Drowning Pool (Band)

How Alan Keys Revived Reno's Chop Shop, and What He Thinks Deep Ellum Needs Now

Around Deep Ellum, Alan Keys is best known as "Alan from Reno's"...the guy who threw a hell of a party for many years at Reno's Chop Shop, bringing a pretty raucous and heathy-sized rock crowd in. Keys networked hard to get a lot of national touring acts to stop by for a drink or two as well: Avenge ... More >>

Last Night I Got Intimate with Drowning Pool: Photos

Dallas' own Drowning Pool has a new album -- its first with lead singer Jasen Moreno. He's the fourth man to fill that spot and the transitions haven't always been easy or smooth. But the band is clearly comfortable with Moreno. Comfortable enough to take a crack at an unrehearsed acoustic set last ... More >>

James Villa Might be Dallas' Most Passionate Photographer, and He's Starting a Publication

Showing up to see a starving local rock band from the neighborhood is a nice gesture within itself, but to show up ready to work...for free...well, that's support worth noting here. The DFW rock scene, specifically, has been pretty lucky to have James Villa showing up the last 12 years. Villa is on ... More >>

VideoBob Mosely Went from Geek to Artist for Pantera: "If My Magnum Could Talk"

This isn't the first time the Observer has reached out to "VideoBob" Mosely. If memory serves, he popped up in the City of Ate blog when he took over Reno's Grill for a spell, with a pretty visionary menu of barfood taste sensations, lots of self-designed movie props (Mosely does them professionally ... More >>

The Story of the Handsome Guy Bandit Was Made for Hollywood*

(*The Handsome Guy Bandit thinks so, anyway.)

Hollywood Records' John Nicholson Knows How To Make Pyrotechnics Out of Tomato Juice Cans and Gunpowder

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lima, Peru, native John Nicholson has helped out a lot of DFW musicians over the years. His early gigs included Sound Warehouse, Bill's Records and label promotion for Polygram, A&M and V ... More >>

Vince and Dawn Barnhill Have Seen a Million Faces, Rocked Them All

​ Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Vince and Dawn Barnhill have been running Universal Rehearsal since 1987, five years before they tied the knot. Over that time, they've hosted rehearsals by Erykah Badu, The Dixie ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Five Finger Death Punch, All That Remains, Hatebreed, Rains

Five Finger Death Punch.​Five Finger Death Punch, All That Remains, Hatebreed, Rains The Palladium Ballroom November 12th, 2011 Better than: the Cain Velasquez/Junior Dos Santos heavyweight title fight. Even though getting to the Palladium Ballroom was difficult around 7 o'clock on Saturday ... More >>

Drowning Pool's Music Video For "Let The Sin Begin" Was Mostly Shot at The Boiler Room...

A still from the video for Drowning Pool's "Let The Sin Begin"​We've had a handful of stories recently on DC9 featuring Dallas heavy metal heavyweights Drowning Pool -- thanks mostly to the band's bass player, Stevie Benton, who purchased and took over operations at Deep Ellum's The Boiler Room ba ... More >>

Drinking on the Job: Drowning Pool Members Unsuccessfully Tend Bar at The Boiler Room

Your bartenders for the evening.​Last Thursday, we caught wind of a publicity stunt being pulled by Drowning Pool member Stevie Benton. And, of course, we took the bait. He announced via Facebook that he and fellow Drowning Pool member, drummer Mike Luce, would be tending bar at his newly purchase ... More >>

Good Friday: Steve Earle at Billy Bob's Texas, Plus The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Steve Earle​There are some pretty big shows coming to town this weekend -- massive ones, actually. But you'll be hard-pressed to find a more important singer than Americana legend Steve Earle, who will perform at Billy Bob's Texas on Saturday night.He's not the only legend playing in town this wee ... More >>

Drowning Pool Members to Tend Bar at Newly Re-Opened Boiler Room Venue Tomorrow Night

Warning: watch out for flying bottles tomorrow night.​It appears that Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton is fully committed to his new post as owner of The Boiler Room in Deep Ellum.When we spoke to him a few weeks ago, just after he had reopened the Deep Ellum bar, he told us he'd basically open ... More >>

Now Trending in Deep Ellum: Former Rockers Opening Clubs On The Streets They Once Played

​Most musicians who make it big had to start somewhere. For every sold out arena show or big festival slot, there were at least a couple of open mic nights in empty, seedy dives. For many area rock stars and former rockers, those dives were on Elm, Main and Commerce streets in Deep Ellum -- often ... More >>

Another Deep Ellum Spot On The Way: The Free Man Looks To Mix Cajun Food and Dallas Music

​Deep Ellum is about to get yet another addition to its growing list of restaurants and music venues. The Free Man, which will open as a Cajun style cafe in the space formerly occupied by Sol's Taco Lounge, will serve as both a restaurant and a venue.The Free Man's owner, John Jay Myers, a longtim ... More >>

Drowning Pool Bassist Steve Benton Reopens The Boiler Room In Deep Ellum

Stevie Benton totally owns the bass guitar, and now, The Boiler Room​It hasn't been very long since The Boiler Room in Deep Ellum closed down, but we've just received word that it is being reopened by someone with quite a bit of history with Deep Ellum. Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton and a fe ... More >>

Good Friday: 35 Conferette, Toadies, Slobberbone, The Civil Wars, ADd , Big Hud, Drowning Pool, Mint Condition, Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils & More!

