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2011 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Review: Speedwolf at The Marquis Theater, 12/16/11

  published Dec 17, 2011

  SPEEDWOLF @ MARQUIS THEATER | 12/16/11Speedwolf vocalist Reed Bruemmer feigned surprise at the end of the band's set last night and asked the audience if they actually wanted to hear the band cover KI... More >>

• Reed Bruemmer and Richie Tice of Speedwolf on "Denver 666" and having a sense of humor

  published Dec 16, 2011

  The members of Speedwolf (due tonight at the Marquis Theater) specialize in brand of no frills metal in the vein of Motorhead and Venom, played with the playful ferocity of a hardcore band. The guys... More >>

• Speedwolf releases Ride With Death, December 16 at the Marquis

  published December 15, 2011

  We're very serious," notes Speedwolf frontman Reed Bruemmer, "about being lighthearted." Speedwolf is equally serious about writing... More >>

• Bleachedblonde

  published December 15, 2011

  Though not related to the Los Angeles band featuring former members of Mika Miko, Bleachedblonde nonetheless shares some of the gritty garage... More >>

• Dir En Grey

  published December 15, 2011

  Like a lot of bands from Japan, Dir En Grey is impossible to pigeonhole. This foursome is a weird alloy of disparate yet compatible styles,... More >>

• Critic's Choice: Dangerous Nonsense plays December 16 at the Oriental Theater

  published December 15, 2011

  Dangerous Nonsense is one of those bands that most people struggle to describe, then end up referencing some kind of metal. There may be... More >>

• Review: Guns N' Roses at 1STBANK Center, with Black Label Society, 12/11/11

  published Dec 12, 2011

  GUNS N' ROSES at 1STBANK CENTER | 12/11/11 Some bands wait until the end of the set or an encore to pull out its most beloved material. Not Guns N' Roses. Two songs into the set, the instantly famil... More >>

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  Guns N' Roses guitarist Dj Ashba on that time his pal Neil Diamond urged him to join GNR

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Guns N' Roses (due Sunday, December 11 at 1STBANK Center) is a household name at this point and hardly needs an introduction. During the late 1980s, Guns proved that you could come out of L.A. and not... More >>

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  Review: Converge at the Marquis, 12/8/11

  published Dec 09, 2011

  CONVERGE at the MARQUIS THEATER | 12/8/11 When Converge played the opening strains of "Worms Will Feed/Rats Will Feast" last night, the place erupted, with almost everybody taking part in a massive s... More >>

• Jacob Bannon on the accessibility of Converge's music: "We're not made for first-level listeners"

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Converge (due tonight at the Marquis Theater with Git Some and Glass Hits) is one of the most influential of the what some might call post-hardcore or metalcore acts still going. Formed in the early '... More >>

• Review: ohGr at the Bluebird, 12/07/11

  published Dec 08, 2011

  OHGR AT THE BLUEBIRD | 12/07/11"Don't do coke," Ogre urged the audience at the Bluebird last night. "Because I sure fuckin' did, and it nearly killed me." This unvarnished pronouncement from ohGr's fr... More >>

• After a whirlwind year, members of Sauna look back at 2011

  published December 8, 2011

  In the fall of 2010, Robin Edwards of Lust-Cats of the Gutters wrote to CJ MacLeod and Ethan Hill and asked if they wanted to play a... More >>

• Torch the Wagon

  published December 8, 2011

  Between Josh Homme's various bands and Fu Manchu, Torch the Wagon's influences are easy to pick out. Even so, this isn't the stoner-rock sort... More >>

• Guns N' Roses

  published December 8, 2011

  Everyone has heard of Guns N' Roses, and for better or worse, most people have a strong opinion of the band. But what's often lost in the... More >>

• Converge

  published December 8, 2011

  The mathcore and metalcore titles attributed to Converge never quite fit. If musical precision is a requirement for the former, and heavy,... More >>

• True Aristocrats, December 10 at Road 34 in Fort Collins

  published December 8, 2011

  The same people who would label True Aristocrats' music as "prog" would probably think the same thing of Naked City or Mr. Bungle. Not... More >>

• Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie) on how ohGr differs from Skinny Puppy and the death of Michael Jackson

  published Dec 07, 2011

  ohGr (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater with Left Spine Down and Orbit Service) is a project involving Mark Walk and Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), the legendary frontman from influential and pioneering ... More >>

• Review: Scott Kelly at the Hi-Dive, 12/3/11

  published Dec 04, 2011

  SCOTT KELLY at HI-DIVE | 12/3/11There were plenty of signs around the hi-dive last night indicating that this was an acoustic show. Meaning: Talking was ill-advised. Even so, some people near the stag... More >>

• Fire in the Asylum

  published December 1, 2011

  This is the rare album that bucks expectations from beginning to end. Although "Circles!" employs that normally grating nu-metal screaming... More >>

• Rise Against

  published December 1, 2011

  These guys didn't invent melodic hardcore; they spent their early years releasing albums on Fat Wreck Chords. This included 2003's... More >>

• Scott Kelly

  published December 1, 2011

  As a vocalist and guitarist in the foundational experimental metal band Neurosis, Scott Kelly's influence has been deep and far-reaching, even... More >>

• The Colorado Composers Collective gathers at the Walnut Room on December 3

  published December 1, 2011

  Founded by David Thomas Bailey of FaceMan, the Colorado Composers Collective includes incredibly accomplished musicians who believe that... More >>

• Review: Peter Murphy at Bluebird, 11/28/11

  published Nov 29, 2011

  PETER MURPHY at BLUEBIRD | 11/28/11The highlight of last night's show came during the encore, when Peter Murphy came back on stage wearing a short fuzzy hat that looked like a Fez, playing a twelve-st... More >>

• Review: Varlet at Larimer Lounge, 11/26/11

  published Nov 28, 2011

  VARLET AT LARIMER LOUNGE | 11/26/11One of the high points of this show was when Lilly Scott said we would be taking a break from the pre-recorded readings from Naked Lunch that opened the show and fil... More >>

• American Idol's Lilly Scott now has to "turn those forty-something moms into Larimer Lounge bar-goers"

  published November 24, 2011

  Lilly Scott formed Varlet with her brother David when she was still in high school. In 2009, after playing some low-key local shows, Lilly... More >>