban Cowboy

The Accident make music to take trucker speed to

Goodbye, John Lee!

Hello, Jackie DeShannon

Waiting for the Great Leap Backward

Dave Turturro, Gasoline Addicts vocalist, Cellular Technician

Youll Die of Pleasure!

A roots week during which you may discover the point of the Japanese porn film Empire of the Senses

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