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After 27 years Solar Wimp explodes with music
Jeremy, Mark & Justin explain the band’s history—from Peoria, Illinois to Los Angeles—& why it’s quitting time!
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!
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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 Tons of unpublished photos inside!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.
Noise Rock shows its Pride: Japanther, Early Humans & Black Eyes in DC, 2002
20 years ago, New Lou Reeds’ Stephe DK, Coffinberry’s Nick Cross & I set out from Cleveland to see the best bands ever play Gay Pride…
My first concert at 924 Gilman: The Futures from Japan, Out Cold & Capitalist Casualties
Nowadays I’d never be like, Let’s go to a show in the Bay on a random night! And drive all the way from L.A. But that’s what I did in 2002…
Pointless Orchestra goes all the way out in Tremont
Before I hit the road for L.A. in 2002, I paid my respects to Pointless Orchestra, a trailblazing hybrid group of far-out musicians…
California comes to Cleveland: Annihilation Time, Fields Of Fire with 9 Shocks Terror at the Grog Shop
In George W. Bush America, I didn’t want to hear complacent or arty music. Includes pages from Ben Edge’s tour diary!
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…
Weird times at the old Grog Shop: A Festival of Seans, one Black Key & Har Mar Superstar
Sean Tillmann, the Black Keys’ Pat Carney, Robert “The Kid Stays In The Picture” Evans, Ron Jeremy—they’re all in this tale of Sean-sanity!
“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…
Don’t remove your underpants for GSMF at the Legion Of Doom
I’m not an Erba or a Rose. A Roder or a Lean Steve—certainly not a Human Frybox. So why did I de-pants my own damn self at this punk venue?
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!
Banging our heads on the keyboard of life: Razak Solar System at the Beachland Ballroom, circa Y2K
Razak Solar System were Speak In Tongues refugees on the wrong side of town, playing to an empty room in the year 2000…
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…