Tempe – Page 11 – Every Show Joe

This Side of Buckeye

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Every Show JoeArizona, Guerilla Party, Interfate, marquee theatre, Phunk Junkeez, Tempe, Zoom

This night was a fulfillment of seeing one of the big local Phoenix bands when I was just finding music, listening to The Edge 106.3 in my car with my recently printed driver’s license. The Phunk Junkeez are self-described “alterna-rock rap hybrid.” I would put them in the alternative styles of the Rage Against the Machines and Limp Bizkits that were big or growing bigger in the mid-90’s. Also throw out a big thank you to JT Trick, who got me in and back stage for this show! We got…

Concerts

The Gypsy Punks

November 16, 2016November 22, 2016 Every Show JoeArizona, djderblaster, gogol bordello, marquee theatre, Tempe

This was a fantastic night of music! Well, other than it was off to a slow start. I don’t mind DJ’s, and they can be really engaging. However, opening up a show that many are out for a brand of rock and punk with forty minutes of a DJ can be a killer. It became a time of more continued socialization on my part. I glanced around the Marquee Theatre to see what looked like a lot of people disinterested or bored. I feel bad saying something bad about DJ…

Concerts

In The Whale on this Punk Sunday

November 14, 2016November 22, 2016 Every Show JoeArizona, In The Whale, Skull Drug, Tempe, We Might Be Wasted, Yucca Tap Room

This night started after the Arizona Cardinals game, getting to Yucca early to chomp down their wings as a dinner and chat football with Eric and Nate of In the Whale. This was in addition to a discussion of which team do we dislike more on Sunday Night Football, the Seahawks or the Patriots. We didn’t come to any agreement, mine being a division rival with impartial feelings toward the Pats and theirs being an AFC rival of their Broncos. Then we drifted onto other topics, and had a blast…