Black Keys On December 11th and 12th KROQ held their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas radio show at the Gibson Amphitheatre. The first night consisted mostly of hard rock bands, such as: A Day To Remember, Anberlin, Bad Religion, Cake, Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Social Distortion, Switchfoot, the Dirty Heads, and the Smashing Pumpkins, [...]

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Kim Grant alerts us: Redwood bartender Laura Ann Masura was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in September and is facing thousands of dollars worth of medical bills, so Josiah from Light FM has put together a benefit including performances by Billy Corgan with members of the Electric Prunes and Ancient Chinese Secret plus Syd [...]

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Suddenly a new super group emerged on stage, with Djin Aquarian and Billy Corgan on bass! This was “YaHoWha 33” and suddenly the calm, meditative breather from before must have recharged his chakras! Djin rocked and cooed and smiled from behind his beard like nothing I’ve seen since the Soggy Bottom Boys appeared on screen a few years back. No hippie love jam this, unless by “jams,” you meant things to Kick Out. There was rock and sweat and vitality, screaming dudes in robes, and man, I just could not believe Sky Saxon was dead, because I felt so alive!

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UPDATE: Click here for a review of Corgan’s band Spirits In The Sky! Via: Open BILLY CORGAN has announced that Mike Byrne has joined THE SMASHING PUMPKINS as their new drummer. The 19-year-old Portland, OR native will make his debut with the band on the Pumpkins’ next album—about which a major announcement is expected in [...]

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