Unseen Steve Double Photos of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Tad, to Appear in Experiencing Nirvana Book
The images include an extremely fortuitous frame of author Bruce Pavitt himself standing onstage, about to snap a photo of Nirvana's Krist Novoselic smashing a bass guitar.
We Got Power! LA Punk Book Authors: “We Just Loved Hardcore Music”
"The music was intense and the whole scene was a very, very intense scene. I think people were having a lot of fun, but it was also pretty aggressive and violent."
R.I.P. Bill Bartell, aka Punk Legend Pat Fear of White Flag
Our condolences go out first and foremost to Dave, Jordan, and Tesco, friends who have lost a very old friend.
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Occult Rock
This week's heavy metal lesson summons the bewitching often female-fronted occult rock bands including The Devil's Blood, Blood Ceremony, Coven, Purson, and Ghost
Printer Proofs of Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt
We just received wet proofs from the printer for Experiencing Nirvana, Grunge in Europe, 1989.
Today Is the 31st Anniversary of Metallica’s First Show in the Bay Area
They came, they conquered a small but hugely appreciative crowd, and then they went back to Los Angeles. Basically, they left their hearts in the Bay Area, though.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal Time-Lapse Recap 1983 to 2013
Checking the pulse of metal from 1983 to 2013 in highly opinionated five-year intervals, with tracks by Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Entombed, Sepultura, Death, Opeth, Gojira, and more!
Mean Deviation: Cynic’s Focus Celebrates 20 Years in Prog Metal Paradise
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Cynic's groundbreaking progressive metal masterpiece Focus, we bring you a lengthy extract by Jeff Wagner from his great book Mean Deviation
Sunday 9/29: Dead Kennedys, TSOL, We Got Power! Authors Bringing Punk Lit to West...
A group reading by L.A. punk authors at the massively attended West Hollyhood Book Fair in West Hollywood Park on September 29.
Thursday, 9/19: Laina Dawes Talks “Women in Metal” at Noctis Metal Festival
The ambitious three-day Noctis festival will also feature performances by top-tier metal bands including Carcass, Revenge, Candlemass, Girlschool, Pagan Altar, Blasphemy, and Possessed.
SoCal Punk Invasion: WE GOT POWER! Author Event at Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, 10/4
Opening Sept. 20 with an artist/author reception to follow on Oct. 4 featuring David Markey and Jordan Schwartz
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Singing Metal Drummers
A select few hammer-handed double threats further defy the laws of nature by singing lead metal vocals in their bands while pounding the skins.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Work and Metal Labor Day Special
From paycheck to pink slip, this week's heavy metal history lesson celebrates the world of work and labor.
Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Has Landed
On a mission from Brooklyn HQ out to the Bazillion Points Outpost, we lucked upon a few bottles of Iron Maiden's intoxicating new venture
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Death ‘N Roll
As they matured, brutal death metal innovators like Entombed, Carcass, and the members of Furbowl rediscovered the sleazy groove of rock 'n roll.
Bloody Roots Metal Farewell to Allen Lanier of Blue Öyster Cult
This week's heavy metal history lesson says farewell to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Allen Lanier (1946-2013), with classic BÖC cuts and covers by 3 Inches of Blood, Thrones, Candlemass, Tarot, Tesco Vee, Iced Earth, Metallica, and more.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Motörhead
This week's heavy metal history lesson charges into the depths of metal's dirtiest band and its four decades of pillaging and disturbing all decency.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Hammers Out 30 Years of Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All
Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast"/Bazillion Points Books) reconstructs Metallica's landmark Kill 'Em All album start-to-finish with tribute songs by Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, Destruction, and more!
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Los Angeles Hardcore
Above: Black Flag, from WE GOT POWER!
BLOODY ROOTS OF LOS ANGELES HARDCORE
Week of July 27, 2013
Sat. 7/27, 6PM ET
Sun. 7/28, 2PM ET
Tues. 7/30,...
Five Years of Bazillion Points: Hot Party in Brooklyn 7/30
During the final week of July 2008, a truck pulled up outside the Pencil Factory Building and unloaded five tons of SWEDISH DEATH METAL...
