JANKY SMOOTH Top 10 SHOWS of 2022 Rated by Contributors

On this eve to Christmas Eve, we at Janky Smooth have done our due diligence in accounting the year’s most profound concert moments. Found herein is the top ten shows lists of our contributors. Give them a peep and let us know if you were there too!

Publisher, Danny Baraz

  1. Bauhuas at Cruel World 2022
  2. Gogol Bordello at the Belasco
  3. DAIS Records 15 year anniversary at The Belasco
  4. Substance LA at The Los Angeles Theatre
  5. Desert Daze 2022
  6. Metz, Kowloon Walled City, Deaf Club at Teragram Ballroom
  7. HEALTH at 1720
  8. Twin Tribes, Light Asylum, Spike Hellis at El Rey
  9. Lie Detector Weekend
  10. Adult. at The Lodge Room
Sextile at Substance LA shot by Albert Licano
Gogol Bordello shot by Rebecca DiGiglio

Editor, Rob Shepyer

  1. Gorillaz at Youtube Theatre
  2. Mercyful Fate at Psycho Las Vegas
  3. Nine Inch Nails at Primavera Sound LA
  4. Rixe at Lie Detector Weekend
  5. Meshuggah at The Hollywood Palladium
  6. Kraftwerk at the Shrine Auditorium
  7. W.A.S.P. at The Wiltern
  8. Danny Elfman at the Hollywood Bowl
  9. Molchat Doma at The Roxy
  10. Pavement at The Fonda Theatre
Gorillaz at Youtube Theatre by Jessica Moncrief
Molchat Doma at The Roxy by Pedro Carrera

Photographer, Albert Licano

  1. Rixe at Lie Detector Weekend
  2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis at The Shrine Auditorium
  3. Electric Frankenstein at Alex’s Bar
  4. S.H.I.T. at Zebulon
  5. Spy at Manic Relapse
  6. Subhumans at The Sardine
  7. Mercyful Fate at Youtube Theatre
  8. Viagra Boys at the Roxy
  9. Negative Approach at Ventura Theatre
  10. Peter Hook & The Light at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
S.H.I.T. at Zebulon by Albert Licano
Viagra Boys at The Roxy by Albert Licano

Photographer, Dillon Vaughn

  1. Elizabeth Colour Wheel at Psycho Las Vegas
  2. Autopsy at California Death Fest
  3. Boris at Psycho Las Vegas
  4. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at The Madonna Inn
  5. Weird Al’s Ill Advised Vanity Tour part 2
  6. Good Morning at the Glass House
  7. Baroness at The Echo
  8. Stimulator Jones at Resident
  9. Tobacco at the Lodge Room
  10. Kraftwerk 3D at The Shrine Auditorium
Baroness at The Echo by Dillon Vaughn
Kraftwerk at the Shrine Auditorium by Dillon Vaughn

Photographer, Grace Dunn

  1. The Mars Volta at Hollywood Palladium
  2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at Levitation
  3. Lightning Bolt at Don Quixote
  4. Os Mutantes at the Lodge Room
  5. Los Bitchos at Moroccan Lounge
  6. Viagra Boys at Desert Daze
  7. The Armed at Desert Daze
  8. L’Eclair at Desert Daze
  9. Molchat Doma at Coachella
  10. Kikagaku Moyo at The Wiltern
The Mars Volta at The Hollywood Palladium
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt at Desert Daze by Dillon Vaughn

Photographer, Jason Murillo

  1. Bauhaus at Cruel World
  2. Exciter at Don Quixote
  3. Hulder at Don Quixote
  4. $uicideboy$ at The Forum
  5. Nasty Savage at The Regent
  6. W.A.S.P. at The Wiltern
  7. My Chemical Romance at The Forum
  8. Abigail at Catch One
  9. Kendrik Lamar at Crypto.com Arena
  10. Negative Approach at The Midnight Hour
My Chemical Romance shot by Michelle Corvino

Nasty Savage at The Regent by Jason Murillo

Author, Danny Ryan

  1. Limp Bizkit at Toyota Arena
  2. Viper at Zebulon
  3. Sound and Fury 2022
  4. The Game at The Novo
  5. Portola Festival
  6. Dead City at Tiny World Guerilla show
  7. Circle Jerks at HOB Anaheim
  8. This Ain’t No Picnic Festival
  9. Ethel Cain at The Fonda
  10. Destroy Boys at The Teragram
Viper at Zebulon shot by Dillon Vaughn
The Game at The Novo shot by Manuel Arredondo

Photographer, Greg Flack

  1. Obituary at Brick by Brick
  2. Circle Jerks at Ventura Theater
  3. AFI at the Hollywood Palladium
  4. Earth Crisis, Strife and Snapcase at Underground Arts
  5. 411 at Alex’s Bar
  6. Black Label Society at the Hollywood Palladium
  7. Quicksand at The Regent
  8. Lamb of God at Youtube Theatre
  9. Gorilla Biscuits at Garden Amp
  10. Internal Affairs at The Belasco
Quicksand at The Regent shot by Albert Licano
Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis at Teragram Ballroom shot by Taylor Wong

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