Over The Weekend: Bad Brains at the Granada Theater

Bad Brains, Spector 45 and Here Holy SpainThe Granada TheaterFriday, October 29, 2010Better than: reliving my punk rock past at home listening to actual records Before a sizable, middle-aged horde, legendary Washington, D.C. punk act Bad Brains put on a formable display of full throttle hardcore while still managing to…

Danzig, Marduk, Toxic Holocaust, Possessed, Withered

What better evening for the renowned dark metal master Danzig to play Dallas than Halloween? On what could well prove to be the last time Glenn Danzig performs in our area, the former Misfits frontman has decided to go out in style. By bringing along as openers four younger bands—most…

Bad Brains’ Punk Legacy Remains Untarnished

Even after 33 years, Bad Brains are still one of the most prominent acts in the history of American punk rock. Formed in 1977 by four African-American youths just hanging out in Washington, D.C., the quartet fronted by H.R. (aka Paul Hudson) plied its craft throughout the ’80s, creating a…

Helmet, Intronaut, Descender

Back in the band’s late ’80s/early ’90s heyday, New York’s Helmet were supposedly the thinking man’s metal band. But with their geeky clothes and cropped haircuts, Page Hamilton and crew were hardly a metal band, thinking or otherwise. What Helmet did was play aggressive post-punk that drew a crowd that…

Blitzen Tapper’s Easygoing Ways Are Working Out Well

Talking to Eric Earley, leader and founding member of Portland’s Blitzen Trapper, can be something of a disheartening experience. Earley’s not an unfriendly guy at all—quite the opposite in fact. The problem is his soft-spoken nature. He might be the first frontman in history who has trouble speaking up. “We…