Friday the 13th. Normally, I like this day- but this day was far from normal.My reason for being in Texas was mostly for family. So on my trek from Houston to Austin, I visited my grandfather in a nursing home for what would probably be the last time. Then I visited my [...]
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Keep Austin Weird: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge, High on Fire @ Austin City Music Hall, 11/13/09
Houston, We Have A Problem: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge, High On Fire @ Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX 11/12/09
As I’m walking to the Verizon Wireless Theater from my hotel, where I’ve just left my mom who frets like I’m still 16, I get to thinking…I was born about 10 miles away from here! I went to my first concert maybe 5 miles away, at a rodeo at the Astrodome, which may or [...]
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Afro-Punk: Saul Williams, Earl Greyhound, American Fangs @ The Independent, 11/10/09
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I walked into The Independent to find it slightly transformed for the evening. The Afro-Punk logo- the organization spearheading the tour- is projected on the side wall, as is the Budweiser logo. Footage from past Afro-Punk shows, coupled with skateboarding videos, show on a screen off to the side. American Fangs is [...]
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Skinny Jeans, Guitar Screams: The Raveonettes, Crocodiles @ Bimbo’s, 11/9/09
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At first, I wasn’t really in the mood for this show.I had one of those days where every second was filled with second thoughts. Every emotion that took me over were ones I loathe: regret, remorse, guilt, anxiety. These are the kind of days that I prefer to end with some metal, the [...]
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Whip It : Devo, Reggie Watts @ The Regency Ballroom, 11/6/09
It was to be my twelfth show in fifteen days, and it was definitely the ‘wildcard’ show. I’ll admit it, I know very little about Devo. I blame it on an unfortunate coincidence in timing- I vaguely remember seeing the video for ‘Whip It’ when I was very young, probably around 10 years [...]
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I’m a Little Bit Country and a Little Bit Punk: Mickey Avalon, Beardo, Ke$ha @ Slim’s, 11/5/09
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2 years and 8 months ago, a fledgling HRC wrote about her first Mickey Avalon show at Popscene. Since then, I’ve seen him three other times, with DJ AM (RIP), with Andre Legacy and Dirt Nasty, and with Beardo. I may be a mostly rock/metal/industrial chick, but truth be told I was raised [...]
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Acid Trip, Velvet Tongue: Puscifer, Uncle Scratch’s Gospel Revival @ Fox Theater Oakland, 11/4/09
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Maynard James Keenan brought his side show to Oakland for the first of two nights of high brow/low brow entertainment. It proved to be a night unlike any other.Earlier this year, I had to miss the LA Puscifer shows due to a family emergency, so it was nice to be able to make up [...]
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Scream Queen: Rob Zombie, Nekromantix, Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures @ San Jose Event Center, 11/3/09
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I always wanted to be a scream queen. And, for one night in San Jose, my wish was fulfilled. Only the director was singing on stage and I was screaming unfilmed from the rail.My experience really couldn’t have been more different from the Halloween Zombie show on Saturday in LA. This was [...]
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Industrial Theater: Skinny Puppy, VVerevvolf Grehv, EUSTACHIAN @ The Regency Ballroom, 11/1/09
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This was the perfect ending to Halloween weekend. What started with black metal in a dive bar, and climaxed with Rob Zombie on Halloween, was tied up neatly with Skinny Puppy.I literally woke up in LA, drove straight home, typed up my review, and hopped back in the car to go to the show. [...]
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Halloween in Hollyweird: Rob Zombie, Nekromantix, Captain Clegg @ The Palladium, 10/31/09
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It would be the perfect Halloween: a Saturday night, daylight savings time ended and gave us an extra hour, a full moon, and Rob Zombie. HRC decided to roadtrip to LA by herself for a whirlwind 36 hour adventure.Perhaps I had better start from the beginning. White Zombie was my first metal show. [...]
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Fantastic Four: Secrets of the Moon @ Thee Parkside, 10/30/09
It was going to be a quick in/out. Germany’s best kept secret, black metalers Secrets of the Moon, would open the night at my local dive metal bar Thee Parkside. I planned to swoop in with my warm up Halloween costume, and duck out before Divine Heresy and Moonspell.At our precise 9pm arrival [...]
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“Everyone is a story”: Valient Thorr, Hightower, Nihilist @ Annie’s Social Club, 10/29/09
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The smell of unwashed boys is thick in the air as I enter Annie’s Social Club. Nihilist is on stage, and the sparse yet meaningful crowd is all eyes on the stage. Immediately my radar goes off….guitarist and drummer have major X factor. I can’t describe it here, but you just know [...]
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HardRockChick Interviews Jesse Dayton / Captain Clegg from Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
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Continuing on with part 2 of what should be 4 entries in my Zombie week, I recently had the opportunity to interview Texas singer/songwriter Jesse Dayton. Dayton’s Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures will be opening for Rob Zombie on his tour, set to kick off today in Phoenix. Captain Clegg and the [...]
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Thinking Woman’s Metal: Pelican, Black Cobra @ The Independent, 10/27/09
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After probably five failed attempts at seeing local metal duo Black Cobra, I finally made it to a show. Man, had I been missing out. First off, these two guys are loud. It should be illegal for two people to make that much noise with only a drum set, guitar, and screams….at [...]
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Rob Zombie: Tour and Album updates….and HRC’s one little question
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So I got to participate in a teleconference with Rob Zombie yesterday. It’s kind of a weird concept- a bunch of interviewers call in and are allowed one question with the man himself. I get it- they want to kill a bunch of interviews with one stone, but I also kinda don’t- there’s [...]
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We Demand an Apology from Ms. Cheney
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My quick letter to this organization that calls themselves ‘Keep America Safe‘ who recently said offensive things about two of my favorite rock stars, Trent Reznor and Tom Morello:To Whom It May Concern:I can distinctly remember when I heard that ‘March of the Pigs’ was used to torture prisoners at Gitmo. I was appalled [...]
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This Shit Will Fuck You Up – Combichrist, Informatik, Everything Goes Cold @ DNA Lounge, 10/25/09
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I couldn’t go to see Zombichrist and not dress like a zombie. So I threw on some makeup and scared some neighbors on my way out and some tourists on my way into DNA Lounge.Everything Goes Cold started as soon as I had perched myself in the balcony. They sounded ok….neither offensive nor [...]
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Doom & Art Room: UFOMAMMUT & Acid King @ Varnish, 10/24/09
Last night really couldn’t have been more different from Friday even though it was in the same genre.To get to Varnish, an art gallery nestled in the heart of SoMa, you have to maneuver one of SF’s shantytowns. The smell of urine abounds, shopping carts must be dodged, and tents and boxes line the [...]
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Let Loose at Slipknot w/ Deftones @ San Jose Event Center, 10/23/09
There’s something exciting about rushing out of work right at 5 on a Friday, transforming into my metal attire, and hitting the road for the hour long trip to San Jose. I’m maximizing the weekend and I’m about to enter uncharted HRC territory: a new venue in a new city with bands I’d somehow [...]
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Interstate Love Song: Stone Temple Pilots @ The Fox Theater Oakland, 10/21/09
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For some reason, Stone Temple Pilots never make it on the list of ‘my bands’. Why is that? I pretty much know every word to every song. I go see Weiland or the DeLeo brothers anytime they are near. What’s the deal?I can distinctly remember seeing the video for ‘Plush’ in [...]
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