Thanks for the Memories... Adios CBGB, Au Revoir Continental (NY Rock)
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I also played at the Continental with the legendary stoner rock band FIRE GODS with Allegra, Sean Pierce and Pete... I met my husband Jim Wallerstein at the Continental during the Christmas party show in 1999 which both of our bands played. After that I played CB's Gallery quite a bit with my band CROWN JEWELS but I didn't play CBGB's again until early 2006 when I played with New York Dolls as a foreign press gig for the release of our new record.
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Photo by Jeanne Fury, 11/10/06 © 2006 NY Rock. Jimi LaLumia and the Psychotic Frogs were playing bawdy punk rock, notably, a cover of Jayne County's "Fucked by the Devil" and their very excellent CBGB tirade, "New York City Song." by Jeanne Fury: Oct '06: Mika Miko, The Supersuckers, Social Distortion, Joan Jett Sept '06: Sleater-Kinney, Rancid Jul '06: Homocorps, Panic!
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A mix of the Used and the Ataris, None More Black lashed out with the scratchy, scrap-scream vocals of Jason Shevchuck (ex-Kid Dynamite) and rapid, chugging music, much of which can be found on their full-length debut File Under Black. Chicago trio the Lawrence Arms refer to themselves as "midwestern beer belly despair rock." The Star Spangles are a noo-yawk band, not a "New York band."
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Joan Jett at Hudson River Park, NYC, 6/28/07. Photo by J. Jasper © 2007 NY Rock. The Paybacks at Hudson River Park, New York, NY, 6/28/07. Photo by J. Jasper © 2007 NY Rock. Billed as a free show at the Hudson River Park at Pier 54, the lineup featured the Paybacks, the Dollyrots, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
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Joan Jett at Hudson River Park, NYC, 6/28/07. Photo by J. Jasper © 2007 NY Rock. The Paybacks at Hudson River Park, New York, NY, 6/28/07. Photo by J. Jasper © 2007 NY Rock. Billed as a free show at the Hudson River Park at Pier 54, the lineup featured the Paybacks, the Dollyrots, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
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Second guest Steve Wynn joined Napolitano for a sweet, playful cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "The Ship Song." Napolitano dedicated a song to the city of New Orleans and her late brother Robert who passed away last year at the age of 26. The crowd applauded reverently until Napolitano opened her mouth and sang the word "Joey." This was the first Joey Ramone birthday bash without Charlotte Lesher, Joey's mom.
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Three years ago, in March of '96, I was introduced to each member of the controversial band, Bikini Contest. In 1998, Bikini Contest was voted the best local AND female band by the New York Press readers poll. Bikini Contest was becoming a campy punk-rock phenomenon.
NY Rock: Didi's Back!
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Nevertheless, after spending some quality time with the animal, I removed my curlers and, later that night, headed to the Miss Lez Pageant (a "wildly provocative, edgy jaw-dropping alternative beauty pageant for queer womyn in NY," according to the flyer). In addition to promoting the pageant, Dee Dee also promotes a Queen party rockfest called "Heavy Eyeliner." Didi's Back #1 April 2007 Didi's Back #2 May 2007 Didi's NY Rock Confidential work: NOTE: These are old pages from the prehistoric ...
NY Rock: Didi's Back!
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Kevin Klemm, the twisted corpse maker from The Ed Gein Collection and The Girls and Corpses Magazine, took a bite out of the Big Apple on April 14th at the "Zombies Attack" art show and performance opening party. By the way, for more info on Kevin Klemm, see EdGeinCollection.com, GirlsAndCorpses.com and IconsOfFright.com. Feel free to purchase the Girls and Corpses calendar and make sure you check out the head corpse light (edgeincollection.com/products.html, click on dead lights), corpse ...
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Armed with an umbrella from hell, I decided to bare the elements and stroll over to Dottie Lux's birthday bash at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. On tap was a two-part festivity, the first of which was to feature some good old-fashioned SMUT (a "high-risk reading/performance series") and the latter of which would be a performance from Dottie Lux's cast of clowns. Upon arriving, I spoke with Abe Goldfarb, the guest host of SMUT, a series where performers read their most ...
NY Rock Confidential by Mistress Persephone
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Photo © 2000 NY Rock. With fisted arms punching the air, Joan broke into "I Love Rock and Roll," the perfect song to display her newest Blackhearts, band members who comprise the kind of male perfection a rock diva should always surround herself with. Review of the SMack party in New York City, including photo of Mistress Dakota (© Misa Martin).
