metal
Al Jourgensen - Ministry
Last night, Dos Equis Pavilion was transformed into a sonic battlefield as the legendary industrial metal pioneers Ministry linked up with Filter, Alice Cooper, and Rob Zombie to launch the highly anticipated Freaks on Parade Tour.
Read MoreThe Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Dallas, Texas, reverberated with seismic energy on the night of April 26th, 2023, as the Mega Monsters Tour descended upon the city, featuring two titans of the metal world: Mastodon and Gojira. The anticipation had been building for months, and the sold-out crowd was primed for an unforgettable night of intense music and mind-blowing performances.
Read MoreWords by Matt Stubbs
Those loud noises coming from Irving, on the evening of July 3rd, wasn’t premature firework celebrations for ‘Merica. It was the muses of the Unheavenly Skye Tour. And the culprits of all the noise complaints made that night was Coheed and Cambria, Every Time I Die, and Mastodon. This guitar-driven shindig went down at the Toyota Music Factory.
Read MoreWords by Matt Stubbs from the Jerry Jonestown Podcast Show
On Sunday night I had the honor to catch Baroness in concert with tour mates Deafheaven and Zeal & Ardor. This show was at Canton Hall, in Deep Ellum. It was an evening of cross-genre live music, with the exception of Baroness. These three musical performances were very different. But the one thing they all had in common is creativity.
Read MoreMy good friend Matt wrote the review for the show we covered, so I thought it would be fitting to include it below:
Mastodon and Primus at South Side Ballroom, Dallas TX.
By Matt Stubbs from the Jerry Jonestown Massacre Podcast Show
If there are two perfect matched bands to be on an early summer bill, Mastodon and Primus would be it. These two great bands played on Thursday night at the South Side Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. There was a third band that opened called, All Them Witches, but a stalled El Camino with a sweet wolf sunset decal on the tailgate kept us from getting to the venue in time for them.
Read MoreMulti-platinum rocker Bret Michaels kicked the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 into high gear when he, along with his band, headlined the Loud & Proud Pre-Race Show Powered by Ashley HomeStores. Bret was the former lead singer of Poison and a staple of the 80’s LA Sunset scene, now he’s on the road with his “Party Starts Now” solo tour. He’s backed by the appropriately named Bret Michaels Band that includes Shawn Hugues on drums, former Cinderella bassist Eric Brittingham, and Jamie Laritz on guitar. The set consisted of Poison classics like “Talk Dirty To Me”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”, and “Nothin But A Good Time” as well as covers of “Sweet Home Alabama” and the Sublime classic “What I Got”.
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