Category Archives: Commentary
Government Issue…by Shawn Truitt
Government Issue Interview with John Stabb by Shawn Truitt ST: Do you recall the first GI practice? JS: The first official practice? I really can’t but I know it was an incredibly noisy mess and quite a racket of a summer … Continue reading
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Dax Riggs at Mohawk by Madame X
The first time I was introduced to the name Dax Riggs was at a record shop in New Orleans, Louisiana. A clerk played Acid Bath’s “Paegan Love Song” on the sound system and from that moment on I was obsessed. … Continue reading
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Tagged cid Bath, Dax Riggs, Mohawk
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Texas Independence Fest 2015
By Madame X Texas Independence Fest 2015 was just as I expected…a metal binge weekend in a cozy venue smelling of whiskey and weed, filled with familiar faces. Empire Control Room provided atmospheric options and a divey charm compared to those … Continue reading
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Tagged Brink of Disaster, Bury the Rod, Cavalera Conspiracy, Cerebral Desecration, Corrosion of Conformity - BlindX Critical Assembly, Dead Earth Politics, Death Angel, Empire Control Room, Fear Control, In the Trench, Lody Kong, Motorhead, Sepultura, Sworn Enemy, Texas Independence Fest, The Agonist, Vale of Pnath, Vital Remains, War of ages
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The Bands of Candy Snatcher Mr. Larry May
We all remember the blood, beer and rock that involved Larry May and the Candy Snatchers. Time marches on and though the Candy Snatchers are not an active band now, there are others that are. The New York based Born … Continue reading
A Night on the Town: X and then Agony Column … by Janet Hammer
It was one of the nights that pretty much everyone was either at the X show or the Agony Column show or like myself, both. X played at the Mohawk, and there were all sorts or people there from the young … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony Column, Billy Zoom, Chainsaw Billy, Charlie Brownell, D.J. Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Richie Turner, Stuart Lawrence, X
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FunFunFun Festival 2014 w/ KING DIAMOND & JUDAS PRIEST… by Jerry Milton
After the FFF Festival is over, soon enough it is the holiday season and the new year and right as rain there always seems to be a lull in music in the Austin area until SXSW comes along. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged FunFunFun Fest, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Judas Priest, Kim Bendix Petersen, King Diamond, Richie Faulkner, Rob halford, Scott Travis
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Pallbearer, Greenbeard & The Well by Jerry Milton
File this review under the stoner rock category. I decided to kick off the New Year by taking in one of my fav metal bands, not just in Austin, but the world…..THE SWORD. Opening before them was the low and slow … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Campbell, Buddy Hachar, Chance Parker, Devin Holt, Emo's, Greenbeard, Holy Mountain, Ian Graham, Jason Sullivan, Joseph D. Rowland, Lisa Alley, Marc Maddox, Mark Lierly, Pallbearer, The Well
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Austin: Live Greed Capital of the World…REV JIM
AUSTIN : LIVE GREED CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Well, maybe not. There’s always Las Vegas! But you still have to wonder just how the old Austin music scene got devoured so quickly by the Greed Monster. Austin used to be … Continue reading
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Black Metal…from Dark Origins to Present Manifestation
Written by Janet Von Hammer and Jesse Sundvall Trying to pin down the creation of Heavy Metal music has been a difficult and much argued subject that doesn’t show any signs of being resolved. Most of the beef seems … Continue reading →