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Interview with Mistress Dakota: Some People Call Us Goddesses. Photo of Mistress Dakota (© Misa Martin) featured on our July '99 cover. Review of the SMack party in New York City, including photo of Mistress Dakota (© Misa Martin).
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The party, which was to take place at Izzy Bar (166 First Avenue in the East Village), would launch the premiere of Mistress Evita's new cable access show "Nightstalkers." Photo of Mistress Dakota (© Misa Martin) featured on our July '99 cover. Review of the SMack party in New York City, including photo of Mistress Dakota (© Misa Martin).
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I was pretty excited to learn that the Misfits would be playing their only New York City show at Madison "Scare" Garden on October 8, 1999. When we arrived at the stage area, none other than Alice Cooper emerged to say a few introductory words about the event (including the fact that the Misfits are one of his favorite bands). Eventually, I spotted Dr. Chud, waiting in line for the "Freak Show" (a short film about freaks and Halloween), along with vocalist Michale Graves, Jerry Only, and ...
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
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April 11, 2001: • She-Rock-O-Rama • Blast Furnace The theme of this Confidential is benefit shows. She-Rock-O-Rama was a gathering of some of New York City's hardest rocking girl bands playing a show to raise consciousness (read: cold, hard cash) for Safe Horizon, New York City's largest victim service organization. Floor two: Live sets by two grrl rock bands – Moxiestarpark and Torch Job – then some beat-worship provided by DJs MiketheMack and Peter Anthony.
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The evening was devoted to Babe the Blue Ox, a band that has been in this city since the early 1990s. Tim Thomas (guitar, vocals), Rose Thomson (bass, vocals) and Hanna Fox (drums, vocals) survived impressively for a local band. Enter headliners, the White Stripes – a brother-sister duo from Detroit that wears only red and white clothing.
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In support of her sophomore solo release, The Walls Ablaze, Sarah Dougher (pronounced Doog-er) had a one-month residency in the Knitting Factory's intimate Old Office every Wednesday night in January. Velvet drapes, a black lacquered bar, cozy couches and important-looking booths don this tony club. I came to see solo acts Glen Phillips (lead singer of the disbanded Toad the Wet Sprocket) and John Mayer, both singer/songwriters.
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NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
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More NY Rock banter: - Music News - Movies - Sports - Soft Porn Central - Newz - TRUE! "Happy Halloween," Natasha cordially greeted Arlene attendees with a wide smile. Vocally, Natasha mixed sultry, between-the-sheets whispers with raspy, melodic rock-growls.
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More NY Rock banter: - Music News - Movies - Sports - Soft Porn Central - Newz - TRUE! Cartoons More NY Rock Confidential Installments: Including Chickfest 2000, Joan Jett, Mistress Persephone, Misfits, more... In every article written about Eatman, her spiked coif and giant, cherry-red guitar are given as much attention as her songs.
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The Lost City Angels bio said that the band "will crush your skull." When the band broke into its first song, their black leather-style rock 'n' roll grabbed the crowd by its skull and started to crush it. New York City's veritable cult band World/Inferno unleashed its punk-ska-gypsy cabaret to a crowd of adoring, loyal fans.
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Basically, this writer boycotted the College Music Journal (CMJ) music festival that took place in New York City from October 30th through November 2nd. Meanwhile, many of the hot indie bands that played the big venues were New York bands (Radio 4, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Northern State, The Walkmen, French Kicks). Local fellas Shannon Ferguson (guitar), Mike James (drums), Dave Marchese (bass) and Steve Schiltz (guitar, vocals) craft melancholy rock songs like a baby Radiohead.
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Saturday night at North Six, Bush Tetras worked punk, rock, and gothic energy into songs that have managed to retain their intensity some 20 years later. Ladyfest East 2002 marked Bush Tetras' first live show in five years, and anyone who witnessed it will tell you the band burrowed itself into the crowd's collective joints. The best band closed out Ladyfest East 2002 on Sunday night at North Six to a sold-out crowd that included the ubiquitous Moby.