​As we've reported, Denton's 35 Conferette is well underway, and the first set of reviews have already trickled in. We'll have plenty more for you as the festival continues on over the weekend, so if you find yourself with a little extra dough, head north for the weekend. But if you'd rather stay ... More >>

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Drowning Pool React To Their Song "Bodies" Being Linked To The Arizona Shooting Tragedy

​The mainstream media has a long history of placing the blame on music when it comes to finding motives behind maniacal acts of violence. So why should this past weekend's massacre in Tuscon, Arizona, be any different?It isn't, turns out: On Monday, the Washington Post ran a piece raising question ... More >>

Picture Show: KISS Fans at Pizza Hut Park

All photos by Roger CaldwellCheck out more photos of KISS in our slideshow.​In Darryl Smyers Q&A with Tommy Thayer, who has played guitar in KISS since 2002, Thayer mentioned his weight-loss from the strain of the tall shoes and heat of the lights. Bottom line: it's hard work to dress up like ... More >>

Over the Weekend: KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is . . ., The Envy, Revengeance at Pizza Hut Park

KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is..., The Envy, RevengeancePizza Hut ParkSaturday, September 18, 2010(Way) better than: getting drunk and watching KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Roger Caldwell"How 'bout a little Kiss?"​It was the same old KISS that showed up on Saturday ... More >>

Good Friday: Kiss, Pixies, Daughtry, Drowning Pool, Harlem, Dungen, Lazer, Rusko, Sleepy Sun, STEW, Derek Webb, Cas Haley, Shonen Knife and More!

Harlem. Just your average pirate/cowboy/federale, rock band​This weekend sees a pretty stacked list of local shows and touring shows alike, but the biggest of all is probably the extravaganza happening in Frisco on Saturday. As we mentioned yesterday, Kiss, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., ... More >>

KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., Drowning Pool

Saturday, September 18, at Pizza Hut Park

Good Friday: Spooky Folk, Sarah Jaffe, Eaton Lake Tonics, John David Kent, The Burning Hotels, Drowning Pool, Sara Hickman, Jacob Metcalf, and Dove Hunter The Orbans

​It's been a crazy day around here, what with the big NX35 announcement and all. Part of us doesn't want it to end; the rest of us can't wait for the weekend to start.Oh, who are we kidding? We're pretty stoked about this weekend--and for good reason, too, as there's plenty happening. First, as al ... More >>

Giveaway: One Pair of Tickets To The Fray PLUS HOT DOGS AND DRINKS

As part of Live Nation's continuing No Service Fee Wednesday (now going by the initials NSFW, which caused me to open the press release quite a bit quicker than I might have otherwise, I'll have to admit), Live Nation is once again offering tickets for select shows at an "all-in" ticket price of $29 ... More >>

Live Nation Drops Lawn Prices For Select Shows

They're doing it again. Live Nation is offering $24.99 (and, in a couple cases, $19.99) lawn tickets for select Starplex (I still refuse to call it Superpages.com Center) shows today only during this week's installment of No Service Charge Wednesday. Until 11:59:59 tonight, lawn tickets purchased at ... More >>

Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service ... More >>

The Ozz-Man Cometh

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

Thief! Thief!

That radio station's stealing Christmas!

Odds & Ends

Baby, we got them House of Blues blues

Remembering Dave

Drowning Pool loses a singer, Dallas loses a star

All Wound Up

Stereo Fuse discovers the ups and downs of life on a major label

Bad Business

The snooze alarm is going off, and the folks in the music bizneed to wake up and take notice

Zac of Kittens

Also: Theatrically Nonexistent

Waste of Good Air

More thoughts on the Dallas Observer Music Awards

Rave On

Electronic acts make a good showing around town

Just a Suggestion

South by Southwest comes to Austin, but why can't Dallas get in on the action?

Rumor Mill

Old 97's breaking up? Who told you that?

Now's the Time

Stereo on Strike gets in the Christmas spirit

Totally Hits

A great year for local music gets better

Scene, Heard

Getting some closure

Scene, Heard

It doesn't matter what we say or think

Scene, Heard

Butthole is back

Scene, Heard

When is a local band not a local band?

A day that will live in infamy? Nah

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