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OC did it all for the Nookie: Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Fest 2019
Rob Shepyer
March 15, 2019
At the beginning of the year, I foresaw the resurgence of nu metal. Long dismissed and derided as one of the most cringe-worthy, toxic, and talentless genres of all time, it would turn out the place it held in the hearts of elder millennials never faded away as they grew up. Bands like Korn, Slipknot, and Deftones have maintained a place at the top of the mountain as bands that can always draw big crowds but Limp Bizkit still seems like an outsider among them even though back in the day, they were arguably the biggest of those bands. Musink 2019 would blow the flood gates open and give nu metal the retribution people were silently begging for. Limp Bizkit would headline Day 2 and signal to all the haters that the Bizkit is back. That same week, LB announced a surprise show at the Troubadour for only 3 dollars. Those that were in attendance know Limp Bizkit put on what was without question, love them or hate them, a legendary performance. Featuring covers of the Who, Nirvana, and Journey with guests such a Billy Corgan, Marilyn Manson, and Machine Gun Kelly, the show was so raucous one fan even jumped from
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Long Live the Thump: Thumpasarus at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 13, 2019
Photos by: Anthony Mehlhaff Thumpasaurus is a gang of five deftly skilled musical agents on a perpetual quest to stabilize their eclectro-frenetic moods of post apocalyptic new wave. Thumpasaurus offer up their own unique stew wherein, hidden in plain sight and sound, you’ll find traces of Zappa, Beefheart, James Chance, Funkadelic/Parliament, Devo, Morphine, Talking Heads and Prince, as well as some rocking heavy metal, free jazz, musical theatre and even some light opera references thrown in for good measure. The band released The Book Of Thump last summer, and recently shared a video for “Where Does The Love Go”… an opera in five parts. Converging Benjamin Button maturity with Steven Hawking-like musical astro-theories, their oath to indoctrinate the world to the ideologies of the Book of Thump holds no bounds. A band bred out of the present day’s insatiable appetite to consume, they extract scraps from hard to reach corners of the dark web into uplifting nuggets of empowerment and party. There live show at The Teragram was one for the ages including aliens, karate chops and cameos from the like of Jennifer Lawerence, Bradley Cooper and John Travolta. Don’t miss these beings as they attack SXSW with there insane party antics.
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PCW Ultra Wrestle Summit’s Favorite Wrestlers and Ticket Giveaway
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 12, 2019
PCW Ultra is bringing together all the best promotions and wrestlers to bring you one hell of a night of professional wrestling. To celebrate this meeting of the minds, we are giving you the chance to win two tickets to the show and see your favorite wrestlers from Impact Wrestling, PCW Ultra, MCW, Defy, The Wrestling Revolver, and a few independents. Before we get into how you can win these tickets, we asked the wrestlers that will be featured during the night who their Mount Rushmore of wrestlers consists of. Here’s what they said. PCW Ultralight Champion Jake Atlas Triple H The Rock Eddie Guerrero Shawn Michaels PCW Ultra Tag Team Champion Josef Samael Bruiser Brody Macho Man Randy Savage Harley Race Terry Funk Danny Maff Ric Flair Chris Benoit Shawn Michaels Kenta Kobashi Jorel Nelson Macho Man Randy Savage Stone Cold Steve Austin Ric Flair John Cena Sami Callihan Terry Funk The Undertaker Stone Cold Steve Austin Samoa Joe Brian Cage Shawn Michaels Bret Hart Chris Kanyon Chris Jericho Kikutaro Atsushi Onita Genichiro Tenryu Ric Flair The Great Kabuki Randy Myers Eddie Guerrero Roddy Piper Dusty Rhodes Mick Foley Johnny Impact Johnny Ultra Johnny Nitro Johnny Mundo John Morrison
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Action Bronson at the Observatory
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 11, 2019
The big red machine, Action Bronson, is coming back to the Observatory for a night of some of the best most lyrical white boy rap you can hear in 2019. Get your hip hop head and foodie friends out to the party for the White Bronco tour. There’s gonna be beers, there’s gonna be blunts, there’s gonna be beats, and damn it, you’re going to have fuck tons of fun. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO ACTION BRONSON MARCH 15TH AT THE OBSERVATORY Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Tag a Friend in the comment section of our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Action Bronson Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 13TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Angel Du$t’s Pretty Buff L.A. Record Release at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 8, 2019
Angel Du$t‘s transformation has been one of the most interesting stories to follow in rock and roll. The love child of this movement into a poppy, catchy, love song direction is their upcoming album 2019, Pretty Buff. Already, I know this is going to be the album of the year, simply based on how catchy “Bang my Drum” is. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO ANGEL DU$T MARCH 29TH AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Tag a Friend in the comment section of our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Angel Du$t Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 25TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Dominant Noise: Daughters at the Regent
Rob Shepyer
March 7, 2019
As unhinged, noisy, violent, grotesque, and vulgar the music of Daughters might devolve into, at its heart, the sound and lyrics will always be poetry. Like a lounge band moonlighting at a Roman vomitorium, these Rhode Island killers came dressed in evening attire to impress a pack of wild dogs at the sold out Regent Theater. You could tell this show would be one of the highlights of underground music in Los Angeles in 2019. Audience members were vomiting, moshing until self destruction, and being squeezed up against each other, as rockers the likes of Retox’s Justin Pearson surfed overhead. related content: There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With A Little Thrash And Grind: Show Your Scars 2019 At The Regent The entire night was filled with riveting noise from bands that could each draw a good crowd had they been headlining. First to knock their boots about the stage was industrial, fetishists and hardcore performance art duo, Hide. As always, Heather Gabel gave no fucks as her leather chastity bottoms lured in the bastard crowd but then her wolverine bite snapped at them before they could get too close. With white strobe lights turning the stage into a glitching TV eye
