Dead Kennedys

The music scene supports songwriter Mike Marchant as he battles cancer

Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork on playing a homemade drum kit made of cardboard boxes

Soilwork formed in Helsinborg, Sweden, in 1995 and developed out of the Gothenburg melodic death metal mold, incorporating aspects of NWOBHM and other styles of music to forge an angular yet flowing sound of its own. Though clearly rooted in prog, there is enough of punk frayed edges in the band's m ... More >>

Marc Ribot on collaborating with David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and recording with Tom Waits

Los Lobos singer and guitarist David Hildago clearly knows his away around Latin music, and so does guitarist Marc Ribot, who's played with a ton of folks over the years, from Tom Waits and Elvis Costello to John Zorn and the Lounge Lizards. When the two bring their Border Music duo to the L2 Arts a ... More >>

Hank 3 on the self-contained anarchy of his shows, from a stabbing once to a heart attack

See also: Hank 3 at Boulder Theatre, 9/4/12 Hank 3 has one of the most unimpeachable country music pedigrees of anyone alive: His grandfather is the late Hank Williams Sr., one of the pioneers of both country and rock and roll, and his farther is Hank Williams Jr. To his credit, Hank 3 has never re ... More >>

Ghosts of Glaciers on keeping humor in metal: "Metal is not meant to be completely serious"

See Also: Ghost of Glaciers at the Mouth House, 7/20/12 Ghosts of Glaciers has played a lot more shows than most bands in the two years since forming. Because the metal group's sound isn't just rooted in that style exclusively, the trio has been able to appeal to a wider audience. The outfit's heav ... More >>

Twenty fabled moments in Denver music: #16: Radiohead's gear gets jacked in 1995

Over the course of the next few weeks, Backbeat will be counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, a look back at the time when Radiohead had all of its gear stolen outside the Rockmada before a 1995 show at the Ogden Theatre. Okay, so it's bad enough that Radiohea ... More >>

Wait, so Dave Grohl doesn't hate dance music? Evidently not.

So Dave Grohl, through his peeps at Nasty Little Man, just clarified the seemingly incendiary remarks he made during his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards last weekend when he was picking up his Gramophone trophy. Turns out, as suspected, he wasn't ripping on dance music specifically, his com ... More >>

Review: Ween at the Fillmore Auditorium, 12/29/11, Night One

WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT ONE | 12.29.11 | See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night two) and 12/30/11 (night three) Early in the first show of Ween's three-night stint at the Fillmore, guitarist and frontman Dean Ween offered the crowd a simple game plan: "We're Ween. We're the band for the ... More >>

Is Stranahan's the punk rock of whiskey? Ask the bartender...

​Growing up in New Jersey, I was a punk-rock kid. I started with Iggy and the Stooges, the Ramones and the Clash, and moved on to Bad Brains, Fear, the Misfits, early Bad Religion, then into NY hardcore, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, etc. As the '80s progressed, so did my punk-rock fervor. I re ... More >>

An interview with Ideal Fathers in advance of their farewell show tonight at the Larimer

​Over the course of a line-up change or two, Ideal Fathers Ideal Fathers, playing its final show tonight at the Larimer Lounge, developed a sound and a stage presence that probably would have been lumped in with "dance punk." But there was always an agenda in the band to inspire people to wake ... More >>

Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets on the band's legacy and his vivid lyrical imagery

Photo by Jaime Butler​When Meat Puppets (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater with Bad Weather California and The Black Box Revelation) formed and released its first few records on SST in the early '80s, the Phoenix-based act challenged punk rock conformity with its eclectic blend of countrifie ... More >>

John Elway demands that Elway change its name, because, well, it was his name first

There's only room for one Elway in this town.​Had to see this coming, right? I mean, it was only written on the wall in giant, ten-foot, orange letters. Just two weeks after we published our profile of Elway, the affably, ambitious punk quartet formerly known as 10-4 Eleanor, received a "hey w ... More >>

Max Cavalera of Soulfly talks about his history and darkly humorous song titles

​As the leader of Sepultura for over a decade, Max Cavalera helped put Brazil on the map. From the beginning, the outfit was clearly influenced by punk rock as much as it was by other metal bands, as evidenced by its socially conscious lyrics, its grassroots efforts to get its music out into t ... More >>

Not player-haters: Hayter's opens in LoDo, Rockaway Tavern opens on Broadway

Slim Cessna rocks late-night eats at Pete's Kitchen after his Denver shows

Gary IsaacsSlim Cessna misses green chile sauce.​Slim Cessna hasn't lived in Denver for a decade but that doesn't mean he's forgotten where he came from. Cessna, who fronts the band Slim Cessna's Auto Club, has lived in Pittsburgh since 2000 but still practices and records his brand of countr ... More >>

Q&A With the Fluid’s Rick Kulwicki

Q&A With the Fluid’s Garrett Shavlik

Dead Kenny G’s

There’s nothing smooth about the subversive jazzy punk funk these cats play.

Murphy's Law

Andrew Murphy carries on a long-distance love affair with Denver music.

Wave of the Past

Nouvelle Vague does new wave the really old-fashioned way.

The Hills Are Alive

Matt Fecher brings the sound of music to Fairplay.

Beauty and the Bestiality

Quit horsing around, Bob Beauprez!

X Marks the Spat

Puttling Colorado on the map.

Down Is Up

System of a Down is rock's least likely success story.

Under the Influence

Under the Drone shreds stoner-rock conventions.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Funky Symmetry

The Charlie Hunter Trio strikes a jazzy balance between brains and heart.

Matli Crew

Ozomatli imagines one world under a groove.

The Beatdown

Bashing hip-hop is not going to solve LoDo's recent problems.

Evolution Rock

With the world on the brink, it's high time for Year Future.

Punk of Ages

Down by Law's Dave Smalley still emits a positive charge.

Hometown Boy Makes Bad

How Al Jourgensen's years in Colorado helped shape Ministry's unique musical fury.

The Calm After the Storm

The Weakerthans leave the noise, but not the idealism, of punk rock in their past.

Backwash

Please, don't try to classify Tony Furtado.

Off Limits

See you in Telluride.

The Bottom Dollar

The members of the 8 Bucks Experiment enjoyed a moment as movie stars. Now they're back to the real-life business of punk rock.

Drag City

Hemi Cuda likes the cars -- and the songs -- that go boom.

Greatest Schiz

For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Everything's Zen

The punk-soul warfare of Zen Guerrilla.

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Over the Moon

A new breed of country fan is taking a shine to Moonshine Willy.

Irons in the Fire

They're punk. They're ska. They're Christian. They're Denver's Five Iron Frenzy.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SPEARHEAD'S UP

THERE'S NOTHING DISPOSABLE ABOUT MICHAEL FRANTI'S LATEST ADVENTURE IN HIP HOP.

IN YOUR PIGFACE

HERE COMES THE NEW BOSS

THE BLUEBIRD FLIES AGAIN