Category: When life and rock intersect

“The best fucking music there is”: A conversation with Martin Sweet of CrashDiet

Fleur the Kiwi Swedish sleaze metal/glam punk rockers CrashDiet visited San Francisco’s DNA Lounge in late March, and a few hours before the show, DGT&G snagged a corner table in DNA Pizza that provided an sort-of-quiet spot to chat with [...] Read more »

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We Confirm Rock of Ages IS the Best Show on The Strip

spandexpanda I was nervous about seeing Rock of Ages in Las Vegas. I had seen the film adaptation, of course. About the best thing I can say about the movie is that I didn’t hate it, but I have to [...] Read more »

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Rambling on: A conversation with singer/songwriter Sean Okin – Part 2

Fleur the Kiwi Singer/songwriter Sean Okin is an old friend of Hazelzworld’s from the late 1980s Bay Area club scene—the Stone, the Omni, One Step Beyond, and the others that were home to the glory days of hair rock. Sean [...] Read more »

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Rambling on: A conversation with singer/songwriter Sean Okin – Part 1

Fleur the Kiwi Singer/songwriter Sean Okin is an old friend of Hazelzworld’s from the late 1980s Bay Area club scene—the Stone, the Omni, One Step Beyond, and the others that were home to the glory days of hair rock. Sean [...] Read more »

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Body Art by Elf Interview Part 1: The Art of Rock

  spandexpanda Elf (just Elf) and his wife Angie Murphy are the proprietors of Body Art by Elf in Charlotte, NC. While this is their first foray into shop ownership, Elf has been working as a tattoo artist for six [...] Read more »

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Heart of Rock interview: Sean Okin. Vocalist, guitarist.

Fleur the Kiwi In the past twenty or so years, Sean Okin has created a lot of music with a number of bands — Alice in Smack, Sexcess, Cut Throat, and others — as well as solo. On the 2012 [...] Read more »

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Vintage Trouble: The Bomb Shelter Sessions

spandexpanda I owe an apology to the passengers and crew of a recent JetBlue flight from Boston, MA, to Charlotte, NC, for my behavior during boarding, which, while not illegal, certainly pressed the boundaries of good taste and the laws [...] Read more »

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Review: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx’s second book, This Is Gonna Hurt, comes out in paperback today; it first appeared in hardcover in 2011. We thought this would be a good time to revisit Fleur’s review of the book from last summer (first published on [...] Read more »

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Because They Can, But WE Can’t

the block of frozen meat formerly known as spandexpanda This. This is what my driveway looked like this morning. This is what all of southern New England looked like this morning. During the night The Blizzard of 2013– I think [...] Read more »

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Bass God: I met my idol … and it was wonderful

A guest post by Cheriqui Someone once said, “Never meet your idol unless you are prepared for disappointment.” Whoever said that apparently did not have as brilliant an experience as I did. Since I was about 12 years old I [...] Read more »

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