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Coming Soon: Metal Allegiance 2
December 28th, 2017 by chocko
Mark Menghi at Gramercy Theatre in NYC (April 2016) The all-star heavy metal collective, Metal Allegiance have recently announced that their second album will be released in 2018. Bassist Mark Menghi along with the core members of the group Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Alex Skolnick (Testament) and Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs) will also be taking the […]
Tags: alex skolnick, chris jericho, chuck billy, death angel, fozzy, Gramercy Theatre, heavy metal, mark osegueda, metal allegiance, mike portnoy, new york city, nyc, thrash metal
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L.A.M.F. at The Bowery Electric
December 7th, 2017 by chocko
40th Anniversary of L.A.M.F. at The Bowery Electric November 29, 2017 Walter Lure formed a justice league lineup of punk rockers to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album, L.A.M.F. by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. L.A.M.F. (Like A Mother F*cker) was a classic album that featured Walter Lure (lead guitar, vocals), Billy Rath (bass […]
Tags: 40th Anniversary, Glen Matlock, Jesse Malin, Johnny Thunders, L.A.M.F., lamf, mike ness, new york city, nyc, punk, punk rock, social distortion, The Bowery Electric, walter lure
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Chiller Theatre Halloween 2017
November 10th, 2017 by chocko
Hey you stinky zombies, ugly nuns and mummies! Chiller Theatre time came once again..the spooktacular expo for fans of horror, sci-fi and everything else in between. We hope you hobbled out of your musty basements, hopped out of your crypts, and made it out to Parsippany, New Jersey to buy some monster movies, memorabilia and […]
Tags: 2017, chiller theatre, convention, expo, horror, Linda Haynes, The Undead
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An Interview with Rebelmatic
September 28th, 2017 by chocko
Rebelmatic (Creature, Ray Reed, Alkatraz and Karnage) photo by Ricky Powell It has been a busy year for New York City’s hard rocking Rebelmatic. They played Punk Island and for the second time, the AFROPUNK Festival. You can catch them on television…they were recent musical guests on The Chris Gethard Show and featured performers on […]
Tags: afropunk, alkatraz, creature, eat the monster, elephant amnesia, hard rock, hardcore punk, interview, judas goat, karnage, new york city, nyc, punk, punk rock, ray reed, rebelmatic, survival gathering
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Roger Miret + Stigma at Generation Records
September 27th, 2017 by chocko
A couple weeks ago, Roger Miret, lead singer of Agnostic Front and one of the pioneers of New York Hardcore made an appearance at Generation Records in NYC to promote his memoir My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory . The book is about Miret’s life and story from coming to America straight outta […]
Tags: agnostic front, autobiography, drew stone, generation records, My Riot: Agnostic Front, new york city, new york hardcore, nyc, nyhc, punk, punk rock, record store, Roger Miret, stigma, vinnie stigma
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L7: Pretend We’re Dead at DOC NYC
August 27th, 2017 by chocko
L7: Pretend We’re Dead documentary made its World Premiere at last year’s DOC NYC. The movie is the story of the all female punk, grunge, rock and roll band L7. Told mostly from their perspective with their own home footage, viewers are immersed into the van and on the road from the formation of the […]
Tags: cinema, dee plakas, doc nyc, documentary, donita sparks, jennifer finch, joan jett, L7, L7: Pretend We're Dead, movies, punk, Q&A, suzi gardner, sva theatre, The Lunachicks
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New York Renaissance Faire: 40th Anniversary Season
August 11th, 2017 by chocko
Huzzah! A couple of days ago marked the first weekend of the 40th Anniversary season of the New York Renaissance Faire. It’s a magical place where you feel like you stepped out of a time machine and ended up in a shire where wizards, knights, pirates and sweet singing sirens roam about. Be sure to […]
Tags: 2017, 40th anniversary season, fantasy, GSTQ, new york renaissance faire, nyrf, ren faire, renaissance faire, tuxedo new york
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DR. OCTAGON played IRVING PLAZA
June 23rd, 2017 by chocko
The Dr. Octagon Experience Tour recently wrapped up at NYC’s Irving Plaza. The tour celebrated the 1996 underground smash from outer space, the album titled Dr. Octagonecologyst. DJ Herbert Holler from the Freedom Party NYC shows, opened up the evening with a 45 minute set of real hip hop…heavy on the old school east coast […]
Tags: dan the automator, dj qbert, dr octagon, hip hop, irving plaza, kool keith, new york city, nyc
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Crate Diggers: WFMU Record Fair is Happening This Weekend!
April 28th, 2017 by chocko
Drop all your plans and get down to the 2017 WFMU Record Fair this weekend (April 28-30) located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Expo Center, 79 Franklin Street. Get ready to dig through crates and boxes of records, CDs and DVDs so start limbering up those fingers and get your scrawny legs ready to […]
Tags: brooklyn, brooklyn expo center, greenpoint, nyc, record fair, records, shut up weirdo, vinyl, wfmu
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Doyle played Gramercy Theatre
April 26th, 2017 by chocko
Doyle recently brought the horror business to Gramercy Theatre which I believe is his first NYC show since last year’s Misftis reunions at Riot Fest in Denver and Chicago. Doyle’s band, simply named Doyle features the following lineup: DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN-Guitar, ALEX STORY-Vocals, BRANDON PERTZBORN-Drums and BRANDON STRATE-Bass. Watching Doyle stomp around the stage […]
Tags: Abominator, Alex Story, Doyle, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankentstein, Gramercy Theatre, horror punk, live, misfits, new york city, nyc, punk rock, show
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Chiller Theatre Halloween 2016
March 7th, 2017 by chocko
Hey stank azz zombies and all you mummies! It’s Chiller Theatre time once again..a biannual celebration of all things horror, sci-fi and everything else in between. It’s the ultimate toy, model and film expo you will kick yourself in the pants if you miss. Get up out of your coffins, shake out the cobwebs and […]
Tags: chiller theatre, cosplay, halloween, horror, horror movies, Joe Lynn Turner, movies, new jersey, sci-fi, the dead elvi
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JIM JARMUSCH at Williams Center PATERSON Screening
December 30th, 2016 by chocko
Earlier in December, The William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts in Rutherford, New Jersey hosted a special screening of Paterson with the writer and director of the film, Jim Jarmusch in attendance. Jarmusch was in the house during a pre-reception in the lobby of the historic building and also to introduce the film […]
Tags: Adam Driver, cinema, Jim Jarmusch, movies, new jersey, nj, paterson, poems, poetry, rutherford, William Carlos Wiliams, Williams Center
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