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20 years ago I became an Angeleno; Cobra Verde welcomed me—& Falling James got me a job!
This is how Carnage came to Los Angeles! Some crucial Clevelanders—and an L.A. icon—made sure I was okay after a wild journey two decades ago…
Happy 30th! Here’s every Grog Shop photo from my files
Were you at any of these classic shows during the Grog’s first decade? Congratulations to Kathy & all Grog people on the major milestone!
Vince Deliberato’s SUB-CLE is a Cleveland-centric podcast for music & culture fanatics
SUB-CLE is focussed on the real Northeast Ohio raconteurs. The doers, the rebels—and the foodmakers!
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RIP Pat: Here’s every Pat’s in the Flats photo from the U.S. Rocker archive
This is my tribute to Pat Hanych, proprietor of my favorite Cleveland dive bar, who passed last month. Tons of unpublished photos inside!
“Trying to convey an acid trip with mere words”: Speak In Tongues lives again in a wild new book
Author Eric Sandy & publisher Joe Biel take us behind the scenes of the deluxe oral history of Cleveland’s beloved punk DIY venue.
9 Shocks Terror’s SoCal tour with Tony Erba & Jim Konya changed my life
Twenty years ago I roadied for perhaps the greatest thrash / hardcore band this planet has ever known, 9 Shocks Terror…
An oral history of Junking Theory, one of 1999’s greatest bands
In this debut “Noise Rock Nugget” we examine a classic Speak In Tongues band featuring Bobby, Raphi, Danny and Dave…
Experimental folk singer Brian Straw talks new music, sobriety & Speak In Tongues
Brian Straw’s revelatory “Baby Stars / Dead Languages” channels the rebellion and slop of youth into a spare and supernatural new form.
Hardcore legend Tony Erba needs your help
Give what you can—Parma’s greatest natural resource must rise again! 9 Shocks Terror, Face Value, GSMF… Tony’s the best of the best.
Here’s my entire collection of Speak In Tongues photos, clippings & stories
The legendary Cleveland D.I.Y. venue was a crossroads for great musicians & artists—see artifacts that have never been online until now!
Duvalby Brothers singer Buzz Boron has left us a legacy of incredible music
Buzz’s songwriting and performances with the Duvalby Bros. both define and transcend the ’90s post-Grunge time period. He will be missed.
Listen: No Wave icon Lydia Lunch & Sean Carnage talk music, sex and life on the underground scene
It’s not often one gets the chance to spill the ol’ guts to a legend. So when Lydia Lunch calls, that’s a big freaking deal.
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U.S. Rocker writers’ favorite videos from the ’89-93 playlist
The highlights (& lowlights) revealed by U.S. Rocker writers, Cleveland musicians & fans.
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An oral history of U.S. Rocker—Ohio’s greatest rock magazine, Pt. I: The early years 1989-93
The story behind the #1 free metal, punk & underground music magazine, told by the folks who started it.
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All 101 issues of legendary ’90s underground music magazine U.S. Rocker are now online
U.S. Rocker, the greatest hard rock magazine to ever come out of Ohio, is available once more. For free. Like it’s the 1990s all over again!
I skipped the last Nirvana show to book my first concert—here are the recordings!
Sorry, Kurt. Craw and Boulder were the genesis of Monday Nights back in 1993—and their music has stood the test of time.
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U.S. Rocker’s Brenda Mullen in her own words
Who was this maven of metal, this seer with a skinny cigarette? Brenda’s U.S. Rocker encouraged creativity in 1990s underground music culture…
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U.S. Rocker’s Brenda Mullen has died
Brenda boosted the careers of countless underground bands, artists, writers & photographers with her influential and long-lived underground magazine…
I was the Easter Bunny for GSMF & the craziest Speak In Tongues show ever
Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000, will live in punk rock infamy. Now revised for 2021 with more photos & scandalous details…
1996 was the best SXSW ever: exclusive video, photos & more
Craw, Primitive (aka Sheilbound), Edsel, Throckmorton, The Frans—check out full interviews & never-before-seen images from the best Austin trip ever…
Recollections of Stephen Kasner, Artist
I’m sharing Kasner memories from Cleveland and Los Angeles, plus images and a U.S. Rocker that have never been online before…
Capturing the Cleveland scene: An interview with Ryedood
Meet Ryan “Rye” Kennedy—he was at all the rad Cleveland underground concerts with his video camera. Watch his videos and read his story…
Internet premiere! 9 Shocks Terror video EP & “Cleveland Thrash Salad”
Step into the Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody, we’re emptying the video vaults & making some classic Cleveland thrash available online for the first time…
My cat wants you to win the new Peter Laughner box set
Follow @seancarnage on Instagram and leave a comment—win the Laughner box before it comes out August 2nd!
Peter Laughner gets the box set treatment (finally)
The mythic Cleveland rocker has been long overdue for an official, high-quality release. Thunk!—here it is. Read my review…
“You Are The Yeti”: 9 Shocks Terror at the Euclid Tavern, 1999
Cleveland Punk Fest was THE summer concert for Cleveland counterculture types like myself. So let’s go back there, shall we?
Cleveland in Los Angeles photos! Duvalby Bros. with members of Biblical Proof Of UFOs at Cafe NELA
It’s always a thrill seeing old friends bring the house down in L.A. the way only Buzz Boron and the Duvalby Bros. can do!
L.A. Zine Fest photos: Mothers Of Gut, Pleasure Leftists, French Vanilla, more
9/23/13: L.A. Zine Fest fundraiser featuring Mothers Of Gut, Pleasure Leftists, Exorcisms, Spokenest, French Vanilla and readings by The …
5/13/13: Jew Cocks, White Murder, Leaking Pigs, Clark Walter’s “Sports Fitness,” Fuckass & the Grease Patrol
5/13/13: Jew Cocks, White Murder, Leaking Pigs, Clark Walter’s Sports Fitness and Fuckass & the Grease Patrol at Pehrspace.
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Cleveland bands Biblical Proof Of UFOs & Duvalby Bros. rock DTLA!
I walked into the Redwood Bar & Grill in Downtown Los Angeles and stepped into a tesseract to the best of mid-1990s Cleveland, Ohio!