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The prolific Exene Cervenka, frontwoman of Los Angeles' seminal punk band X, has a new band, the Original Sinners, with two ex-Distillers members Mat Young and Kim Chi, and Sam Soto and Jason Edge. Opti-Grab – two fellas and a honey – were rapping white-ghetto-glam over funky beats and dancing like extras in a Biggie Smalls video. Guinea Love took delight in head-banging her long, curly hair to the rock-steady beats, and soon she, DJ Sprout, and Hesta Prynn took turns flossing their dance ...
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Detroit's the Paybacks – Wendy Case (guitar, vocals), Marco Delicato (guitar), John Szymanski (bass), and Mike Latulippe (drums) – are gods. This nu-retro-rock band is nominated for the 2002 Shortlist Music Prize and includes Engfelt, Cato Thomassen on vocals and guitar, Jon Magne Riise on drums, and missing-in-action keyboardist Nina Bjorndalen. Burning Brides have been tossed into the garage-rock genre, but honestly, just because the music's loud and fast doesn't make it garage-y.
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The gaunt and glammy boys – Donny Virgo (bass), Michael Machine (vocals), Jamie Jack Frost (guitar), Jay Amerika (drums), and Tim Maker (former guitarist who may or may not be back in the band, I have no idea) – sported their best Bedford-scenester suits with lots of velour, denim, and polyester. Unfortunately, Strangest Parade doesn't have as much rock-n-roll bravado as their previous album Rock Star God, making this set kind of a downer. Led by singer/guitarist Sarah Utter and singer/...
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Share your favorite musical memories of Brownies with me (one sentence will do) and I'll post them in a later issue of NY Rock Confidential. Local bands Slut Em Go and Darediablo were tonight's entertainment. "Harnessing the power of satanic menstruation," according to singer/guitarist Sarah Michaels, is the four-piece band Slut Em Go.
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Owners of one of the greatest names in the history of bands, the Gaza Strippers were busy shouting at the devil and laying down super-loud, guitar-driven honky rock (and they're from Chicago!) Toward the end of the show, Detroit-rock fixture Scott Morgan (of the all-star Sonic's Rendezvous Band which featured the late MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, Gary Rasmussen of Up, and Scott Asheton of the Stooges) joined the Hellacopters on stage and shouted, "We know who's gonna save rock 'n' roll – ...
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The 22-year old Australian lead singer/guitarist for the Distillers is the monkey's punk-rock pajamas. Like Rancid's songs, the Distillers' songs don't all sound the same. When Brody was singing the Elizabeth Cady and Susan B. Anthony tribute song, "Seneca Falls," two girls managed to get onstage and sing along with her, and the entire Knitting Factory was crying out a chorus of "Freedom rise up for me!"
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More NY Rock banter: - Music News - Movie Reviews - Sports - Soft Porn Central - Newz - TRUE! Cartoons More NY Rock Confidential Installments: Including Chickfest 2000, Joan Jett, Mistress Persephone, Misfits, more... But along with drummer Eric Melin, Ultimate Fakebook make pretty rock-and-roll music that the crowd was highly enthused by.
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Bianca was previously in the band Butt Trumpet before forming Betty Blowtorch in 1998. There were a dozen or so other bands that were on the bill including the Firegods (featuring Sean from the Toilet Boys), Candy Ass, and a special re-union show by Helldorado featuring Nashville Pussy bassist Tracy Almazan and Blare N. Bitch of Betty Blowtorch. The NY Metropolis music fest grabbed a slew of bands and packed all the venues in Brooklyn for four glorious nights, starting with everyone's ...
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January 21, 2002 — Every month, NY Rock columnist Bill Ribas digs through piles upon piles of CDs to select 15 for review in Street Beat. This year, Wild Bill picked Sam Bisbee's album Vehicle as his number one for 2001. So on Thursday, January 10, 2002, I gladly ventured out to the Mercury Lounge to hear the winner of the 2001 Street Beat Royal Rumble, Sam Bisbee.
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Backed by his Memphis Mariachi band and singers, the El Vettes, El Vez turned the room on its noggin. El Vez emerged wearing all white, and giant white wings strapped to his back. As El Vez gracefully walked off the stage, you could hear the El Vettes singing the Tears for Fears classic, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."
