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Christian McPhate is an award-winning journalist who specializes in investigative reporting. He covers crime, the environment, business, government and social justice. His work has appeared in several publications, including the Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the Miami Herald, San Antonio Express News and The Washington Times.

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Adult Swim’s Dethklok Have a New Album and Movie: See The Animated Band Play in Dallas

By Christian McPhateAugust 30, 2023

Dethklok comes to town on Aug. 31.

The Music Industry Mourns the Loss of Dallas Musician Daniel Jones

The Music Industry Mourns the Loss of Dallas Musician Daniel Jones

By Christian McPhateJuly 21, 2023

A Dallas Booker T. graduate, Daniel Jones was a big source of Dallas pride.

Lockjaw Shows Off Its Shiny New Metal With Album Relentless

By Christian McPhateJuly 6, 2023

Lockjaw has a new singer, whom you might remember from Pantera-favorite Jacknife.

The Late Dennis Gonzalez Will be Honored With a Father’s Day Tribute Show

By Christian McPhateJune 14, 2023

The late, great Dennis González forever changed the local music scene. His sons are honoring him with a tribute band which will play his music this Father’s Day.

Documentary About Mineola Swingers Club Case Tracks How a Fantastic Crime Was Likely a Fantasy

By Christian McPhateMay 25, 2023

Chickens were sacrificed. Spells were cast. Wearing witches’ outfits, adults allowed one of their students to fly around on a broomstick at a swingers club in Mineola, Texas. Ages 4 through 7, the four children didn’t know about the “sex kindergarten in a trailer park” in the early 2000s when…

Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth Bans Terror, Possibly Other Hardcore Acts After Security Incident

By Christian McPhateMay 10, 2023

The Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth is being accused of allowing security to interrupt a show. The venue says rowdy fans are the reason they are no longer booking hardcore shows. Other metal acts are boycotting the place.

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A Cockrell Hill Park Tells a Crucial Part of the Vaughan Brothers’ Story

By Christian McPhateMay 8, 2023

Stevie Ray Vaughan wasn’t much older than the South Park gang when he first appeared on stage with his older brother Jimmie at the Cockrell Hill Jubilee. The 1965 celebration took place at the Hill Theater in Cockrell Hill, a small community surrounded by Oak Cliff and just down the road…

What’s Listed in Larry McMurtry’s Estate Sale? Typewriters, Pistols and His Duct-Taped Boots

By Christian McPhateMarch 28, 2023

Larry McMurtry, right, was a Pulitzer and Oscar winner and iconic Texas author. Before Chip and Joanna cover his former bookstore in burlap, you can buy some of his personal belongings.

‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’ Faces Charges After Running for Mayor as a Convicted Sex Offender

‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’ Faces Charges After Running for Mayor as a Convicted Sex Offender

By Christian McPhateFebruary 24, 2023

The self-proclaimed Godfather of Heavy Metal didn’t run for Arlington Mayor in early 2021 “to become a poster boy for fighting a ruling that said that convicted felons couldn’t after they finished their sentences,” as he pointed out in a recent Observer interview.

Ozzy Osbourne’s Full Moon Has Finally Set With His Retirement Announcement

Ozzy Osbourne’s Full Moon Has Finally Set With His Retirement Announcement

By Christian McPhateFebruary 2, 2023

In a Feb.1 statement posted to Twitter, Ozzy Osbourne announced that due to damage to his spine from an accident four years ago, he would no longer be touring.

The Gibson Guitar Docuseries Is a True Lesson in Music Appreciation

The Gibson Guitar Docuseries Is a True Lesson in Music Appreciation

By Christian McPhateJanuary 11, 2023

For decades, Gibson built its acoustic guitars at a factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Artists such as B.B. King and Johnny Cash made them famous.

North Texas Country Artist Isaac Hoskins Appears on <i>Yellowstone</i>

North Texas Country Artist Isaac Hoskins Appears on Yellowstone

By Christian McPhateJanuary 4, 2023

Isaac Hoskins knew the gentleman in the crowd was important. Standing onstage at the Magnolia Motor Lounge in Fort Worth, Hoskins was playing another opening slot at a Friday night gig as he’d been doing for nearly two decades now.

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Tribal Gaze and Its Deadly East Texas Metal Goes Well With Tourmates Creeping Death

By Christian McPhateDecember 15, 2022

Singer McKenna Holland was 14 years old when he first started perfecting his death metal chops. The East Texas native has always been a metalhead, but he then discovered deathcore and the extreme stuff.

North Texas Pastor Lobbies Congress for Compassion and Reform for Immigrants and Dreamers

By Christian McPhateDecember 14, 2022

Rafael Munoz understands the importance of the issue facing “Dreamers” in the federal courts. He’s a first-generation child of an immigrant family from a border town near Del Rio, where he was born. It was a personal journey for him and his family, and one he’s been trying to help…

Hemp Farmers and Marijuana Advocates Face a Burning Question: What Exactly Is Legal in Texas?

By Christian McPhateDecember 14, 2022

Tristan Taylor always thought he’d be a preacher. He liked to talk, so he’d been told growing up that he’d be either behind the pulpit or in front of the camera as a politician spewing promises he wouldn’t keep. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 360 pounds, Taylor dreamed of playing in the…

Late Musician Jess Barr Was the ‘Real Deal.’ Even Stephen King Was a Fan.

By Christian McPhateDecember 13, 2022

Slobberbone’s guitarist, Jess Barr, had this cocky thing he used to do onstage whenever he finished a kickass guitar solo.

Lamb Of God Is Making a ‘Pissed-Off’ Tour Stop in Dallas

By Christian McPhateOctober 20, 2022

Guitar World has dubbed Lamb of God “the most important contemporary metal band in the world,” hailed the group as the architects behind the “new wave of American heavy metal” as torchbearers of the heavy metal that Megadeth

Two Dallas Lawyers Teamed Up to Get Session Musicians $45 Million in Unpaid Royalties

By Christian McPhateAugust 18, 2022

Chastity “Chaz” Marie was fresh out of high school when she and her sister Stephanie got hired as background singers on country superstar LeAnn Rimes’ album Sittin’ On Top of the World.

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GWAR Continue Expanding Their Universe With a New Album, Documentary and Comic

By Christian McPhateJuly 20, 2022

Blóthar the Berserker looked upon the Civil War soldiers crawling from their graves around Richmond, Virginia, where the band GWAR originally formed in 1984.

Pantera Is Touring Again and Not Every Fan Is Happy About It

By Christian McPhateJuly 18, 2022

On Wednesday, a Billboard headlined announced: “Pantera to Tour in 2023 for First Time in Over 20 Years.”

Bernard Wright, Sampled By Everyone, Mentored Young Musicians

By Christian McPhateMay 24, 2022

At 12 years old, Bernard Wright impressed jazz fusion drummer Lenny White with his musical prowess. Even then, Wright had an unparalleled ear for funk and jazz,

Snotty Nose Rez Kids Carry the Pride Into Award-Nominated Hip-Hop

By Christian McPhateApril 22, 2022

As snotty nose kids on the Haisla Nation reservation in Canada, the Snotty Rez Kids played a lot of basketball and dug graves for their loved ones.

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