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Aaron Carnes on September 4, 2013
According to Dave Parasite, his band the Parasites were one of about three pop-punk bands in all New Jersey in the late ’80s. “There wasn’t even enough to have a four band pop-punk show,” he says.
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Sean McCourt on September 3, 2013
Coupling a wide variety of influences, sounds and styles out of his musical roundhouse, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has barreled across stages for nearly 20 years now.
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The inaugural C2SV Music Festival + Conference is approaching quickly with Iggy And The Stooges headlining and more than 50 other bands performing at 12 San Jose venues, September 26-29. We put together a playlist to set the mood before the show.
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Fans of the Fab Four will be pleased to hear that due to demand, a second matinee show has been added to the Montgomery Theater’s November 3 production of “In My Life: A Musical Theater Tribute to the Beatles.”
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The concert schedule this fall is full of annual favorites, a few new surprises and Silicon Valley’s first large-scale mult-day technology conference and music festival.
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Ozzy Osbourne’s notorious drug-fueled career in 70s and 80s is the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll cliché—how is the guy still standing after more than 40 years? What isn’t cliché is the performance Black Sabbath delivered Monday night at a nearly sold out Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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In just a few years, San Jose reggae/pop quartet the Holdup went from playing skate parks for 10 people to headlining—and selling out—the Catalyst in Santa Cruz.
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After an 18-year break between studio albums, Black Sabbath did what’s expected for an aging iconic rock band looking for a comeback in 2013—they recruited super producer Rick Rubin to record their new album.
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Richard Faulk on August 20, 2013
This summer, San Francisco’s venerable club New Wave City turned 21. By this reporter’s reckoning, it means that New Wave has lingered three times longer than the actual musical phenomenon. And that’s A-OK: Like the psychedelic era, which also refuses to die, the music underground circa 1977 to 1984 is vital enough…
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South Bay battle rappers gathered for the second annual of Battle of the Zae, headlined by San Jose rapper Dirtbag Dan vs. Rone at the Cannery on Saturday.
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