2010 Vans Warped Tour Preview

The Warped Tour takes over Comerica Park's parking lots this Friday.

Forget OzzFest, forget any other major traveling festival- because the Vans Warped Tour is rolling into its 16th year and is now becoming a cross-generational event for rock fans young and old (but mostly young). The 2010 edition brings an entertaining mix [...]

Tour Spotlight- The Sextreme Ball

Lords of Acid hit Blondie's this Wednesday.

Two of the biggest names of the techno/industrial world of the genre’s early 90’s heyday are heading out as Lords of Acid and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult are out on tour together as they co-headline the “Sextreme Ball” tour.

The bands toured [...]

Gaslight Anthem Hit Their Stride

The Gaslight Anthem and Hold Steady play a sure to be packed Fillmore on Thursday.

One of the biggest groundswells to hit modern rock in the past few years is the New Jersey based band The Gaslight Anthem and it looks like the future can only get brighter.

The band [...]

Get Ready to Scream At St. Andrew's

Silverstein and others invade St. Andrew's Friday night.

The name could double as a low grade horror flick and given the poster art for the tour, you could probably give more credence to that notion. This year’s Scream It Like You Mean It Tour is not a horror flick, but a tour heavy [...]

Avi Buffalo's Two Night Debut in Royal Oak

Avi Buffalo makes their two night debut in the Detroit area open for Modest Mouse.

The tales of high school aged kids daydreaming in class about playing music for a living doesn’t generally pan out the way they planned, but for Avi Buffalo- his visions have definitely been the exception to [...]

Is This The End of the Scorpions?

The Scorpions' hurricane force rock hits DTE on Thursday.

After 40+ years in the music business, the band that brought German hard rock to the masses for the first time is starting to wind down their career. In 2009, the band announced to fans that the band had written their last [...]

Steel Panther's Wild & Raunchy Ride

You better "Feel The Steel" this Thursday in Royal Oak.

Even back in the glory days of 80s hair metal, most bands would have not named their songs “Asian Hooker” or “The Shocker”, but believe me- most of the lyrics of the songs would have probably alluded to it.

The whole era has to [...]

Big Four Live For The First Time

In case you can't make it to Bulgaria, the Big Four Live is the next best thing.

You can’t get much more metal than the names Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Known as the “Big Four” of thrash metal in the 80s, the bands have moved in different directions of the years [...]

Friendo Making Friends at Majestic Cafe

Don't confuse them with the movie "No Country For Old Men" like Wikipedia has.

When you search for the group Friendo in Wikipedia, for some weird reason it takes you to the reference made by Javier Bardem’s character in the award winning film No Country For Old Men before killing someone. I [...]

Tech N9ne Makes 1st Trip to Blondie’s

The always busy N9ne heads to Blondie's on Thursday.

One of hip-hop biggest underground names, Tech N9ne, is also one of its hardest working. From putting out six releases since 2006, and touring with more traditional hip-hop groups to fusion groups like Hed (pe) and Kottonmouth Kings, it’s easy to say [...]