For the third time this year, a Mötley Crüe member is Crüe-less in Colorado. Vince Neil is the band’s latest bad boy to venture out on his own when he hits Hawgfest, the seventh annual classic-rock rally from 103.5 The Fox, on Saturday, July 24. The Fox’s two-day event of…
Club 314 has followed Club Onyx into the darkness. Shortly after the Wreck Room closed five years ago, the void left behind was filled by the opening of Club Onyx at 314 East 13th Avenue, which served as the scene alternative to mainstream lairs like the Church, drawing drinkers and…
When a band’s lead singer goes by the name “Blackie Lawless,” there’s bound to be a little trouble — a premise W.A.S.P. rarely strays from. Lawless has been the mainstay member of this ’80s metal act that’s known more for its antics than its music, serving as singer and frontman…
The Aztlan Theater, at 974 Santa Fe Drive, has held a soft spot in my heart ever since it introduced me to some of the amazing music available in the city I’d moved to (specifically, Moore and Love .45’s original incarnation, known as Undertow back then). But every time I’ve…
Put another dime in the jukebox, baby: Joan Jett’s coming to LoDo. First Vixen of rock and roll Jett (aka Joan Larkin) and her all-girl band of Runaways were around long before today’s so-called grrrrls ever had a period to moan about. Spiked, edgy, yet undeniably feminine, Jett owns the…
Legends are supposed to last forever — but Hollywood Legends has called it quits after thirty years. Dennis Muck opened the club originally called After the Gold Rush at 5255 West Sixth Avenue in Lakewood in January 1974, and he closed the doors for good on June 21. Among the…
Metal Church is the perfect representation of ’80s-era speed metal. Even the group’s logo, its thick crimson letters peaked with jagged edges, remains quintessential ’80s. The Church has had several leaders over the past two decades, and its members have changed over time, but the music remains the same. Founding…
It was fun while it lasted. Less than a year after it opened in Lone Tree, in the 20,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Holoworld, the Avalon Events Center has gone dark. But owner Michael Cadwell, better known as “Caddy,” swears that the club, which Westword named Best Dance Club for…
This week, Loverboy roars out of rock and roll’s past to romance us once again. An ’80s act from north of the border, this ‘boy band cranked out a slew of solid hits and got us “Workin’ for the Weekend.” Aside from a doleful-voiced ballad from the chart-topping Top Gun…
Anticipation’s building for a steamy Tryst in Denver, but the main man behind the rendezvous is still keeping a few secrets. Although Paul Piciocchi, a self-described “chronic entrepreneur, passable photographer” and the man behind locally based Piciocchi Investments, has a specific opening date in mind for his new club at…
“There are things known,” Jim Morrison said, “and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.” More than thirty years after his death, the Lizard King still throws a hell of a party (as officials of the Paris cemetery where he’s buried are always complaining). So it comes…
Some musicians are just gluttons for punishment. Take former Guns N’ Roses members Duff McKagan, Slash and Matt Sorum. The three Axl survivors have joined forces with Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland in the band Velvet Revolver. A very talented cast, rounded out by the comparatively bland Dave Kushner…
If a bar owner wants to present live music, I think the requisite cabaret license should automatically be approved. Unfortunately, the real process is much more tedious, as Sudy Kudva has learned. Kudva, the new owner of the Squire Lounge,at 1800 East Colfax Avenue, is trying to get the city’s…
Dave Ralph began his career in the late ’70s, before many of his fans were even born. His ingenuity and inclusion of multiple influences from outside the dance-club norm changed him from wandering unknown DJ to one of the most sought-after names on the scene. Ralph is a born performer…
People love to hate Poison, but the band’s members are having too much fun to care. They tour faithfully, coming around Denver almost every year — and just as faithfully, fans keep showing up to hear them play. Because playing is what Poison’s always been about: pleasure in its many…
Quixote’s True Blue is on the move again. And Jay Bianchi, one of the three brothers behind Quixote’s, as well as Sancho’s Broken Arrow, Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey and Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom (notice a theme?), promises that this third incarnation of the live-music club will be “what we always wanted to…
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a longtime Colorado favorite, has returned to solid ground. When the act started in the late ’60s, it first tried the jug-band circuit but didn’t gain a real audience until it added drums and occasional electric guitars, creating the country-meets-folk-rock sound that’s still popular today…
LoDo has lost its Lucky Star. The twinkling testament to the ’80s was recently snuffed out, becoming a part of the past — the Do Me Generation — that it celebrated so slavishly. What happened? The club’s lease expired, and the property’s owners decided against renewing it. Rumors are streaking…
Back in the Reagan years, pop acts with serious messages were more subtle — which meant you could still have fun and enjoy the music. The Fixx, a British band that hit these shores in 1982, won fans with a smart New Wave sound in hits you could either dance…
The Paladium (1400 West 62nd Avenue) takes advantage of its sprawling sub-suburban territory: This white temple to the discotheque gods is surrounded by a vast, patrolled parking lot. The spacious building also houses Oasis, a gentleman’s club, whose inviting exterior of classic columns promises topless temptations inside. To skip the…
Remember Nelson? Of course you do. You know, the Teen Beat twins, Matthew and Gunnar, whose “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” played endlessly during the summer of 1990. Well, they’re back — or, rather, they’re still here. You’d think they would have been swept under the rug with…
Mötley Crüe’s tempestuous timekeeper, drummer Tommy Lee, has been through it all. His personal sagas range from a seemingly idyllic marriage to Heather Locklear to smooching with Prince’s ex-wife, Mayte Garcia-Nelson — not to mention his time spent in court, which has kept things interesting. But it’s his torrential tabloid…
