I shoot metal more than anything. Dark rooms, fog thick enough to chew, red lights blasting faces into silhouettes, guitarists whipping hair like helicopter blades, pits opening and closing like moving fault lines; it’s where I feel most at home creatively. Metal gives you intensity, unpredictability, and a constant current of motion through the lens. But every once in a while, you need a hard left turn. Something with bounce, humor, and color. When Spike and the Gimme Gimmes

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs performed in Las Vegas at The Jubilee Theater at Horseshoe Casino to promote Mike's recent memoir titled "Heartbreaker". The show featured songs from Mike's tenure with T om Petty & The Heartbreakers . Mike introduced each song with a little story from his book along with pictures displayed on the screen. Mike & The Dirty Knobs which feature Steve Ferrone on Drums , who spent over 20 yrs in the Heartbreakers. Some of Mike's stories also wer

Thursday night in Vegas. The neon was humming, but I was tuned out. I was standing in line to snag my media pass for Spike and the Me Gimmes , AirPods in, volume up, completely sealed off from the noise of the strip. I was in my own world, jamming out, oblivious to the guys in line next to me. They were laughing, gesturing, and apparently cracking jokes at my expense, but I missed every word. Once I got inside and the AirPods came out, a gentleman walked up to me with a knowi

Fremont Street Experience held a new Locals Showcase this weekend highlighting some of the best local bands currently playing in Las Vegas with The Far Worst, Voxxx & The Out There . The great thing about this showcase is it gives up and coming bands a chance to play on a big stage with professional lighting and sound to a big audience, as the Fremont stages attract hundreds, and at times thousands of locals and tourists alike. Kicking off the night's festivities was the ba

Talk about a stacked lineup for this show! AVATAR returned to Vegas and on this trip they brought two bands I have been highly anticipating seeing - ALIEN WEAPONRY and hometown favs SPIRITWORLD . For a busy Saturday night the Vegas local metalheads turned out in force, packing the Brooklyn Bowl with a long line an hour before the doors even opened. Kicking off the evening was SPIRITWORLD , and when the band hit the stage I thought it was already December and the Rodeo was