Marilyn Manson

Why Kanye West May Prove to Be the Perfect Punk Rock Rapper

This weekend Kanye West released two new singles off his upcoming album, Yeezus, in the most grandiose possible fashion. On Friday, he announced the video for his newest single, "New Slaves," would be projected onto 66 buildings across six cities around the world in one night. Crowds gathered by the ... More >>

Rachel Behring Tells Rock Star Hospitality Stories and Explains her Love for Local Music

Ever been backstage at House of Blues Dallas? Rachel Behring painted the cool murals you see on the walls back there of some of rock and soul's legends. But hell, that's just her showing she loves where she works ... and who wouldn't? Behring spent a good stretch of time managing backstage at HOB, a ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Divine Fits, Blue Oyster Cult, Ben Folds Five, Rob Zombie and More

As we sit in our cubicles, school chairs or desks today, the Texas sky is relentless with its 73-degree beauty, tempting all of us to turn on some tunes, throw up our hands and have recess. Texas has just reached the perfect time of year when all of the alchemy is correct for hosting a plethora of m ... More >>

Rob Zombie On Revenge, Frank Zappa and Frankenstein

All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with Rob Zombie, who will be performing with Marilyn Manson on the Twins of Evil Tour at Verizon Theatre tomorrow night. It'll be a fright night filled with elaborate stage designs, terrifying costumes and metal. I had a chanc ... More >>

Ten of This Weekend's Top Shows: Jane's Addiction, Marilyn Manson, Memoryhouse and More

Jane's Addiction, The Duke SpiritThursday, May 10, at McFarlin AuditoriumAfter seeing Perry Farrell (who is strangely older than my parents) perform a really bad set at South By Southwest a few years ago, seeing Jane's Addiction doesn't pique my interest as much as opening psych-tinged act The Duke ... More >>

Rasputina, Wilderness of Manitoba, Bravo Max!

Friday, November 11, at the Prophet Bar.

Cheer on the Concept: Hull Bassist Sean Dunn's Five Favorite Metal Concept Albums

Hull.​Metal has long been a canvas for the otherworldly. When the paper version of DC9 spoke to The Sword's lead man, J.D. Cronise, back in February, his answer to why metal is such fertile soil for the magical and mystical was rather matter of fact. "The music itself is just kind of extreme ... More >>

The Ten Best Music Videos Banned by MTV

​MTV has gotten some flack for censorship over the course of its 30 years on the air. The station, in addition to helping proliferate the music video concept, is equally known, it seems, for bleeping words, playing only censored versions of certain videos, relegating racy videos to late-night pla ... More >>

The Strangest Stage Names In Music History

Metta World Peace​When Lakers forward Ron Artest announced last week that he is legally changing his name to Metta World Peace, the Internet exploded with bafflement and criticism. Obviously, this is coming from sports fans. We in the music world are accustomed to odd stage names. Dallas' own Eryk ... More >>

Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons, Scissor Sisters

Monday, March 14, at American Airlines Center

Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?

OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...​According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>

Today In Music News: Bret Michaels May Be A Home Wrecker, Damon Albarn Keeps On Working And Marilyn Manson Goes Punk

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, November 4, 2010...It turns out the split of Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife Tish may have been caused by Tish doin' the deed with Bret Michaels.  Maybe she just wanted a guy who had a career, ya know?Damon Albarn just can't seem to stick to o ... More >>

2010 ALCS Game 4 - Rangers 10, Yankees 3: My Top 10 Observer-ations

This guy is the Yankees' only hope. In other words, 'tis over.​10. And that, my friends, is why I wanted the New York Yankees. Between CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera, this is a flawed pitching staff. Just ask the Rangers, who in this series have posted 5, 7, 8 and 10 runs in building a comm ... More >>

Listomania: 10 Bands That Suck Outdoors

​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

I'd Like My Pina Colada Improvised, Please.

Andrea Grimes, my Skinny Pina Colada and the cast of Dallas Comedy House's Megaphone Show​As many of our Internet-savvy readers have figured out by now, Andrea Grimes is back at ye ol' Dallas Observer. After less than a week back on the beat, Grimes and I had enjoyed way more than one alcoholic ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Big Pink and A Place To Bury Strangers at the Granada Theater

The Big Pink, A Place To Bury StrangersGranada TheaterApril 9, 2010Better than: Tinnitus, but only by a little.Kevin TodoraThe Big Pink went loud at the Granada on Friday.​Heading into Friday night's show at the Granada Theater, you had the feeling it was gonna be a special night. Electro-rock act ... 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 >>

First, a Tea Party; Then, a Shot of Ann Coulter

A Friend of Unfair Park who's thinking of spending the Fourth of July tea-partying out at Southfork Ranch -- "but only for Mickey Dolenz," she writes, and I smell fresh-baked sarcasm -- directs our attention to a forthcoming Dallas appearance by Ann Coulter, who'll be at the Fairmont Hotel on August ... More >>

Appetite For Instruction: Mai Tai

Demonstrated by A.J. Iammarino of Trader Vic's Dallas Guess what? Marilyn Manson is now shilling absinthe. Yep, as if Cabo Wabo and Trump Vodka weren't enough, now everyone's favorite goth poster boy is in bed with the naughty green fairy. We'll file it somewhere between the Danny DeVito Limonce ... More >>

Billboard Names House Of Blues Dallas The Top Club In The Whole Damn Country. No, Seriously.

Yep. Here's the press release announcing it: Dallas, TX – November 21, 2008: The 2008 Billboard Touring Awards took place last night at the Roosevelt Hotel Ballroom in New York City. House of Blues Dallas came away with the honors in the Top Club category. Other nominees in the category inc ... More >>

Dir En Grey

Wednesday, November 26, at Palladium Ballroom

Wilde Thing

An Ideal Husband awaits at SMU

Fitting In

The misfits are for everybody anywhere

Grind It Out With Pam

Heading Out

A prayer journal reveals life on the other side of Korn

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Ozzfest

June 29

Life is a Cabaret

BurlesqueFest busts out at the Gypsy Tea Room

Idol Chatter

Before she was a "star," Kelly Clarkson was already in the studio

Fear the Creeper

Feardotcom's cheap thrills work--for the most part

Tiger Trap

With so many other things to ask Le Tigre about, who's got time for music?

Blood Brothers

Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell

Scene, Heard

It doesn't matter what we say or think

Letters

Muzzle the Barking Dog, Glass Houses Dept., Highway From Hell, Bitter Holiday

Pyramid Songs

Nile is the sole practitioner of "Ithyphallic Metal." Grab a dictionary.

Scene, Heard

Butthole is back

They Got Music

Why does karaoke still exist?

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

Section-al harassment

Who's improv bit is it anyway?

Across the Bar

Rockville Music closes shop; Puerto Rico gets DJ Nature's call; Rubber Gloves still waiting for the Old 97's other shoe to fall; Pantera plays Detroit Rock City; Buck Jones Blushes

Nostalgic picnic

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Let it bleed

Fireworks goes back to the garage

Lilith of the valley

Gal-lapalooza sports the best outdoor vibe so far

The rise of Auntie Christ

Exene Cervenkova throws down the gauntlet

Life is a carnival

The musical midway of Citizen Lane

Out Here

Out Here

Star maker

Can Interscope do for four local bands what it did for Nine Inch Nails and Snoop Dogg?