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Amidst all the vegetal goods, my cornucopia is also stuffed with sonic candy: Tracy and the Plastics, Erase Errata, and Crowns on 45. Eat your heart out, Martha Stewart. Opening band Erase Errata – Jenny Hoysten (vocals, trumpet), Ellie Erickson (bass), Bianca Sparta (drums), and Sara Jaffe (guitar) – likes to move. Heather Hellskiss (vocals, guitar), Greg Griffith (of MGB fame, bass, vocals), drummer Chris Ohnesorge (drums, vocals), and Hillary Johnson (keyboards, theremin, recording) have ...
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October 15, 2001 – Wonderful words have been written about Reid Paley from the Washington Post to the Village Voice to Reid's buddy, Frank Black. I ambled into a rather empty Meow Mix on Friday, September 28, 2001, to hear the Reid Paley Trio – Paley on guitar and vocals, Robert Lee Oliver on bass, and James Murray on trap kit. Compare Reid Paley to Tom Waits – everyone does, including yours truly.
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Before I go into what a great time I had at Ladyfest East, I want to thank those who made the event possible (I have a hard time compiling a simple grocery list, so I have no idea how you managed to organize something as complex as Ladyfest East). That said, my first Ladyfest East event was a reading at Bluestockings, the independent female-run bookstore on the Lower East Side. There were three other singers on stage with Ari, who proudly declared her motley entourage as the spirit of ...
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Thank the Holy Ghost that Betty Blowtorch and Candy Ass were playing. Bianca Butthole (bass, vocals), Sharon Needles (guitar, background vocals), Blare N. Bitch (guitar), and Judy Molish (drums) are Hollywood smut peddlers, and I love them. Galadriel (lead vocals), Hopey Rock (guitars, vocals), and Karen Curious (bass, vocals) have been sweetening the collective bum of this city since 1998, with rollicking punk rock and pop music.
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It's the July issue of NY Rock Confidential, right, and I write up an ENGLISH band (hello, Independence Day). In the wake of European bands like Coldplay, Idlewild, and Mogwai gaining credibility in America faster than the fading of Fred Durst, it seems only natural for a band like Porcupine Tree to be imported in the hopes of becoming (economically) fashionable. Porcupine Tree is a British band that has received a lot of praise throughout Europe for its atmospheric rock 'n' roll.
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Thank you, Joey; you are NY ROCK. The band's blues- and classic-rock melodies, with '60s inspired riffs and howling vocals plunged me into a "Wonder Years" time warp. Brian Olive (guitar, back-up vocals), Patrick Keeler (drums), Jack Lawrence (bass) and Jared McKinney (keyboard) make up the rest of the Greenhornes and play refreshing rock 'n' roll.
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More NY Rock banter: - Music News - Movies - Sports - Soft Porn Central - Newz - True! I guess if you use the prefix "chick" for a rock show, even if most of the bands are co-ed, the turnout will be full of chicks and people hoping to meet a chick or two. We go from folk, to punk, to pop-rock, to folk-punk-pop-rock.
NY Rock Confidential Archives
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Coverage of New York City's local music scene by ... by Jeanne Fury: May '02: Lunachicks, Hellacopters, Gaza Strippers Apr. '02: Distillers, Nekromantix Feb. '02: Metropolis Fest, Bianca Butthole Benefit, Le Tigre Jan. '02: Sam Bisbee Dec. '01: El Vez and Tammy Faye Starlite Nov. '01: Tracy and the Plastics, Crowns on 45 Oct. '01: Reid Paley Sept. '01: Ladyfest East Aug. '01: Betty Blowtorch and Candy Ass Jul. '01: Porcupine Tree May '01: Ladyfest East Benefit, the Bellrays and the ...
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Machine Head at Roseland, New York, NY, March 22, 2007. Her royal Blondie-ness was in attendance along with her date Justin "Kiki" Bond for the unofficial final night at Sin-e, featuring Daddy, Miss Guy, Pretty Boys (Hopey and Galadriel of Candy Ass for the old farts reading this), Theo and the Skyscrapers, and Glass Hand fronted by her excellence Mistress Formika. by Jeanne Fury: Mar '07: Midnight Movies, The Fratellis, Willowz, Jesu, Lordi, The Cinematics, Earl Greyhound, Chinese Stars, ...
