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Wayne Coyne talks technical difficulties and the Flaming Lips return to Riot Fest
True Story: We interviewed the singer from the bathroom.When I spoke to Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne, I told him at the beginning of our phone call that if it sounded strange on my end of the line, it was because I was calling from a gender neutral bathroom in Chicago’s Second City Training Center. “How did you know it was a gender…
Finally. Riot Fest Chicago Day 1 Is Here.
The wait is over. It’s finally here. Riot Fest Chicago Day 1 is here. I hope you’re as excited as we are. If you’ve been slacking this whole time and still don’t have tickets yet, I am very disappointed in you. Quit making excuses and GET YOUR TICKETS NOW. Here are some friendly tips and…
Inspired by Rob Zombie, We Wrote Our Own Horror Movie Plots
The musician / director / artist will play White Zombie’s ‘Astro-Creep 2000’ at Riot Fest 2016Rob Zombie will play White Zombie’s classic fourth album, Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head at Riot Fest on Sunday night. The album, which came out in 1995, showcased the band’s heaviest and most industrial side to date, and like its predecessor, La Sexcoristo: Devil Music Volume 1, contained numerous samples from…
Franz Nicolay Reflects on The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America
Read a Riot Fest Exclusive by the keyboardist and learn about his new memoir!Following their amazing set at Riot Fest Denver, we’re even more thrilled that the The Hold Steady will perform its seminal 2006 release, Boys and Girls In America, in its entirety at Riot Fest Chicago on Saturday September 17. Comprised of vocalist Craig Finn, guitarist/vocalist Tad Kubler, keyboardist Franz Nicolay (keyboards), bassist Galen Polivka, guitarist Steve Selvidge,…
Riot Fest’s Morrissey Classic Video Playlist
Get ready to see Morrissey at Riot Fest with these seven videos!If you’re like us, you can’t to see Morrissey to headline Riot Fest on Saturday night. We’ve complied a bunch of our favorite classic Morrissey videos to get you even more in the mood. “Suedehead” (1988) James Dean’s hometown of Fairmount, Indiana (located just 183.8 miles from Douglas Park) provides the setting for Morrissey’s first…
10 Questions with War on Women
War on Women is a socially and politically-woke hardcore punk band from Baltimore, Maryland. Comprised of vocalist Shawna Potter, guitarists Brooks Harlan and Nancy Hornburg, bassist Suzanne Werner, and drummer Evan Tanner, the band has been kicking ass and taking names since it formed in 2011. Following its 2012 debut EP “Improvised Weapons,” War on…
Mike Ness Looks Back at Social Distortion’s ‘White Light, White Heat, White Trash’
The punk icon takes us track-by-track through the heaviest record of the band’s career.On September, 17, 1996, Social Distortion released its fifth album, White Light, White Heat, White Trash. The band, which had formed in Los Angeles in 1978, had long been known for its streetwise punk rock that over the years had grown to include influences from outlaw country and blues, but with White Light… (named as…
Darkthrone Frontman Elected To Local Town Council Against His Will
“My campaign was a picture of me holding my cat saying, ‘Please don’t vote for me.’”Glyve “Fenriz” Nagell, metal legend and half of Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone has a new job, city Councilman. “My campaign was a picture of me holding my cat saying, ‘Please don’t vote for me.’” Fenriz explained to Clyrvnt how he was involuntarily elected, “They called and asked if I wanted to be on the…
