Ian Christe's Blog, page 85
October 4, 2013
We Got Power! in Phoenix 10/4 & 10/5: Support the Scene!
The wayward youth of Southern California are running wild with the tumbleweeds in the streets of Phoenix, AZ, this weekend. WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California authors David Markey and Jordan Schwartz are headed to the desert for a weekend of photos, films, and fun:
First Friday Party, Oct. 4 from 6–9 PM, Perihelion Arts presents:
Exhibit of classic photo prints from the original WE GOT POWER!negative scans, featuring Black Flag, Minutemen, Red Cross/Redd Kross, G...
October 3, 2013
Laina Dawes: Black Women in Metal in Texas, North Carolina, and How Far You Send Her!
Laina Dawes has been blowing open an explosive discussion of race and gender in the metal scene with her widely celebrated What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. After honing her platform with appearances including the Noctis Festival in Calgary, the Intl. Conference on Heavy Metal and Popular Culture in Ohio, and the Three-Minute Story series in Brooklyn, Dawes has scheduled a slew of new U.S. events, starting with two appearances in Austin, TX, and one...
September 27, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Welcomes Bill Steer and Jeff Walker of Carcass
Bloody Roots Welcomes Bill Steer and Jeff Walker of Carcass
Week of September 28, 2013
Sat 9/28, 6PM ET
Sun 9/29, 2PM ET
Tues 10/1, 3PM ET
Thurs 10/3, 9PM ET
Bloody Roots heralds the return and Billboard Top 50 success of the almighty Carcass with a visit from carnage kings Jeff Walker and Bill Steer. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) walks the pair through the new album Surgical Steel, early influences including Repulsion and Chaos UK, and Carcass-related bands Blackst...
September 25, 2013
Unseen Steve Double Photos of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Tad, to Appear in Experiencing Nirvana Book
The upcoming book Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Sub Pop Records cofounder Bruce Pavitt, will include two dozen never-before-seen black and white photographs of Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Tad, shot by renowned photographer Steve Double, taken the breakthrough night of Sub Pop’s LameFest UK, at London’s Astoria Theatre, on December 3, 1989. As described in the book, LameFest UK was a pivotal gig, the most significant night in Nirvana history until that point. Miraculously, the St...
We Got Power! LA Punk Book Authors: “We Just Loved Hardcore Music”
The Phoenix New Times recently sat down with David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, L.A. punk archivists, to discuss the smoldering early moments of Southern California hardcore punk. Markey and Schwartz present over 400 photos and essays by Henry Rollins, Dez Cadena, and many others from Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, the Vandals and other bands in their behemoth hardcover historyWE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California(Bazillion Points Books).
Jordan Schw...
R.I.P. Bill Bartell, aka Punk Legend Pat Fear of White Flag
Above: Pat Fear, White Flag, the Vex, East L.A., 1983. (Photo by Jordan Schwartz)
Pat Fear of White Flag passed away. He was a contributor to We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, and was an unshakeable fixture on that scene since long before it existed. He was also a longtime collaborator of our author Tesco Vee. Our condolences go out first and foremost to Dave, Jordan, and Tesco, friends who have lost a very old friend.
The b...
September 22, 2013
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Occult Rock
BLOODY ROOTS OF OCCULT ROCK
Week of September 21, 2013
Sat 9/21, 6PM ET
Sun 9/22, 2PM ET
Tues 9/23, 3PM ET
Thurs 9/25, 9PM ET
Dialing down the brutality and turning up the eerie spirit, this week’s heavy metal lesson by Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) summons the bewitching often female-fronted occult rock bands including The Devil’s Blood, Blood Ceremony, Coven, Purson, Ghost, Jess and the Ancient Ones, and the awe-inspiring new discovery Mansion. Join our circle, and know your...
September 18, 2013
Today Is the 31st Anniversary of Metallica’s First Show in the Bay Area
The mighty “Cirith Umgoo” couldn’t make it to San Francisco, and were replaced by another Metal Blade discovery from the first Metal Massacre comp., Metallica.
Today is the 31st anniversary of Metallica’s first show in San Francisco. They came, they conquered a small but hugely appreciative crowd, and then they went back to Los Angeles. Basically, they left their hearts in the Bay Area, though. They couldn’t wait to return.
Young Brian Lew was an excited eyewitness to this first Metalli-conques...
Printer Proofs of Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt
We just received wet proofs from the printer for Experiencing Nirvana, Grunge in Europe, 1989. These are a few pages of shots by Bruce Pavitt and Steve Double that we wanted to test. Scale is about 11″ high per cut page. All in all, the book includes over 200 unseen shots of Sub Pop bands from Washington State, Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Tad.
September 17, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal Time-Lapse Recap 1983 to 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal Time-Lapse Recap 1983 to 2013
Week of September 14, 2013
Sat 9/14, 6PM ET
Sun 9/15, 2PM ET
Tues 9/17, 3PM ET
Thurs 9/19, 9PM ET
For this week’s metal history lesson, host Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast/Bazillion Points Books) quickly traces back thirty years of intense and ambitious aggression. Checking the pulse of metal from 1983 to 2013 in highly opinionated five-year intervals, the advances in technique and technology become clear in tracks by Mercyful Fat...
