We caught a rad (and free) Teenage Bottlerocket set at a recent taping of a forthcoming JBTV episode. Scope out the vids we shot!
Teenage Bottlerocket and Tobias Jeg Discuss Their Halloween Faves
We caught up with Miguel and Kody from Teenage Bottlerocket along with TOBIAS JEG at a recent taping for a
forthcoming JBTV episode. Among other topics, we touched on some of their
Favorite Halloween music and movies. Check out the videos to see all the wacky hijinks that ensued.
Check out Teenage Bottlerocket’s latest album, Freak out,
available now anywhere music is sold
Riot Fest Chicago 2012 (pictorial)
This year's Riot Fest was, well, a Riot! Actually maybe it more resembled a three-ringed circus, as there were clowns, freakshows, randomly roving and scantily clad marching bands, professional wrasslin', carnival rides (and of course that means carnies). Add to that 50+ punk (or punkish) bands that played on (something like) 8 different stages, factor in the copious amounts of booze and its not hard to imagine the rock'n'roll weekend that ensued.
Our livers are on the decline, so we opted for "Riot Fest Light" package, skipping the after-parties and just attending the Saturday and Sunday Humboldt Park shows. Click the read more button and check out a slideshow of all the crazy shit that went down including shots of NOFX, Teenage Bottlerocket, GWAR, Hot Water Music, Gaslight Anthem, Elvis Costello, Fishbone, The Adicts, along with an intensely pissed off Honkey Tonk Man and Tito Santana !
Our livers are on the decline, so we opted for "Riot Fest Light" package, skipping the after-parties and just attending the Saturday and Sunday Humboldt Park shows. Click the read more button and check out a slideshow of all the crazy shit that went down including shots of NOFX, Teenage Bottlerocket, GWAR, Hot Water Music, Gaslight Anthem, Elvis Costello, Fishbone, The Adicts, along with an intensely pissed off Honkey Tonk Man and Tito Santana !
Ben Weasel at Odds with Documentarians
Whether fair or not, Ben Weasel has never been known as one to "go with the flow" and over time has earned a reputation as being somewhat of a jerk. First, it was the quarrels with bandmates (many of them). Over the years, disagreements and creative differences turned his band, Screeching Weasel, into a tilt-a-whirl of a rotating cast that continues to this day. There have also been the occasional flair ups with people outside of his band, usually purveyed through Mr. Weasel's writings. Then there was the chick that threw ice and spat at him during one of his shows. What followed (him punching her in the grill) has come to be known as the "infamous SXSW Incident". Now, it seems he has beef with the very people interested in producing a Screeching Weasel documentary. It's hard to say exactly what went on between the two parties but what is certain is that Ben has severed ties with the makers of the film, tentatively titled What We Hate. What follows are excerpts of their ensuing Facebook spat.
Q&A Session with Ian Mackaye (video)
Old punks don't die, they just hold Q&A sessions. Check out this very recent and uber-interesting one with punk icon Ian Mackaye, where (among other things) he chats about illegal downloading, his first punk show, misinterpretation of Minor Threat lyrics, the straightedge scene, keyboards and doing the wave at a Redskins game.
Billie Joe Armstrong Enters Rehab Following Losing His Shit at Huge Corporate Festival
This past weekend saw the media giant Clear Channel give birth to the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among acts such as Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi, Lil Wayne, Pitbull and Brad Paisley, Green Day squeezed in (and some might say fit in quite nicely). Well, it looks like the commoditization of punk rock has finally bit Green Day in the ass. Watch what happens as they get preempted with a performance by Rhianna and Usher.
UPDATE: According to the band's Facebook page, the whole debacle was due to Billie Joe's substance abuse problem rather than playing a douche-y festival. See for yourself:
The Adicts - "Who Spilt My Beer?" Live at Riot Fest Chicago 2012
The clown princes of punk rock, The Adicts, took to the stage at Riot Fest Chicago. And wouldn't ya know it, they're still trying to figure out the answer to this age old question....
GWAR live @ Riot Fest Chicago 2012
The Mighty GWAR made their way back to Earth in order to play this year's Riot Fest in Chicago and of course they killed every living thing in their path; otherwise it just wouldn't be a GWAR show, would it?
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