It's time to welcome back to town that "little ol' band from Texas," ZZ Top.After a successful stop at Huntington's Big Sandy Superstore Arena last year, America's greatest blues-rock 'n' boogie band is poised to rattle the doors of Huntington's historic Keith-Albee Theater Saturday night. A Texas-sized good time will be had by all, promises bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill. "We've been tou
I interviewed Josey Scott recently... Saliva lead vocalist Josey Scott doesn't care much for critics of his Memphis-based hard rock band. No surprise, really, as recording artists and the media have always shared a cantankerous relationship, but Scott felt critics of Saliva's 2001 "Every Six Seconds" debut album weren't listening closely enough to what he and his arena rock cohorts were striving
Oh boy, American Idol. How many seasons has this shit been on the air now? Five, right? That means they've had five "top-twenties." Essentially, 100 contestants have made it into the final rounds. Of those 100 singers, all of whom have received excellent, primetime television exposure, how many of them have developed any semblence of a career?Ruben Studdard, Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks: where h...
Over the 17 years that Fu Manchu lead vocalist/guitarist Scott Hill and his band have been recording distortion-charged hard rock, their music has been described in colorful, though sometimes baffling ways."The latest thing we've been called is 'desert rock,' which I don't understand," Hill said in a phone conversation from a tour stop in Denver, Colo. "I mean, we live by the beach."Fu Manchu p...