Authority Zero – Every Show Joe

Punk In Drublic Returns To Phoenix

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Bell Bank Park, Bouncing Souls, Lagwagon, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Mesa, NOFX, Punk, Punk in Drublic, Punk Rock, Reggae Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Ska, The Last Gang, Venomous Pinks, Winterhaven

1994 was an important year in the resurgence of a punk rock that had gone back underground the latter half of the eighties. It marked a couple seminal albums released that year, including Green Day’s Dookie, Bad Religion’s Stranger Than Fiction and Offspring’s Smash. Another one of those big albums was NOFX’s Punk In Drublic. In the time since its release, the album has crossed the one million threshold and stands a fan favorite in punk circles. Beginning in 2017, it became the name of a punk rock and craft…

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A New Day

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Galaxy Punk, Madd Dog Tannen, marquee theatre, Miles to Nowhere, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Reggae Rock, Ska, Tempe

It was a night of nervous excitement for me. It was my first return to the Marquee Theatre in over a year and it was a day getting hyped by listening to the brand new Authority Zero album Ollie Ollie Oxen Free. There was anticipation in the air, not just from myself, but from everyone excited to see the night’s show after the past year and a half. It took a little for the spark to ignite, but that Marquee audience burst to life once they started to get comfortable…

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Photo Gallery: Le Tour DeVore 5

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Arizona, Authority Zero, Ballyhoo!, Chris DeMakes, Critical Miss, Fayuca, Gabo Fayuca, Haley Green, How Spangler, Jason DeVore, Less than Jake, Meager Kings, Mike Spero, Punk, Reggae, Reggae Rock, Ska, Ska Punk, Still Drunk Still, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

I’m back to going through photos from my backlog. This time going to January to the Le Tour DeVore. Jason DeVore, of Authority Zero, brought through a star studded cast of Howi Spangler, of Ballyhoo, Chris DeMakes, of Less than Jake, Gabo, of Fayuca, and Russ and Chris, of Meager Kings to the Yucca Tap Room. The tour entirely acoustic, giving people the opportunity to see these guys play their band’s songs and their own. That included an early peak at Chris’s first solo project live. Getting the chance to…

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Holiday Traditions

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Every Show JoeAuthority Zero, Black Mountain Moonshine, Bluegrass, Madd Dog Tannen, marquee theatre, Punk, Recker, Reggae, Ska Punk, Skull Drug, ZeeCeeKeely

Around the end of the year there are usually a few traditions that everyone tends to have. A lot of those tend to revolve around various holidays that come together around the end of the year. A lot are wonderful and usually a few can have those familiar family frustrations. However, there is the Authority Zero tradition that may not always land on New Year’s Eve, but it always close to it. Continuing a solid streak of bolstering the lineup with fantastic locals, the bill included ZeeCeeKeely, Black Mountain Moonshine,…

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Twenty Five

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Authority Zero, Hit the Switch, Not Confined, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Reggae Rock, Ska, Venomous Pinks

I can count on one hand the amount of local bands that I followed in high school that still perform today. Of that handful, there is one that has elevated to an international success and I keep purchasing every release to date. That band is Authority Zero. When I first found them, it was twenty years ago when I got my driver’s license and started finding my taste in music. The first lineup I knew was Jason DeVore, Jeremy Wood, Bill Marcks, and Jim Wilcox. I made every effort to…

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Random Joy

March 24, 2019April 29, 2019 Every Show JoeAuthority Zero, Coyote Tango, Danielle Durack, Harrison Fjord, Haymarket Squares, Hyperbella, Instructions, James Band, Katastro, Lighthouse, Los Nopaleros, Michael Coughlin, Paranova, Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Phoenix Rock Lottery, Pistoleros, Playboy Manbaby, Post Hoc, Sydney Sprague, The Banter, The Bittersweet Way, The Freeze, The Sink Or Swim, The Stakes, Treasurefruit

There are a few events that put together music in my favorite ways in Phoenix. One unfortunately came to an end in Viva PHX, while others continue to flourish like the Indie 500 at the Trunk Space. An event on that list, that I have loved every time I’ve attended, is the Phoenix Rock Lottery. In the six years, I’ve only missed the first one and last year’s due to an overlapping commitment. It is put together by Psyko Steve and the ticket sales benefit Rosie’s House. The rules are…

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Playing To Their Fans

December 28, 2018January 3, 2019 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Authority Zero, Good Boy Daisy, Madd Dog Tannen, marquee theatre, Nomada, Punk, Reggae, Rock, Ska Punk, Tempe, Torn at the Seam

Album releases tend to fit into a certain mold. They usually involve getting together with a band’s friends and playing all the new stuff off of that album. Although in this case, circumstances changed that. We found ourselves with an entire locals showcase to celebrate the new Authority Zero album. This night there was a familiar cast in front of them with Torn at the Seam, Nomada, Madd Dog Tannen, and Good Boy Daisy. This genre spreading cast did a superb job to lead up to one of my favorite…

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Saying Goodbye To Warped Summers

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Every Show JoeAk Chin Pavilion, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Assuming We Survive, Authority Zero, Doll Skin, Fenix TX, Hollowpoint Vigils, Phoenix, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Sundressed, The Used, Warped Tour

The last song of a Warped Tour was played on Sunday, in West Palm Beach and with Pennywise performing it. Huge props to Kevin Lyman, who put on the tour for 24 years. He managed to not only maintain a successful tour for over two decades, but evolve it to survive the entire period. It started as a punk dominated festival in its first decade. Then to the vein of a lot of vocal punks, found the blossoming Emo and Hardcore scenes as they were coming up in the 2000’s…

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EveryShowJoe’s Top 10 Influential Albums On His Life!

March 31, 2018 Every Show Joe10 Influential Albums, Authority Zero, Blink 182, David Benoit, Larry and His Flask, Less than Jake, MC Chris, NOFX, Reverend Horton Heat, The Aquabats, The Offspring

This idea came about as an exercise floating around the Facebook news feeds. The question was, what was the ten most influential albums on your life? For me, this was a chance go reminisce. To dig and research a little, correcting a little of my memories on what I heard before what. It brought out a couple of many stories I seem to have around my music experiences. Plus this will give you some insights into how my music tastes formed to where they sit today. So in not any…

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Best Albums of 2017: The Nationals Edition

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 Every Show JoeAlestorm, Anti-Flag, Authority Zero, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Best Of 2017, Direct Hit, Fare Game, Flogging Molly, Matamoska, PEARS, Propaghandi, Redneck Nosferatu, Rozwell Kid, The Bombpops, The Bronx, The Lillingtons, The Menzingers

While the locals list is certainly the more special list to me, that national list is a good glimpse into my personal taste. The national list of favorites I expanded to fifteen to include bands that aren’t local, but would be considered local if I did live in their city. There was certainly a couple that I felt blended in and beat a few of the national acts. So with that in mind, let’s go down the list from fifteen to my favorite album of 2017. Side note, a couple…