Revolting Cocks

Groovie Mann of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult on the act's emotionally charged live shows

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult began as a film idea that Frankie Nardiello and Marsten Daley had that never fully came to fruition. The two met while touring with Ministry, and in 1987, inspired in part by disco, exploitation films, the industrial scene happening around them in Chicago and a mutu ... More >>

Bill Picket's Invitational Rodeo

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Ministry's Al Jourgensen on his ties to Colorado: living in Breckenridge, attending Greeley High School and his ill-fated attempt at a rodeo career

Chicago is the city that most music fans probably associate with Ministry (due this Sunday, June 17, at the Ogden Theatre), and for good reason, as that's where the band got its start. Before moving to the Windy City, where the Wax Trax! label was headquartered, though, Ministry mastermind Al Jourge ... More >>

Fashionation celebrates its countercultural legacy with a 25th anniversary party on June 17

Things have changed quite a bit on the strip of 13th Avenue between Washington and Pearl streets over the last few decades. (Even mainstay Kelly's Superette closed up shop last week.) But even with all the ebb and flow of gentrification, Fashionation has maintained its black-painted storefront at 61 ... More >>

RIP Ronnie James Dio: The metal legend gone at 67. Metallica and others pay tribute

Ronnie James Dio, dead at 67, was one of the great metal voices.​Metal heads and dark rock connoisseurs everywhere are today without one of the most feared vocalists of the genre. Ronnie James Dio -- the prolific artist who fronted Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), Rainbow, Heaven and Hell and, of co ... More >>

Ronnie James Dio made a fine replacement for Ozzy in Sabbath. Who are some other notable surrogates?

The band retains the name

​In the world of heavy metal, lead singers are as indispensible as riffs and distortion--that is, except for when they get used up and thrown away like yesterday's drumsticks. While frontmen are the face and voice of many bands, they seem particularly prone to quitting, dying or getting fired, lea ... More >>

Clutch, Airborne Toxic Event, Chickenfoot Shows announced

Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith are ChickenfootOn the surface it might seem a bit strange throwing Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith together, but the four apparently gelled so well that they decided to ... More >>

Ministry's Al Jourgensen offers free EP

13th Planet Records, founded by Ministry's Al Jourgensen, has released a free EP for digital download via Vampirefreaks.com. The EP includes five unreleased tracks and remixes by Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Prong, False Icons and Stayte, plus a video from Ascension of the Watchers (founded ... More >>

Green Day, Journey, Crosby, Stills & Nash shows announced

As previously reported, Green Day will play its first gig in these parts in over three years when the band hits the Pepsi Center on Saturday, August 15. Tickets for that show go on sale Saturday, May 9. Some other big ticket shows, meanwhile, were announced this week, including a trio of shows at Re ... More >>

Meat of the Matter

There’s good reason to call Denver a cow town.

Q&A With Geezer Butler of Heaven and Hell/Black Sabbath

Heaven and Hell

Tuesday, September 25, Coors Amphitheater, 303-830-8497.

Front Line Assembly

Sunday, June 11, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Revolting Cocks

Friday, May 12, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Industrial Strength

After more than twenty years, KMFDM still gets the last laugh.

Hometown Boy Makes Bad

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

Lethal Dose

LD-50 makes electronic music that doesn't go down smooth.

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