Circle Jerks are a legendary punk band from Hermosa Beach CA; formed in 1978 by Keith Morris (original singer of Black Flag) and guitarist Greg Hetson (Bad Religion). As one of the original hardcore punk bands, they released two of the best punk albums of the early 80’s, “Group Sex” and “Wild In The Streets.” They play fun, crazy and violent shows with Zander Schloss on bass and Kevin Fitzgerald on drums.
Also playing: King Rat – Punk rock from the Mile Hi City and Never ?
Subconscious Communications is an independent record label, a musician collective and a remix team founded by the late great Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy and Phil Western of Frozen Rabbit, it specializes in industrial/experimental/electronic music and it’s now run by Cevin Key of Skinny Puppy. They are doing a few shows in the west coast and we are lucky enough to get a show, here are the bands and dj’s playing:
Download – Created by Dwayne Goettel and Cevin Key in 1994, they are an experimental/industrial project that also featured Phil Western and Mark Spybey. After the death of Goettel, only Key and Western are continuing the band. They started as a more experimental project but have progressed as a more melodic industrial/electronic outfit. They have released several lp’s an ep’s like “Furnace,” “III,” “Effector,” “Sidewinder” and “Microscopic.” Trippy and hypnotic music and visuals when they play live.
PlatEAU – An IDM (intelligent dance music) project form Cevin Key and Phil Western, they will probably mix their set with Download’s set, they are very similar.
Dead Voices On Air – Mark Spybey’s experimental/dark ambient project. “Music for the eyes.”
Gnome & Spybey – An ambient/experimental project by Tony D. Oporto and Mark Spybey.
Wet Mango – Cristina Fuente’s solo gameboy project, dirty, glitchy, broken up and heavy. She uses two gameboy color’s with LSDJ and the Korg Ds-10 and a small synth. Trippy.
DJ Mudwulf – Industrial/goth/IDM dj from Denver.
((diverse)) – Drum and bass dj from Denver?
Obsidian Fog is a promotion & booking company from Colorado that specializes in Black, Doom, Thrash and Death Metal, here are the bands playing the first show:
Motheaten – Post-ambient doom metal?
Visions Of Mara – Black metal from Denver.
Mount Cairn – Raw black metal from Loveland.
Empyrean Eclipse – Melodic death metal from Aurora.
Stoic Dissention – Black metal from Broomfield.
Start your New Year with Extreme Evil Metal from the Mile Hi City! May all your dreams and hopes be shattered this year.
John Graham-Mellor “Joe Stummer” was the closest thing to having a hero for me. He was the co-founder and lead vocalist to the only band that matters The Clash, he passed away in his home of a heart attack.
“Are you taking over, or are you taking orders? Are you going backwards, or are you going forwards?” words to live by.
Jesse Rich vocalist and guitar player for O.C. punks Broken Bottles died of a drug overdose on December 8th, 2010. Rust in hell Jess The Mess.
Buzzov*en are a violent live band, their shows are chaotic, full of hatred, pain, addiction, and depression. They are one of the first sludge/thrash/noise metal bands along with Eyehategod. They were formed in 1989 in North Carolina and their current line-up includes Kirk Fisher (guitars and vocals) Dave “Dixie” Collins (bass) and Ramsey (drums).
Also playing: Kingdom Of Magic – Stoner metal from Denver and Il Cattivo – Hardcore punk from The Mile Hi City.
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles are a legendary crossover thrash band from Houston TX. Formed in the early 80’s by Spike Cassidy (guitars) and Kurt Brecht (vocals) the only two original members left, they created the ultimate thrash/hardcore punk crossover album “Dealing With It”. Really good band live.
Also playing: Evile – Thrash metal from the UK and Gama Bomb – Irish thrash metal.
DARK FORTRESS – “Ylem” German melodic black metal. Ylem is a pitch black masterpiece with invocations of the death principle; this album signifies the end of everything that exists now; slow, very heavy with insane blastbeats and orchestral darkness. V. Santura also in Triptykon plays some of the best guitar I’ve heard in years.
HOUR OF 13 – “The Ritualist” Occult doom metal from North Carolina. This album is a true doom masterpiece that delves into themes of the macabre, darkness, satanic panic, cold atmospheres and complete bleakness.
TRIPTYKON – “Eparistera Daimones” Thomas G. Fischer legendary frontman of Celtic Frost and Hellhammer, unleashes this beautiful black/gothic/avant-garde masterpiece. It’s darker, heavier and more experimantal than anything he’s done before. V. Santura does another impressive job on guitar.
DANZIG – “Deth Red Sabaoth” The master of death blues metal is back with his best work this decade, memories of black magic rituals and satanic sacrifices.
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS – Mr. and Mrs. Reznor create beautiful industrial/electronic noise with the help of Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan.
SWANS – “My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky” First Swans album from Michael Gira in 14 years, different than his previous experimental/industrial rock lp’s but equally as good.
ZOROASTER – “Matador” Psychedelic/sludge/doom metal from the swamps of Atlanta, a good trip when your high.
THE FUNERAL PYRE – “Vultures At Dawn” Melodic blackened death metal from CA. One of the best extreme metal albums this year, very dark, eerie and doom laden.
KYLESA – “Spiral Shadow” Psychedelic/sludge metal from Savannah. This album is very early 90’s indie rock influenced, with two vocalists and two drummers, it gives it a unique touch.
INTERPOL – “Interpol” Creepy, morose and sinister dark indie rock with touches of post-punk and shoegaze from a great band from NYC.
FEAR FACTORY – “Mechanize” A cold, menacing mass of mechanical precision with industrialized depth, it hits harder than a truckful of tungsten. Industrial metal from L.A. their best since their 1st album.
DEFTONES – “Diamond Eyes” An album with crushing density, heavy crunchy guitars, soulful and blazing vocals, Deftones at their best.
INTRONAUT – “Valley Of Smoke” A progressive/sludge/jazz metal album, with clean vocals, fluid bass lines, long instrumental passages and excellent percussions.
THE HIGH CONFESSIONS – “Turning Led Into Gold With…” Psychedelic/industrial rock noise from 4 great artists. Anything that Chris Conelly sings in is great.
TWILIGHT – “Monument To Time End” Blake Judd (Nachtmystium) and Aaron Turner (Isis) creating black metal, enuff said.
CIRCLE OF ANIMALS – “Destroy The Light” A dark and hypnotic industrial album brought to you by Sanford Parker (Minsk) and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza).
HIGH ON FIRE – “Snakes Of The Divine” Thunderous, abrasive roaring blasts, colossal riffs and grim metal with a brute force approach from Mike Pike and the boys.
GRINDERMAN – “Grinderman 2” Nick Cave’s psychedelic/garage rock album, hypnotic at times, it doesn’t get better.
THE TEAR GARDEN – “Have A Nice Trip” Edward Ka-Spel and Cevin Key take us through another great trip into their warp minds.
NACHTMYSTIUM – “Addicts: Black Meddle Part 2” Blake Judd creates another black metal masterpiece that is not black metal.
UNEARTHLY TRANCE – “V” The soundtrack of your soul’s descent into the pits ov hell, pure evil sludge/doom.
Darby Crash was the co-founder and vocalist of one of punk’s best bands The Germs. He committed suicide by a heroin overdose, rust in peace. “The Germs Are Dead”
Cough – Bleak, massive psychedelic doom metal from Richmond Virginia, slower than time.
Black Sleep Of Kali – Heavy sludge/stoner metal from Colorado.
Black Acid Devil – Stoner metal from Boulder Colorado.
Velnias – Blackened folk doom metal from Boulder Colorado.
