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Culo A Boca: San Jose's Answer To Shock Rock

Seeing San Jose’s Culo A Boca live for the first time can be loosely akin to seeing Gwar live for the first time: it...

Review: Mayhem Festival At Shoreline

This year’s Mayhem Festival was different. It felt different. Gone was the dread of attending a faceless, corporate-sponsored event. As soon as I entered,...

San Jose's Stock Foto Takes Indie Back to the '80s

Sometimes it’s difficult for a band to find their target audience. Rich Ajlouny and Anthony Gullicksen of San Jose’s Stock Foto found it in...

Motorhead Joins Megadeth for Gigantour at San Jose State Event Center

By all accounts, Lemmy Kilmister should be dead. He drinks a fifth of Jack Daniel’s a day, been smoking since he was 11 and...

Metallingus Mocks and Rolls at Caravan

Metal bands can be ridiculous, self-absorbed and even downright outrageous. Sometimes, the genre needs to be reminded to have a sense of humor and...
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San Jose Rock Shop

The latest information on the Silicon Valley music and club scene, including upcoming events in the South Bay, reviews of local musicians, the hottest nightclubs and more.
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Strung Out & Jughead’s Revenge

The latest information on the Silicon Valley music and club scene, including upcoming events in the South Bay, reviews of local musicians, the hottest nightclubs and more.
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Hatchet Job

The latest information on the Silicon Valley music and club scene, including upcoming events in the South Bay, reviews of local musicians, the hottest nightclubs and more.
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