by Chip McCabe | Apr 29, 2016 | Dissident Aggression
Once upon a time, genre descriptors mattered much less than they do today. Even now, when some folks look back on metal from its earliest days the music gets tagged with genres that simply didn’t exist at the time. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 27, 2016 | News, Politics
Philadelphia City Councilman Mark Squilla is either paranoid, delusional or both, according to a new bill that he’s proposed. Billypenn.com reports that the bill would require owners of nightclubs, cabarets, bars and restaurants in town to collect the names and...
by Chip McCabe | Feb 20, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
There was a time when rock was king and metal was but a fleeting glint in the eyes of a certain brand of musician ballsy enough to challenge the parameters of what rock music was and could be. When the proverbial rain fell, lightening cracked, and Tony Iommi set in...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 28, 2012 | Metal on Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkjX2R9q1iU[/youtube] I was just 13 years old when I went to see Guns N’ Roses perform at the First Union Center (now the Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia on December 6, 2002. Little did I, my friends, and our dads (who we...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 5, 2011 | That's Unfortunate
As if music amphitheatres weren’t having a hard enough time maintaining revenue, Philadelphia’s Mann Center was robbed by two gunman earlier today. According to Philly.com, two men made off with more than $120,000 in catering proceeds. Catherine Cahill, the...