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Mean Deviation: Cynic’s Focus Celebrates 20 Years in Prog Metal Paradise

Above: Photo by Michael J. Mulley from MEAN DEVIATION of Cynic in the demo days, 1989. L–R: Sean Reinert, Jason Gobel, Tony Choy, Paul Masvidal. Okay, so this isn’t the Focus lineup, but it’s a great time capsule shot that underscores how ahead of their time these long-haired kids in bright shorts were.



In honor of the 20th anniversary of the September 14, 1993, release of Cynic’s groundbreaking and otherworldly progressive metal masterpiece Focus, we bring you a lengthy extract by Jeff Wagner...

Sunday 9/29: Dead Kennedys, TSOL, We Got Power! Authors Bringing Punk Lit to West Hollywood Book Fair

The DIY pioneers behind the most complete and immersive history of Los Angeles-area punk, We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk scenes from 1980s Southern California, will moderate a group reading with fellow punk authors at the massively attended West Hollyhood Book Fair in West Hollywood Park on September 29. Jordan Schwartz and David Markey will join Jack Grisham, frontman for T.S.O.L. and author of An American Demon, and D. H. Peligro, drummer for Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Nailbomb...

Thursday, 9/19: Laina Dawes Talks “Women in Metal” at Noctis Metal Festival

Since Black Sabbath unleashed the floodgates of the hellish sounds of heavy metal in 1970 it’s been believed that heavy metal is the domain of white, heterosexual males. Is this representation accurate?

Laina Dawes, author of What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, answers to stereotypes during a free “Women in Metal” seminar at 7PM, Thursday, September 19, at the Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival and Conference in Calgary, Canada. She will be joined by met...

SoCal Punk Invasion: WE GOT POWER! Author Event at Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, 10/4

We Got Power (Los Angeles) and Perihelion Arts (Phoenix, AZ), are proud to present “WE GOT POWER!”, a large exhibit of historic hardcore punk photos from the book WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz.

http://www.perihelionarts.com/

Opening Sept. 20 with an artist/author reception to follow on Oct. 4 featuring David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, the installation will feature acclaimed early live, posed, and candid photos of Black F...

Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Singing Metal Drummers

BLOODY ROOTS OF SINGING METAL DRUMMERS

Week of September 7, 2013

Sat 9/7, 6PM ET

Sun 9/8, 2PM ET

Tues 9/10, 3PM ET

Thurs 9/12, 9PM ET

Metal enjoys some of most inhuman drummers ever created, and a select few hammer-handed double threats further defy the laws of nature by singing lead vocals in their bands while pounding the skins. Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a salute to versatile powerhouses like Dan Beehler of Exciter, King Fowley of Deceased, Mike Browning of...

Sirius XM Bloody Roots Work and Metal Labor Day Special

BLOODY ROOTS WORK AND METAL LABOR DAY SPECIAL

Week of August 31, 2013

Sat 8/31, 6PM ET

Sun 9/1, 2PM ET

Tues 9/3, 3PM ET

Thurs 9/5, 9PM ET

From paycheck to pink slip, from penthouse to park bench, this week’s heavy metal history lesson celebrates the world of work and labor with songs by Iron Reagan, Crumbsuckers, Lich King, Darkthrone, D.R.I., English Dogs, Excel, Eyehategod, Fear Factory, Megadeth, and more! Workers of the world… know your Roots!

PLAYLIST:

Iron Reagan – “Paycheck” from DEMO 2012

At...

Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Has Landed

Beer… you take its life, but it takes yours, too! On a mission from Brooklyn HQ out to the Bazillion Points Outpost, we lucked upon a few bottles of Iron Maiden’s intoxicating new venture: Trooper beer, brewed by Robinsons of Cheshire, UK. Maiden’s mascot Eddie has definitely come a long way from the satin jackets and painter caps that the band was hawking when this “Trooper” artwork was launched back in 1982.

And the verdict: Trooper is a drier, spicier cousin of Newcastle Brown Ale, already...

Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Death ‘N Roll

Bloody Roots of Death ‘N Roll

Week of August 24, 2013

Sat 8/24, 6PM

Sun 8/25, 2PM

Tues 8/27, 3PM

Thurs 8/27, 9PM

Welcome to where the hammer meets the groove! As they matured, brutal death metal innovators like Entombed, Carcass, and the members of Furbowl rediscovered the sleazy groove of rock ‘n roll. Combining down-tuned speed and power with hip-shaking action resulted in death ‘n roll, and today’s heavy metal history lesson delves into the wet leather of Dellamorte, Helltrain, Como Muertos, Des...

Bloody Roots Metal Farewell to Allen Lanier of Blue Öyster Cult

Bloody Roots Metal Farewell to Allen Lanier of Blue Öyster Cult

Week of August 17, 2013

Sat 8/17, 6PM

Sun 8/18, 2PM

Tues 8/20, 3PM

Thurs 8/22, 9PM

This week’s heavy metal history lesson says farewell to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Allen Lanier (1946-2013), with classic BÖC cuts and covers by 3 Inches of Blood, Thrones, Candlemass, Tarot, Tesco Vee, Iced Earth, Metallica, and more. Billed as the “American Black Sabbath,” BÖC were giants of 1970s heavy metal, with haunting occult-laced lyrics and asto...

Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Motörhead

BLOODY ROOTS OF MOTÖRHEAD

Week of August 10, 2013

Sat 8/10, 6PM ET

Sun 8/11, 2PM ET

Tues 8/13, 3PM ET

Thurs 8/15, 9PM ET

In support of Lemmy and Motörhead, this week’s heavy metal history lesson charges into the depths of metal’s dirtiest band and its four decades of pillaging and disturbing all decency. Tracks by Motörhead and Hawkwind, plus blistering tributes by Metallica, Destruction, Sodom, Entombed, Wino, Sepultura, and Mudhoney. Know your Roots!

PLAYLIST:

MOTÖRHEAD – “Burner” from BASTARDS

HAW...