Rock ‘n Roll – 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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Different City, Same Skatercon

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Every Show JoeArizona, Blues, Change Today, Chuck Treece, Corky's Leather Jacket, DFL, Go Betty Go, Joe Wood, Phoenix SkaterCon, Psycloptopus, Punk, Punk Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Santa Rita Skatepark, Since We Were Kids, Skatercon, Teenage Bottlerocket, The EarlyGrabs, Tucson, Urethane

They say a change of scenery can do you well. For Skatercon 6, that meant heading to an entirely different city for the first time in Tucson. The five past prior ones have all been held in Phoenix. This time, we were about an hour and a half south with Mt. Lemmon in our backdrop at Santa Rita Skatepark. Skatercon in a different city did what it does best loaded with bands and skaters, local and touring. A little bit of technical issues playing into it made our Phoenix local…

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Boston to Berkeley Tour Returns For A Sequel

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Every Show JoeDropkick Murphys, Mesa Amphitheatre, Punk, Punk Rock, Rancid, Rock 'n Roll, Ska Punk, The Bronx

The first Boston to Berkeley Tour took place in 2017. Five years ago everyone was in amazement that these two punk rock powerhouses came together to tour. On that one, it was with the legendary The Selector and Kevin Seconds for the Phoenix stop. Flash forward to this past Tuesday and both Dropkick Murphys and Rancid are back at it for a part two with the amazing Bronx in tow. As you figured from above, opening up is one of the most energized bands in punk rock with the Bronx.…

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Concerts To Consoles: Episode 45 – Old Fashion Assassin

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Concerts To Consoles, Diddy Kong Racing, Heavy Metal, Interview, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Old Fashion Assassin, RareWare, Rock, Rock 'n Roll

On the latest Concerts To Consoles, our local Heavy Metal rockers of Old Fashion Assassin are testing their kart racing pedigree with a little Diddy Kong Racing on the Nintendo 64! Watch on YouTube or listen on podcast services now.

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A Day at the Sidepony Express

December 13, 2019December 14, 2019 Every Show JoeAcoustic, Alternative Music, Alternative Rock, Arizona, Ben Anderson, Bisbee, Bisbee Grand, Chuckleheads, Copper City Saloon, DOMS, Folk, Folk Punk, Gnarwhal Jrz, Las Chollas Peligrosas, Melissa Reaves, Monty O'Blivion, Old Bisbee Brewing Company, Prose and Cons, Punk, Rad Dude, Rae Lydia, Rock 'n Roll, Sidepony Express, St. Elmo Bar, The Bittersweet Way, The Exbats, The Maybe Next Years, The Quarry, Tiny Bird, Treasurefruit

A little over a year ago, this festival out of town was brought to my attention. Even though I knew one of the organizers, it was not until I formally met another that it truly sunk in to go. Unfortunately, last year had an overlap of our local Phoenix Ska Punk Bowling and bad combination of not taking Monday off for the longer road trip. However, this year, I took the plunge down to Bisbee and the Sidepony Express Music Festival. Sidepony Express is a festival on its 8th year…

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Super Rad!

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Folk, Heavy Metal, Indie Rock, Jacob Turnbloom, marquee theatre, PPL MVR, Rock 'n Roll, Rocksteady, Ska, Tempe, The Aquabats

There are bands that are just pure joy. That joy can come to an audience through the lyrics they write, the way they perform, or just in how they treat their fans. For me, the Aquabats bring all of those kind of joys. Not only that, they were the second ska band I got into after discovering the genre. The song that first grabbed my attention was the one about school lunch and a celebrated food, “Pizza Day.” I have been attending their performances for the past fifteen years, not…

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A Night of Storytelling

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Folk, Folk Punk, Frank Turner, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Ikeda Theater, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Rock 'n Roll

Authenticity goes a long way. It is being true to oneself. It is not giving another version of you in front of others. For some people, they have a public version and a private version of themselves. This is the case with musicians, where the lyrics written are not always about oneself. They may be telling a story or creating a persona different from their own. With Frank Turner, he puts himself into his lyrics and is true to who he is during any performance. His latest visit in a…

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Down In The Underground

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 Every Show JoeArizona, Garage Rock, Masked Intruder, Mesa, Nile Underground, Potty Mouth, Punk, Rock 'n Roll, The Bombpops

Sometimes you just got to power through the pain for things you love. That applies to this night’s show in two ways. First, I was two days removed from spraining my knee in the pit at Agent Orange. However, I’d been looking forward to seeing friends in the Bombpops and these three bands together for about two months. I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to be there even if I had to wear a compression brace to be able stand for it. Second, it was the Nile Underground. If…

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Photo Gallery: The Damned, Radkey, and The Darts

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Every Show JoeArizona, Garage Rock, Horror Punk, marquee theatre, Punk, Radkey, Rock 'n Roll, Tempe, The Damned, The Darts

A new feature that I will use time to time are these Photo Gallery posts. In this case, I wanted to be sure to post up the full collection of pictures from the night of The Damned tour coming through Phoenix with Radkey and our own locals, The Darts! I was taking pictures for Yab Yum this night, so you can see the accompanying words Tom Reardon put to a couple of these pics by clicking here. Enjoy!

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Celebrating Celebration Guns

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Every Show JoeAlternative Rock, Arizona, Bear Ghost, Captain Squeegee, Celebration Guns, Indie Rock, Instructions, Phoenix, Rebel Lounge, Rock 'n Roll

Not everything I go to sits in the punk rock and ska genres. Through my first years with a driver’s license, I listened to our local Edge 106.3, and later 103.9, station playing alternative rock. In part that was because the Ska Punk Show was only on Sundays. This has continued with the local airwaves from KWSS and Alt AZ. With that said, one of my favorite alternative and local bands, Celebration Guns, has a brand new album. For the occasion they put together the awesome line up of Captain…