How to Become a Concert Promoter

How to Become a Concert...

How to Become a Concert Promoter photo by Mayhem Fest by Alicia Walker As a punk music connoisseur, perhaps you have attended some great shows and wondered about what it takes be a concert promoter. The music business is a very competitive environment. However, there some steps you...
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PWV Goes to MUSINK

PWV Goes to MUSINK...

Tattooed people are criminals and we are all on drugs! Watch! Check out the photos from the last day of the festival because the PWV team really killed this one.   www.MUSINK.org *all photos by Denise Borders and Chad Elder
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Check Out: FACE

Check Out: FACE...

Every once in a while, I do a post to simply help get the word out about a band I recently discovered or have grown to love, blah blah. WELL HERE IS ONE.  If you saw my Top 10 Albums of 2011 post, you might have noticed Athens, GA punk rockers KarbomB in the mix.  As I learned more...
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The Darlings @ The Roxy

The Darlings @ The Roxy...

The Darlings and Kill the Complex hit the stage of the world famous Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip for one of KROQ’s local’s only nights.  PWV was there to catch the action and drink all the booze!! Okay fine, so I was sort of sober! Good for me!  Check out Chad Edler’s...
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Top 10 Vocalists: Mall’d to Death

Top 10 Vocalists: Mall&...

Mall'd to Death Triple Crossed Tyler Barrett from Mall’d to Death  (and Triple Crossed) gave PWV his top ten favorite vocalists of all time. Ya know… I read a lot of these things and I have to say this one is stellar! I’m into it so check it out! Tyler, Mall'd...
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Top 10 Bassists: Razer

Top 10 Bassists: Razer...

Chris Catero of Razer gave PWV his Top 10 favorite bassists! Chris knows a thing or two about bass, he’s also served on and off as the touring bassist for guitar legend Marty Friedman as well as currently directing the artist relations and marketing at Krank Amps. Razer is...
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JuiceheaD “How To Sail a Sinking Ship” review

JuiceheaD “How To...

JuiceheaD Tommy Kloss: Bass  Mike Garelli: Drums  Rob Vannice: Guitars/Vocals To be honest, I couldn’t have even told you whether or not this band was still together, but I was actually stoked to hear JuiceheaD had a new album coming out.  In a sea of metalcore-screamo albums...
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FYF Fest 2011 (Descendents, Dead Milkmen, Title Fight)

FYF Fest 2011 (Descende...

FYF Fest Sep. 3, 2011 – downtown Los Angeles became a plethora of more than just hipsters- some punk kids came out, too! FYF Fest brought an array of music fans together, having bands from genres A to Z.  All the hipsters that hate each other came out to watch the Cold War...
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Sub City Non Profit and Hopeless Records Bash

Sub City Non Profit and...

Hopeless Records and Sub City Non Profit teamed up to raise over $2 million toward charity, and to celebrate they threw a bash at Hollywood’s Angels & Kings.  Luckily, I was there to hear Louis Posen (President of Hopeless Records and Sub City Executive) speak, alongside...
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Funeral Party interview

Funeral Party interview...

Funeral Party Funeral Party (L to R: Kimo, James, Chad) CHAD ELLIOTT – Vocals, Samples and Keyboards JAMES LAWRENCE TORRES – Guitar KIMO KAUHOLA – Bass, backing vocals I know what you’re thinking…. who farted? Funeral Party isn’t necessarily talking...
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