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Slayer's Jeff Hanneman: 10 clips that showcase his fury
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThere are times when it’s best to let the riffs, tangled leads and headbanging speak for themselves. Slayer co-founder Jeff Hanneman, who died Thursday, was by all accounts a silent, reserved presence in real life, but when he stepped onstage to...Tags: Slayer (music group), Concerts, Metal, Entertainment, Music
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Titus Andronicus is (still) poised for launch
Patrick Stickles, who is not known for his lack of vocal restraint fronting punk-rock band Titus Andronicus, comes on the phone, oddly, speaking just above a whisper. "I should warn you," he says. "I'm going to have to talk in this quiet voice, 'cause I'm...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, New York City, The Who (music group), Titus Andronicus (music group), Manhattan (New York City)
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Black Flag fans, after years of no band, now get two
No band from the nascent Los Angeles punk rock scene of the 1970s and '80s has meant more to subsequent hard-core generations than Black Flag. Few could have expected as much at the time. "I'm totally surprised because we didn't know what we were doing,...
Tags: No Age (music group), Alzheimer's Disease, Ronald Reagan, Reyes, David Grohl
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Album review: Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues'
It’s odd to think of Los Angeles punk band Redd Kross as a legacy act, considering its bassist Steven McDonald learned his instrument at age 11, shortly before he and older brother Jeff, 15, opened for Black Flag in the early ’80s. But more...
Tags: Bo Diddley, Grunge (genre), Aaliyah, Entertainment, Music
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Keith Morris is going Off!
It's a press day for Keith Morris, frontman for the punk supergroup Off!, and the interviews are bumping against each other like elbows to rib cages in the pit at one of his shows. "I'm doing, like, three interviews today. And the guy that set up the...
Tags: Step Brothers (movie), John C. Reilly, Gore Verbinski, Penelope Spheeris, Entertainment
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'We Got Power!' chronicles punk in Southland in '80s
-------------------- We Got Power! Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California David Markey and Jordan Schwartz Bazillion Points: 288 pp., $39.95 -------------------- When music historians discuss California rock music, the post-punk burst...Tags: Henry Rollins, American Red Cross, Entertainment, Music
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Top weekend shows: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Off!, Cat Power
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: The singer with the twangy warble helped shape a new vision for country music in the ‘70s by mixing deep tradition, cosmic eclecticism and visionary lyrics; he’ll be accompanied by his son, singer-songwriter Colin Gilmore,...Tags: Philosophy, Cat Power, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Entertainment, Music
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Crafting 'Love and Rockets' with a punk attitude
Jaime Hernandez grew up on superheroes. Years before he and his brother created their groundbreaking “Love & Rockets” comic, he was reading and collecting Spider-Man, Superman, the Fantastic Four and their colorful stories of costumed icons...
Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Fiction, Alzheimer's Disease, Superman (fictional character), Genres
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Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart christen 'Who Shot Rock & Roll' opening
Pop & HissThe opening of the "Who Shot Rock & Roll" photo exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography included Ann and Nancy Wilson, founders of Heart, stepping onto a stage to perform a short set of classics.... -
Album review: Off!, 'Off!'
3 stars (out of 4) On its second, self-titled album (Vice), Off! doesn’t tolerate long-windedness of any kind, musical or otherwise. Solos? There is exactly one (which lasts nine seconds) among the quartet’s 16 songs; the album blurs past...
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Free Music Friday! A bludgeoning punk track from OFF!
Forget that third cup of coffee. Here's a track to give your Friday afternoon a brain-rattling burst of energy. OFF! is a sort of supergroup, but not the boring kind. This is a punk-rock band with velocity, songwriting chops and subversive vision. Yes,...
Tags: Boston, OFF! (music group), Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Brooklyn (New York City), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York)
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Album review: 'OFF!' by OFF!
Pop & HissLos Angeles punk band Off! accomplishes an impressive feat on its self-titled debut album: Sixteen songs in under 16 minutes, each a compact, sonic rampage via scream, electric guitar, bass and drum, by four men who understand compressed aggression. Times...
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