Korn (Band)

Here's What Not to Pack for Rocklahoma 2013, Which Features Korn and Guns N' Roses

This weekend the erstwhile comedy team of Cleaver and Falcon will travel north on 35 till they arrive outside of Tulsa for the three-day festival that is Rocklahoma. While preparing for their time spent in a tent and seeing Guns N' Roses, KoRn, Bush, Alice in Chains and Cheap Trick, the two had a di ... More >>

Morrissey feuds with Paul McCartney, Jimmy Kimmel, Staples Center, et al, But it's a Great Career Move

Like most Smiths fans under 30, I think I heard about Morrissey being pissed off for some reason or another before I'd heard him croon over a single perfect Johnny Marr riff. He's a self-consciously difficult figure to ignore once he's wedged himself into the news, a stout British guy with a volumin ... More >>

Oak and Campo Team Announce Bowery: A New Concept In The Old Lumi Space

Richard and Tiffanee Ellman (the people behind Oak) and John Paul Valverde (one of the people behind Campo) started teasing a few weeks ago that they have made a move on the old Lumi space on McKinney Avenue. This morning they announced the name and some details about the concept. Bowery will be a f ... More >>

Nikki McKibbin on American Idol, Paula Abdul and Singing About a Dog Named Germs

You might have seen Nikki McKibbin in the national media these days, recalling her time with Rodney King on Celebrity Rehab 2, but she's still singing around the DFW area in two bands: No Rest for the Wicked and Love Stricken Demise. The latter has a new EP, Psychotrip, and will support Warrant, Tri ... 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 >>

Ray Luzier of Korn: "I Almost Peed My Pants Before My First Gig With David Lee Roth."

Before earning a spot as the drummer for Korn, Ray Luzier played some high-profile gigs with David Lee Roth and Stone Temple Pilots. So the guy obviously knows something about working with temperamental frontmen. Speaking from a car while driving from Abilene to Lubbock, and in anticipation of Kor ... More >>

Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence: "People Hear Us and Say, 'Where the Fuck Do They Come From?'"

Bands that mash up several genres can produce some amazingly unique music as well as some unadulterated shit. New York's Mindless Self Indulgence is quite capable of doing both within the same song. For nearly 15 years, Jimmy Urine and crew have created what they like to call industrial jungle pussy ... More >>

Spoon, Jane's Addiction and This Week's Show Announcements

​It's been quite a few years since Austin's Spoon played an open-to-the-public show in Dallas. Odd considering that most notable Austin acts play in Dallas at least a few times a year. But that's what makes this show announcement so special. On Thursday, April 12, Spoon will perform at Granada The ... More >>

Over the Weekend: No Rest For the Wicked, 76, Here Holy Spain Crack Open the Double Wide

Eric Grubbs76​No Rest for the Wicked, 76, Here Holy Spain Double Wide Saturday, January 7 Better than: Listening to "live" records that were never recorded in front of live audiences. Saturday night at the Double Wide was a mixed bag that ran pretty late, even for a weekend show. A few minut ... More >>

Blondie, Nico Vega

Saturday, October 1, at the Granada Theater

Korn, Boots Electric, Pure X, and This Week's Show Announcements

​It would be a stretch to say that this week's show announcements are all that strong. There are some notable ones -- though perhaps not for the right reasons. For instance: On Sunday, November 20, the Palladium Ballroom has Korn and a handful of opening acts with names that don't mean anythi ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Michelle Pelissero Turned Part-Time Gigs and Internships Into a Full-Time Position with Kirtland Records

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Michelle Pelissero​Michelle Pelissero can be seen working at some of the luckiest of spots -- like rinkside at a Dallas Stars game or dead-center i ... More >>

Deftones

Monday, October 18, at the Palladium Ballroom

Whitt's End: 10.8.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *A sentence I thought I'd never live long enough to type: The American League Championship Series -- Texas Rangers v. New York Yankees -- starts one week from today at Rangers Ballpark in ... More >>

Korn in Concert: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Never have I seen so many tattoos under one tent than at Friday's Mayhem Festival at the Smirnoff/Super Pages Whatever Starplex. One guy had "Lamb of God" inked on his right calf and a girl - swear - had "KORN", with a backward "R" of course, on her neck.  9. ... More >>

Picture Show: The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour Rolls Through Dallas

Kevin TodoraRob Zombie brought the heat on Friday night.​ Ace photographer Kevin Todora trekked on out to the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which rolled through town for a stop at Superpages.com Center on Friday, so the rest of us wouldn't have to--and he came away with some killer shots of th ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.13.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Best news for your Texas Rangers is that they're not only successful, but extremely popular. Thursday night's Cliff Lee-pitched loss to the New York Yankees was not only a sellout, but also the hi ... More >>

Good Friday: Trees' Anniversary, Ace McNeely Memorial Concert, Doug Burr, Monco Poncho, Airline, Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Record Hop, Spooky Folk, The Beaten Sea, More.

​The Granada Theater's not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be celebra ... More >>

Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival

Friday, August 13, at Superpages.com Center

Rock 'n' Taco Can't Quite Hit the Power Chords

​What do tacos, LED light installations, and douchebags wearing graphic T-shirst all have in common? They were all present Thursday night when we visited the latest addition to the taco joint trend, Rock 'n' Taco. Occupying the space that was once Rocco's Pizza, Rock 'n' Taco is the first res ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Concerts I've Been To In Dallas

​Saw Blue October Friday night at House of Blues. Good. But not the best I've seen them. That would've been the show back in the summer of 2004 at the Lakewood Theater when lead singer Justin Furstenfeld - bum knee and crutches be damned - was as passionate as any singer I've ever seen. Got m ... More >>

Texas Rangers: The Hits Keep a Comin'

Neftali Feliz likes him. So should you.​I have no idea who or what Omega El Fuerte is. But if it's good enough for Texas Rangers' fireballin' phenom Neftali Feliz, it's good enough for me. When the ridiculous rookie enters a game over the weekend in a crucial series against the Seattle Mari ... More >>

Gig Alert: Brian "Head" Welch Tonight at The Prophet Bar

Bryan "Head" WelchAlthough never a big admirer of Korn, I can appreciate guitarist Brian Welch's decision to leave the multi-platinum band behind and dedicate himself to his chosen religion. The guy was baptized in the Jordon River and has built several orphanages in poverty stricken areas of India, ... More >>

The Ozz-Man Cometh

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

Value Pack

The Zapruder Sequence

The Zapruder Sequence (Self-released)

Godsmack and Adema

October 24

Ozzfest

June 29

Papa Roach

lovehatetragedy (DreamWorks)

Deadsy

Commencement (DreamWorks)

Scene, heard

Darlington disolves; Rubber Gloves gets booked; Mandarin time; Club anniversaries; Shabazz 3 heads north; Plus, much, much more

Letters to the Editor

Published January 20, 1999

No monkeying around

Baboon finally gets free of its label and releases its best, most grown-up record yet

Free Radish

Mercury Records will be making a huge mistake if it doesn't release Sha Sha

Out There

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Letters

The road to hell

A Fort Worth crime-prevention group is warning parents about Goth-rock, but is that such a good idea?

Heavy mettle

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

Out Here

Dedicated amateur

For longtime local music fixture Bucks Burnett, the playing is the thing

Life is a carnival

The musical midway of Citizen Lane

Fifteen nailsin the coffin

Or: Rock and roll isn't dead, it just doesn't smell bad