Rebel Lounge – Every Show Joe

Subhumans Return to Rebel Lounge

August 4, 2022August 5, 2022 Every Show JoeAnarcho Punk, Arizona, Garage Rock, Generacion Suicida, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Skull Drug, Subhumans

There are staples of every genre. The bands that are your must see whenever they come to town. They inspire and put on awesome performance after performance with every visit. They are equally bands who have been doing it since the early days of their genre that you look up to. The band I’m talking about that fits the bill here is the Subhumans. This marked their first visit back to the desert since before things shutdown in 2020. With Subhumans, we had local favorites, Skull Drug, to kick off…

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A Wilhelm Scream’s Electric Night In Phoenix

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Every Show JoeA Wilhelm Scream, Acoustic, Arizona, Brendan Kelly, Hardcore Punk, MakeWar, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Skate Punk, Skull Drug, The Falcon, The Lawrence Arms

There are amazing bands out there. Performances that stick with you and make you want to come back again and again. A band that does that with regularity is A Wilhelm Scream. They are about the energy of their music and they look like they love their songs as much as their biggest fans. On their first visit since music has returned, they brought the killer package of Lawrence Arm’s Brendan Kelly and MakeWar with the strong local support of Skull Drug getting the call to start. It has been…

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Doll Skin’s Hometown Show

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Every Show JoeAlternative Music, Alternative Rock, An Awful Mess, Arizona, Doll Skin, Emo, Phoenix, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Rio Wiley, Winterhaven

There are shows you circle on your calendar as must go. After the last year and a half, that has only further magnified those you miss seeing live and those you just have newly discovered. Doll Skin was of those I had circled from the moment it was announced. They are such an excellent band to watch live. For bonuses on the night, that would be getting to catch Winterhaven, An Awful Mess, and Rio Wiley additionally. Opening up was a bouncy and fun band called Winterhaven. This is the…

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Lagwagon’s Two Nights of Blaze and Double Plaidinum

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Lagwagon, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Red City Radio, Venomous Pinks

Getting to see a band once is a pleasure, but getting to see them two nights in a row is a double delight. There have been a handful of times that I’ve been able to watch a band two, or more, nights in a row like that. AJJ and Authority Zero are ones I have in the same venues back to back. The Slackers and Crazy & The Brains are two that come to mind that I’ve pulled off in two nights in two different cities. Regardless of whether the…

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I Fight Dragons Back In Phoenix

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Every Show JoeAcne Superstar, Alternative Music, Alternative Rock, Badger Springs, Chiptune, I Fight Dragons, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge

Music is one of the biggest joys in life. It takes us on journeys about personal lives to where the societal changes need to happen. It goes down the roads of humor, but sometimes serious and direct. In the world these days, the bands that bring that positive joy are what we need most. I Fight Dragons fits that bill with music and motivating lyrics while an engaging on stage presence from all five members. Bolstering this bill was Acne Superstar and Badger Springs from right here in Phoenix. Up…

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An Acne Superstar Release

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Every Show JoeAcne Superstar, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Cheap Hotels, Emo, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Phoenix, Pop Icons, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rebel Lounge, Troubled Minds

I’ve always thought if I had a couple million dollars, part of my goal would be to get a few local bands recorded and promoted out to the larger audience they deserve. One of the best examples of that would be Acne Superstar. This idea has roots in after the band took a little break from performing, when their lead singer, Nav, went to Florida for a summer. They played their first show after a couple months, once again standing out from the crowd that night. It had me questioning…

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The Four Eyed Horsemen Assemble In Phoenix

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Every Show JoeArizona, Four Eyed Horsemen, Hip Hop, MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Mega Ran, Nerdcore, Phoenix, Rap, Rebel Lounge, Schaffer the Darklord

One of the most consistent streams over the year and change without live shows was the Four Eyed Horsemen. The four that make up this group are MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Mega Ran and Schaffer the Darklord. The once a month streams were easily top of the pile in production. The effort put into the monthly themes, green screen and real backdrops and costumes further reinforced this. They were something that I could rely on while Covid shut down live concerts that always gave me smiles, laughs and times to…

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A Rebel Open Mic

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Almond Eyes, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Electrisad, Folk Music, Kim Capria, Old Star, Phoenix, Rebel Lounge, Soft Blossom, The Banter

It’s been over a year since I last took pictures at a venue of live music. The past year and a couple months have presented drastic changes in the way life has been for all of us. Though now vaccinated and I carry my mask around too, I have been edging my way back into getting out to live music. The past year has created points of anxiety I had not anticipated or have experienced like this before. Heading out to the Rebel Lounge open mic has been helpful in…

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One For the Bucket List

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Every Show JoeArizona, Good Riddance, No Gimmick, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Skate Punk, The Last Gang, Youth Brigade

Bucket lists are things made to keep track of events, activities, or actions we want to achieve in our lives. Sometimes they are ever rotating things in and out and other times remaining pretty stationary in who sits on the top. Since I started doing photography with a DSLR camera, concert photography has created a bucket list of bands I want to photograph. One of those would be Youth Brigade, the Stern brothers who not only have left a mark with BYO Records and Punk Rock Bowling, but on East…

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Putting the Politics In Punk

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Neighborhood Brats, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Subhumans, The Love Songs

I’ve seen it mentioned that with the current political climate, starting from 2016’s election, it would bring on a new generation of great political punk. However, I’ve always felt that was a misnomer. Punk bands have continued to rail against the political parties and policies. It is part of what is rooted in the beginnings of the genre and continues to permeate the songs from many punk bands to this day. It is scarier that songs from the infancy of the genre stand pretty accurate to modern day politics. That…