In the early part of the twentieth century, horror grew to be a very popular genre of film. The world came to know such iconic horror characters like Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein, Quasimodo, and The Phantom (thank you Universal Studios). Audiences were scared, Hollywood became rich, and everybody wanted a[…]
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How Could Hell Be Any Worse? Suffer? No Control? How can I possibly pick just one? Hello and welcome to the third installment of Desert Island Punk Month. I’ve been looking forward to this piece in the series honoring the four bands that will be gracing the stage at Terminal[…]
Ayron Jones and The Way out of Seattle, WA is on to something … What can you say about finding an unknown regional performer that puts a unique mark on a genre in a way that makes you sit up and go, “Well this is new” In relative recent memory[…]
Anvil is THE band that pretty much invented thrash metal Last Tuesday, May 20th was a long time coming my friends. Like many people out there, metal masters, Anvil, sort of flew under my musically inclined radar for quite some time. Sure, I was well aware of their massive hits,[…]
“Love Buzz” with its mesmerizing opening bass line… [and] Kurt Cobain’s iconic rasp Nirvana was recently added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Just a brief background, in order to be enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a group/artist must have[…]
As if we didn’t cover enough categories here at kilScene.com, we realized that we had nothing for Friday. Unless there was a concert review, we pretty much left Friday blank. I say no more my friends. I would like to introduce you to the latest feature to the kilScene family,[…]
causing everyone in the punk world to simultaneously have a 90’s punk rock orgasm reliving their teenage years. Last week, The Offspring announced their Summer Nationals Tour marking the 20 year anniversary of their hugely successful album, Smash. I know I know…that’s slightly exciting; but wait, there’s more. The Offspring[…]
Two out of every three comments after the review weren’t even about the Pixies, but about the opening act, Reignwolf. Eight months of anticipation. Eight months of build-up after reading the first echoes about this mysterious Canuck from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the comment section of a Pixies review. The Pixies[…]
Punk’s Big Four are hitting the road this summer starting on July 29 in Pittsburgh, PA. Back in 1994, four of the biggest names in punk rock got together to perform on the same stage for a show dubbed Punk Rock’s Summer Nationals. Bad Religion, Pennywise, The Offspring, and The[…]
they’ve dedicated their whole career to raising beard awareness across the world through the majesty of song. I’m a bearded man. I’ve always loved beards. Facial hair in general always appealed to me. I love the way I look with a beard. I… I love beards. Australia’s comedy folk/rock group,[…]
… they may not be a part of this realm anymore, spirits really do live on. Unless you’ve been living under several rocks, then you’ve heard of Badfish. Badfish is a tribute band dedicated to playing the music of Sublime. Huh, what? I thought there was already somebody doing that?[…]
… I hate that I’m even saying this considering how much they’ve prostituted themselves over the years … 1997 was the year for Radiohead, was it not? Radiohead was a band that people who liked music happened to gravitate towards almost immediately. Radiohead released their debut album, 1993’s Pablo Honey[…]
D’NT came to Shea Stadium… and rocked my face with their brand of rock again! I’ve been looking forward to this past Thursday for weeks. One of my new favorite bands, D’NT (Aaron Lazar and Mitchell King) first came into my life back in March at a different show, and[…]
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… I seemed to always pass them up focusing on other bands over the years… I’ll be the first to admit that I’m embarrassed to say that I’m reviewing a cover album covering a man and his band that I never knew much about before. I have always known the[…]