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Sex Sells But Love’s Buying: Sex Cells 2 Year Anniversary at the Globe Theatre
Rob Shepyer
March 6, 2019
Whether we’re aware of it or not, we as people are constantly choosing who we want to represent us. I’m not talking about politics but life in general, we use our dollars to vote and elect people we see part of ourselves in, to be public symbols for us. Since the inception of Lethal Amounts and its flag ship nocturnal gathering, Sex Cells, it has been widely popular and prosperous and thus, its leader Danny Fuentes has become a representative for artists, punks, homosexuals, freaks, and party monsters all over Los Angeles. related content: Sex Cells’ Divine Ball At El Rey: The Filthiest People Alive So when the spiritual leader of this church of filth falls in love, we see part of ourselves falling in love. We see that it’s possible for us, like when the lead character finally gets the girl at the end of a film. This film that we saw a part of at Sex Cells 2 year anniversary is simply the history of punk in Los Angeles. At the Globe Theatre on February 15th 2019, Danny Fuentes proposed to Matthew Pernicano on stage in the middle of Marc Almond‘s set. related content: OC’s Alright If You
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Photo Recap: Gunner Stahl and Friends at Red Bull Music Festival
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 6, 2019
To those of you photographers that dream of crossing the invisible line between you and the stage and start performing, fear not, your inspiration is here in the form of Gunner Stahl, who has transitioned from hip hop photographer to hip hop artist. What better place to make your debut to the public as an artist than Red Bull Music Festival and what better way to make yourself look good then have all your talented friends get on stage with you, friends like Chief Keef. We were there to get the pics and capture this earth-shatteringly historic moment in hip hop. Photos by: Rodney Campos
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So Close Yet So Far: Bring Me The Horizon at the Forum
Dave Unbuckled
March 5, 2019
Let me start by stating the obvious: I’ve never voluntarily listened to Bring Me the Horizon. I’ve seen them three or four times throughout their notorious career, and I’ve never been sold on their batch of melodic metalcore, though I recognize musicianship when I see it, and they have it. After revisiting the band’s back catalog for hours in the days preceding the show, a shifting trend in production quality and attention is immediately noticeable. This is no more so obvious than on Bring Me the Horizon’s most recent album, AMO, that at the time of the performance, was ranked at the top of the UK album charts. I can no way discredit the band’s achievement in charting at the peak — it’s a magnificent feat for any rock band regardless of genre, but from a subgenre of metal and hardcore, it’s nearly unheard of. I’d also like to note how at the time of publishing this, the album has completely fallen off the charts. Though the band is currently experiencing a large deal of attention and success typically reserved for Pop stars, their stage show has transitioned, as it has grown, and the band’s performance has literally shifted to
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to California Flashback at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 5, 2019
California Flashback is bringing some epic psych rock to Los Angeles for two nights. Like a flying saucer, the temple flashes across the night sky on its journey to the Highland Park Lodge Room for a rare performance of psychedelic mad scientists, Acid Mother’s Temple. On the second night, Oakland’s psychedelic supergroup Heron Oblivion brings their super psych to the Lodge Room. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO CALIFORNIA FLASH BACK W/ACID MOTHER’S TEMPLE & HERON OBLIVION MARCH 26TH & 27TH AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Tag a Friend in the comment section of our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook California Flash Back Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 18TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Illegal Civilization’s Movie Motel at The Pink Motel for Red Bull Music Festival
Rob Shepyer
March 4, 2019
Whether you’re into doo-wop or David Lynch, those with a taste for all things vintage and pink in Los Angeles, would see Sun Valley’s treasured Pink Motel as perhaps the best untapped resource to host a music festival. Leave it to fashion and skateboarding collective Illegal Civilization to tap the vein first, hosting their “Movie Motel” there as part of the Red Bull music festival. related content: Red Bull Music Festival Begins With San Cha’s Epic Tragedy At Vibiana It was a cold evening that February night, two moons after Valentine’s. By then the love had already faded away and in its place we needed entertainment to numb the pain and forget. Bright colors, pinks and neons abound, I arrived in Sun Valley, treading against the breeze toward a drained swimming pool. Having this vintage and historic motel fall into the hands of skaters could’ve proved to be a fatal mistake but none of this punk or hip hop would be here in the first place if we weren’t frivolous. The music was one thing to see but guys and girls zooming through the pool on four wheels and breaking invisible waves as they stunted on every inch of that
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 4, 2019
Australian psych rock seems to have swept Los Angeles and the latest band to create a buzz, the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are playing the Teragram with Frankie and the Witch Fingers. We are giving away five pairs of tickets to the show, so get ready from the Gods of thunder from down under to liquify light and faces before your very eyes. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS MARCH 20TH AT THE TERAGRAM BALLROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Tag a Friend in the comment section of our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 11TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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