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Chinese Stars, Listen to Your Left Brain (Three.One.G.) Definitely dancier than previous material, Left Brain retains Chinese Stars' rigorously controlled mania and occasionally irritating whining – both vocally and musically. by Jeanne Fury: Feb '07: The Hot Crotch Awards (aka Grammys) Jan '07: The Casualties, Max's Kansas City Project Benefit Oct '06: Mika Miko, The Supersuckers, Social Distortion, Joan Jett Sept '06: Sleater-Kinney, Rancid Jul '06: Homocorps, Panic!
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The 49th Annual Grammy Awards featured the ugliest stage display of all time. Rebel girl Joan Baez introduced the Dixie Chicks who performed "Not Ready To Make Nice." by Jeanne Fury: Jan '07: The Casualties, Max's Kansas City Project Benefit Oct '06: Mika Miko, The Supersuckers, Social Distortion, Joan Jett Sept '06: Sleater-Kinney, Rancid Jul '06: Homocorps, Panic!
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Mika Miko (pronounced Mee-ka Mee-ko) encourage their fans to "pony thrash." Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at Irving Plaza, October 15, 2006 a.k.a. by Jeanne Fury: Sept '06: Sleater-Kinney, Rancid Jul '06: Homocorps, Panic!
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Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney performing at Webster Hall, New York, NY, August 2, 2006. This is the second consecutive farewell-themed NY Rock Confidential column. Facts of the matter are, they're ace musicians, aggressive songwriters, deftly intelligent, and when they were hot, they were total rock stars worthy of spandex, strippers, and smoke machines.
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The man behind Rock N Roll Fag Bar, The Black Party, and (NY Rock's personal favorite) Homocorps got one last chance to throw that infamous soiree between the walls of CBGB. Hosted by that sassy fucker Formika, the night lit up with the band Celebutard, featuring local loco Lola Rock N Rolla and her shiny saxophona and ex-Lunachicks drummer Becky Wreck. The same Jane Friedman who suggested to Hilly Kristal that Patti Smith's band play a gig with Television at CBGB, thereby, planting the ...
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And yet, for four sold-out nights at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the Axl Rose Band brought the crowd to its sha-nanananana knees, knees. The dude may have slowed down a bit, and his looks have certainly suffered, but a Rose is a Rose is a Rose. Axl sauntered out in baggy ripped jeans, a black pleathery shirt unbuttoned to his midsection, big black sunglasses and sporting his braided hair in a ponytail.
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NYRock chatted with the rather demure Josh Todd (must be the California in him) about the new incarnation of Buckcherry, crazy bitches, and the business side of making music. NYR: Tell me about the song "Crazy Bitch." JT: (laughs) Well, you know, there was a point in my life where I had a lot of crazy bitches.
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So began a journey into the thoroughly odd world of Andrew Wilkes-Krier, a.k.a. Andrew WK, the little prince of party metal. At the end of the day, the lead singer of disco hard-rock party monsters Electric Six is just trying to get paid. NYR: The previous album Fire, which everyone loved so much, was dance-party hard rock.
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The Ark performing at Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, 12/1/5. Photo by Jeanne Fury © 2005 NYRock.com. Online coverage of the New York City music scene since 1996... The Ark, a leather-loving five piece from Sweden, hosed us down with sweaty glam rock that rang the bells of Queen, Spinal Tap, and their Scandinavian brethren Hanoi Rocks. Behind the two gentlemen was a screen that showed a somewhat catatonic Tim Fite sitting in a wheelchair and playing along to the live Tim Fite.
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The three Berlin brothers (Berlin is their last name – they're from the suburbs of St. Louis) play heavy punk rock with a precocious soul that was born to push people's buttons. God Forbid, IV: Constitution of Treason (Century Media) Jersey's devils God Forbid recently dropped THE SHIT with IV, a three-part political-ass-kicking album. Various Artists, Live At Continental Best of NYC Volume One Let me tell you what a typical night at the Continental is like: loud rock-n-roll bands, beer ...
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Black Halos (Photo by Paula Wilson) Online coverage of the New York City music scene since 1996... Moving on, since indie rock and scenester handjob conventions typically give me hives, I opted for the one show where you could smell the steam and sleaze rock and rolling off the amps: the Black Halos and Fireball Ministry. Clad all in, yes, black, the Black Halos were skinny, dirty, and sported dyed-black hair and black eye make-up.
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Ronnie Spector performing at Rockefeller Park, New York, NY, 8/3/5. Photo by Jeanne Fury. "Ronnie Spector is the magna dea of rock 'n' roll!" When it comes to New York rock 'n' roll, all paths lead to Ronnie.
