Black Sabbath

Richard Thompson On Getting Older and Losing Meaning

Besides being a stellar guitarist, Richard Thompson is a superb songwriter and one hell of a witty dude. Over the course of four decades, Thompson has evolved from an above average, British folk rocker to a legendary guitarist plying his craft across several genres. Speaking from a tour stop in Ne ... More >>

Rex Brown is Ready to Talk About the Rise and Fall of Pantera

Pick up a copy of Official Truth 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera at any local bookstore or online at Amazon. Rex will be signing copies of the book at Barnes & Noble on Northwest Highway in Dallas on Tuesday night, March 19, at 7:00 p.m. Back in the Nineties, Panetra rocked venue after venu ... More >>

The 35 Must-See Bands at 35 Denton

So, this is definitely a top-five weekend in North Texas music annually. We're flush with bands this time of year, what with the mid-size tour Mecca four hours south and four days away. But much of what's going on in the Metroplex in the coming weeks owes at least as much of its awesome to our own d ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Shows in DFW

Perhaps the pressure of planning your witty political costume have driven you to write off Halloween 2012 altogether. Don't throw in the towel just yet! There are plenty of great shows around DFW this weekend and on Halloween night that will put you in the festive spirit, even if you've opted for je ... More >>

Waltz Around Our 100 Best Texas Songs

Dream Theater's John Petrucci On Obsessing Over Rush, Playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and More

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci took time out while the band was in Ohio a few weeks ago and talked about his first forays with music. It was expected Rush would be mentioned, but we also talked about the first time the band played Dallas, new drummer Mike Mangini's first show with the band, a ... More >>

A Not-So-Vulgar Discussion of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power

In honor of the recent 20th anniversary reissue of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, two music writers sat around a kitchen table and talked about it. One is clearly older than the other one. Eric Grubbs: When that record came out in 1992, what do you remember, aside from grunge and Nirvana being ... More >>

Derek Walker's Gone From Airwaves to Dirt Track

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

Megadeth's Dave Ellefson Talks About Christianity and Lady Gaga

After leaving Megadeth in 2002 and bringing a lawsuit against Dave Mustaine in 2004, very few people thought original bassist Dave Ellefson would ever appear with the band again. Yet, behind the scenes, over a period of six years, Mustaine and Ellefson were both rediscovering Christianity and havin ... More >>

2011 Music, Turned Up to 11

Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas Priest Talks Coming Out and His Band Continuing On.

For over four decades, England's Judas Priest has been making one hell of a heavy metal racket. Formed in 1969, the band didn't find widespread success until the late '70s and early '80s. But classic metal songs such as "Living After Midnight" and "Breaking the Law" (both off the seminal album Bri ... More >>

Last Night: Girl Talk and The Cool Kids at the Granada Theater

Girl Talk, The Cool KidsGranada TheaterJune 23, 2011Better than: sweating to the oldies.Ally Jayne HoffmanOf course there was confetti last night. It was a Girl Talk show, for crying out loud. See more photos in our slideshow.​Greg Gillis is not an aerobics instructor. But perhaps the man be ... More >>

Last Night: Cake at the Palladium Ballroom

CakePalladium BallroomDecember 30, 2010 Better than (eventually): The insane traffic that was backed up from the venue, all the way down Lamar, down the ramp and onto freaking I-30.Cake​ Cake has it figured out. For the uninitiated: The California-based nerdy rock outfit managed to not only b ... More >>

Listomania: Top 10 Most Annoying Songs Heard Regularly at Guitar Center (Not Counting "Stairway to Heaven," Duh)

Khue BuiNo "Stairway To Heaven," bro.​A musician's heaven can quickly turn into a musician's hell. If you need a new set of guitar strings or drumsticks, just head to that shining beacon of sundry rock and roll knick-knacks known as Guitar Center. It's a place where almost any piece of musical e ... More >>

Listomania: 16 Songs We're Sick Of Hearing At Sporting Events

No more Cotton Eyed Joe! Please!​You know the drill: A pitcher walks three batters in a row, and the coach comes steaming out of the dugout. Whoever's in the stadium's audio control box gets their cue, lunges for button, clicks it, and the entire stadium fills with "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye." The au ... More >>

Mr. Gnome is Tough to Describe -Just the Way the Band Likes It

Echoes and Reverberations: Our Radio Heads Are Waxing Nostalgic

The staff of the Zoo, as seen on Liles' bedroom wall poster.I was twelve years old and up way past my bedtime. The headphones were on and I was hiding underneath the blankets. The stereo was tuned to a Dallas radio station called "The Zoo". A DJ named JD was playing a track from The Beatles' W ... More >>

Torche Tries a Slow Burn

The Florida metal act takes the generic element out of its metal

The Ozz-Man Cometh

After years of touring the nation, Ozzfest 2008 finds a home in Dallas' suburbs

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

He Will Dare

The reclusive Paul Westerberg reaches out. Sort of.

The Perfect Valentine's Gift

Damageplan's New Found Power will leave you all warm andfuzzy

Bass Fishing

Drums & Tuba make rock out of nothing at all

Black on Black

Why Jables is a "cross between a lightning bolt and James Dean"

Hammer of the Gods

With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not a pejorative

So What?

Ministry isn't on a major label anymore, but Al Jourgensen still loves his job

A Big Hunk O' Love

eXtreme Elvis makes Vegas Elvis look svelte and classy

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

Doom Patrol

High on Fire's Matt Pike talks about Earache and stoner rocket science

In the Screening Room

For the Deep Ellum Film Festival, the third time's the charm

Scene, Heard

Todd Deatherage is moving to the Big Apple

The Nobody

Marilyn Manson won't destroy the world, but he just might save it

Still Alive!

Peter Frampton, the golden god of the 1970s, is, once more, Almost Famous

Folk 'Em

The new Broadside boxed set resurrects the intimacy and immediacy of New York in the 1960s

Scene, heard

Bad mouthing good bods; Keeping up with the Buck Joneses; the Broose is loose; Tim DeLaughter speaks; And much more

Hank's for the memories

Hank Williams III hopes that country gold comes in threes

Nothing's shocking

Danger is John Freeman's middle name

Out There

KISS rock 'n' roll over again

Minor threat

Henry Rollins is still taking care of business

Oh, brother

Charlie and Bruce Robison make their country family-style

Heavy mettle

Bless 'em, Dooms U.K. make art for Art Rock's sake

Don't call it a comeback

The Descendents renew their quest for ALL

Metal's crimson King

The mellow Satanism of King Diamond

The (British) empire strikes back

Ash tries to live up to the hype

Grading on a curve

This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

Off the record

After seven wacky years, 14 Records prepares to close its doors

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Uncle Whopelo?

Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town

Survivor, alive

Two decades after stardom, John Nitzinger tries to prove he ain't "D.O.A."