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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.
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Two decades ago Speak In Tongues closed; here’s SIX years of photos, clippings & stories from my collection in remembrance
The legendary Cleveland D.I.Y. venue was a crossroads for great musicians & artists—see artifacts that have never been online until now!
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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.
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…
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…
Under the bridge, Cleveland-style, with Brian Straw at Hart Crane Park; Or, how I learned to let loose in the middle of the Zika epidemic
This was a special event—an unsanctioned outdoor concert in a public space. I’m all for that kind of shit. NOW, STAY AWAY BUGS!
F**k the Pit: Coffinberry, Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & more at Pat’s In The Flats
Pat’s backyard was pretty magical when Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & Rob Sirovica took the stage with a noise-informed, rock-styled performance…
Electroclash in the Flats: The Foreign Exchange Students with The Cassettes at Pat’s
I was feeling suffocated by the gnarly dude-wall of folded arms at every fucking show. Enough! I needed to live. And dance.
Baptized as a bondage bottom by Misty Martinez at Pat’s In The Flats
This was THE disruptive, change-your-thinking concert no one—least of all me—ever expected it to be. Photos never before online!
Oblongata destroys Chris’ Warped Records
Oblongata were prescient—they called out the 21st Century before it had a chance to bum us all out. This post now fortified with new photos & info direct from the band!
The second to last Speak In Tongues show was the best Christmas of all time
One week before Cleveland’s beloved DIY collective ceased to exist we had the ultimate party with a wild cast of characters old and new…
Speak In Tongues photos: Flying Luttenbachers, Allergic to Whores, Ex-Models
It’s a Speak In Tongues free jazz jamboree with Weasel Walter and a venue packed with friends. This is what DIY music is all about…
Speak In Tongues photos: My Name Is Rar-Rar, Lozenge, Begit N Frenz, Mind No Mind, Scam Carnage vs. Spilt Milk
Classic Cleveland geniuses and errant Luttenbachers co-mingle in one of the greatest DIY shows of the 21st century at ol’ Speak In Tongues…
“Speak In Tongues on the Eastside”: Oblongata, Razak Solar System & Beckett take the Grog Shop
Could we create a Speak In Tongues package show and tour it around our hometown? I’m happy to tell you it worked!
Razak Solar System goes green for the Green Party at Speak In Tongues in 2000
The Green Party Of Ohio asked Razak Solar System, Viva Caramel, Brian Straw & a band aptly named “Bullshit” to play a Ralph Nader benefit…
Men’s Recovery Project with Razak Solar System, Mind No Mind & more at Speak In Tongues
Our idol Sam McPheeters played & we went all-out with a new venue in the basement (‘The Ashtray’) & a 12-page program—see it here!
Rare video! Lightning Bolt, Numbskull, Razak Solar System at Speak In Tongues
Lightning Bolt & Numbskull were bands that we understood and got us as well. And the crowd—so generous & excellent!
Speak In Tongues supergroup Walls Of Malm—plus Thrones, Lit-Ex & Warlocks in May 2000
This was one-night-only, no rehearsals Speak In Tongues supergroup Walls Of Malm playing an ambitious three-part composition by Brian Straw.
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Speak In Tongues mystery solved: GSMF, Puncture Wound, Begit N Frenz & some huge stars!
Help! I went through great effort and expense ($hooting with Polaroid) to document this excellent concert, but then wrote down no details…
Y2K—okay!? Dr. Zombie MD at Speak In Tongues with Zeek Sheck, Begit N Frenz, more
“Medical renegade Klaus von Zombie has reanimated the dead and enslaved them to be his backup band!” Re-live the horror!
Go behind the curtain of Razak Solar System’s ultimate Speak In Tongues performance
Post-Grunge audiences hungered for shock, you see. But only lard-butted, hard rock laggards trashed their instruments in the year 2000…
White knuckle shroomin’, The Basketball & Speak In Tongues, 1999
It was nearing the close of 1999 and I had yet to party. You know, really party. Magic mushroom therapy had to be the solution!
NOT the “Jim Clevo Stage”! The Divine Invasion at Speak In Tongues
I’m so proud to have played with this group: Bob from blue…MAX, Mike from Primitive / Sheilbound, Chris Young and myself…
Crypto-Christian freak folk: Danielson Famile & Soul Junk spread the word at Speak In Tongues
July 15, 1998 was an uplifting night of music at Speak In Tongues, captured by ace photographer Scott Badovick, for U.S. Rocker magazine.
Speak In Tongues legends Sarge & Franklin photographed by Scott Badovick, 1998
Sarge continued the tradition of Champaign, IL noisy pop. Philadelphia’s Franklin was produced by dub reggae icon Scientist. Far out!
‘Hypno drugnoise’ with Experimental Audio Research (aka Sonic Boom of Spaceman 3) & Bowery Electric at Speak In Tongues, 1996
I remember there were a LOT of photographers clicking away at this one. I printed one shot (see below). Afterward I lost the negatives. Ugh.