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Everyone's favorite bald queen Dean Johnson has presented the gay showcase for some time, but due to the looming closure of 315 Bowery, we were faced with the last hurrah on June 25. Hosted by the dahling drag duo The Dueling Bankheads (as in Tallulah), we raised our gay glasses to the last crop of performers including Carol Channing Rox, Gay Pimp Jonny McGovern, Miss Guy, Cazwell, DaLipstyxx, Velvet Mafia, The Maul Girls, 3Puen, Dirty Excuse, and Altar Bois. Once a rock slut, always a rock ...
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As the commandant of the Brooklyn-based rant-and-ravers The Hold Steady, Craig Finn turns rock 'n' roll into a grandiose parade float cruising down the streets of Smalltown, USA. On The Hold Steady's two visceral albums, The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me and the new goosebump-filled Separation Sunday, the band burned through enough emotional garbage heaps to make a gaping hole in the ozone layer. As the heavy metal titans in Mastodon threw down mightily at the Bowery Ballroom, my very-metal ...
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Los Angeles' Autolux are not a noise band the way the Wolf Eyes or Hair Police are. Their last effort, the blues cover album Honkin' On Bobo, honked on neither one of my bobos, and my bobos love a good honkin' on. Speaking of hell, Supagroup's brothers, Chris and Benji "The Nu-Angus" Lee grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and were raised by their Pentacostal preacher-mother who didn't let them listen to rock 'n' roll.
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NYROCK: You're doing this interview walking through Times Square? NYROCK: Times Square isn't freaking you out right now? NYROCK: The band is big on groove, and you've said that groove is lacking from a lot of indie music, and you're right.
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When the Licks pushed their way to the stage and I got my first look at Juliette, my jaw hit my shoes. Wearing yellow spandex pants with a black stripe down the sides and an exposed zipper, Juliette made me want to immediately start taking tae bo lessons. The music is catchier than typical rock-n-roll fare, and as the Licks cut into songs off their debut EP …Like A Bolt Of Lightning, Juliette howled and shredded her way through the set, limbs flailing.
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They included Arturo Vega, the Ramones artistic director (it always cracked me up that the Ramones had an "artistic director"), Blondie, Sonic Youth, the Strokes, Joan Jett, Rob Zombie, and original drummer Tommy Ramone. Next up was a bit of Ramones karaoke with a live band featuring drummer Bill Stevenson, bassist CJ Ramone, and guitarist Daniel Rey. "God bless you all, and God bless the Ramones," he slurred before the band exited.
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In a move that was akin to asking New Yorkers to bend over, grab their ankles, and smile for the camera, the Republican party decided to hold its convention of turd burglars in our fair city. People have referred to the Richmond, Virginia group as "the only metal band that matters," "the best metal band alive," and "extreme metal's saving grace." And while metal isn't known for producing the most articulate of frontmen, the singular short-haired Lamb, Blythe – wearing an anti-Bush t-shirt – ...
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Her new songs are far from being the cutie-patootie pop-rock songs on Let Go. Bitch-rock empress Jennifer Precious Finch was my favorite member, and not just because she was the cutest. Taking the stage with her very-young-looking bandmates, Finch busted out snarling rock songs that are highly conducive to trouncing.
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(To absolutely no one's surprise, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the surprise guests.) Headed to CBGB to see local punk trio Hurry-Up Offense, who got their name after a club owner told them to "hurry the fuck up" and get through their three-song set. Max Leavitt the mohawked, eyeliner-wearing singer/bassist jumped around while singer/guitarist Jason Brandt (who looks a bit like Craig Nicholls from the Vines) rocked steady.
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But before you digest images of skinny, underwashed emo boys in black-framed glasses sitting in front of their laptops while bopping off to the girl with purple hair and multiple lip rings, you should know that half the SG subscribers are female. When the Suicide Girls take their show on the road, the masses show up. A Girl with a wife-beater, trucker hat, and stuffed tightie-whities trounced onstage waving her middle fingers and carrying cans of Coors Light.
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Fittingly, Franz Ferdinand is also the namesake of a hard-charging post-punk new-wave Scottish quartet currently receiving the handjob du jour from NME. Franz Ferdinand play Manhattan next month, but first they had to test the waters in Brooklyn. One poor lass couldn't take it anymore and cried out, "I love you Franz Ferdinand the Band!"
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It's a snotty, prissy, heavy rocking and rollicking storm of mascara and sweat featuring classic tracks like "Rock N Roll Whore," "Ride," and "Party Starts Now," and it also includes a Ramones medley performed slowed down and nasty-ified. Modey Lemon, Thunder and Lightening (Birdman) If garage rock were schooled on speed metal and the Butthole Surfers, maybe we'd have more Modey Lemons. On their third release, The Second Great Awakening, Fireball Ministry – the First Church of Rock N Roll –...
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And, yes, the crowd was exactly what you'd expect a Billy Idol crowd to be – rowdy dorks from New Jersey and Long Island in Giants football jerseys and leather jackets. A sanguine Billy sang all the hits that made him Vital Idol – "Flesh for Fantasy," "Eyes Without A Face," "Rebel Yell," "Mony Mony," etc. and so forth. The Warlocks' head honcho Bobby Hecksher (vocals, guitar) leads this seven-person, double-drummer psych-rock band.
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
Brandishing three guitars and a soul-spanked rhythm section, the Drive-By Truckers brought the mutherfuckin' ruckus. Guitarists-singers Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, and newbie Jason Isbell used their strings to wank out encomiums to the gods. Miraculously, some guy found the notebooks on the street in New York City, hunted down Hood, and returned them at a Truckers' show three weeks later.
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
Liam Lynch, Fake Songs (S-Curve) Liam Lynch is the discount version of Weird Al Yankovic. The Bjork-style song really sounds like a Bjork song. Amazombies, Bitches & Stitches (Go Kart) This is a punk-rock album that sounds like a punk-rock album.
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
On the first night of Turbonegro's sold-out shows at the Mercury Lounge, some douche bag in the audience pelted lead singer Hank von Helvete with a beer bottle. The set list was culled mainly from Ass Cobra and Apocalypse Dudes, but one song from their new album Scandinavian Leather made an appearance – "Sell Your Body (To the Night)" was dubbed "Turbonegro's version of a fiscal plan for the future." Throughout the night, Cricien profusely and sincerely thanked all the kids and "old-school ...
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
NY Rock is proud to present an extra-radical pop-punk edition of NY Rock Confidential. New York City's hot-rod hooligans, the Rumblers Car Club, presented a night of rock 'n' roll at Northsix in Brooklyn featuring I Farm, Bantam, the Star Spangles, and Manda and the Marbles. Finally, the valley girl woes have a new poster girl: Manda Marble.
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are the latest hot, ubiquitous trio in New York City. Tina operates the slide projector and the live music is provided by Jason (keyboards/guitar) and Rachel, who both share vocal duties. With classic rock slowly on the rise, this band is radio ready; each song had a definitive hook rooted in psych-rock, alt-country, or full-on guitar rock a la the Who.
NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
Penny Arcade, New York City's legendary crotchety performance artist with Betty Page bangs. Penny witnessed the whole over-the-top revolution of punk rock in New York City in the 1970s. Taking the stage in a red-plaid skirt, black tights, and black t-shirt, Penny danced around, jumping to the rock music blaring over the sound system.
NY Rock Confidential by Miss Adena
Score: 77
The city that never sleeps may not have a Chippendale's or Filthy McNasty's (former all-male revue in LA) where men dance nearly nude for women's pleasures, but, fortunately, it does have the Broadway musical Cabaret. The story of Cabaret takes place in 1930s Berlin where lead character Sally Bowles (Susan Egan) is the displaced girl from England living it up with her scandalous friends and lovers at the Kit Kat Club. The Kit Kat boys and girls play fierce tunes while showing you what they'...
NY Rock Confidential by Miss Adena
Score: 77
I was invited to see Ancel, of Ancel and the Electric Church, perform at Don Hill's. But on July 1st, Ancel took the stage accompanied by a bottle of Jack Daniels and guitar. Ancel's flawless guitar playing combined with his sultry bluesy rock-and-roll voice would make any girl gush.
NY Rock Confidential by Miss Adena
Score: 77
Tuuli from Toronto rocks CBGB! Several months ago, while I was online visiting a bunch of band Web sites, I found this great female band called Tuuli from Toronto. I told Jenny that I had just left my band and worked as a freelance writer for a women's Web site called coolgrrrls.com (this was before I started with NY Rock).
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