Covid Diary #1
Sweet Crude’s tour ended abruptly at the Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida. The tour to drum up interest in their upcoming major label debut was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bob Pomeroy was at that show.
Tag: Crowbar
King Khan and The Shrines
King Khan and The Shrines were knee deep in the chaos and high tension of a hot Florida bar filled to the brim with college kids… and Matthew Moyer.
Acid Bath
Paegan Terrorism Tactics Rotten Records. Review by Matthew Moyer.
Down
Slower! Slower! Jen Cray is bowled over by the brutal trudge of an evening with Down , Weedeater and the mighty Melvins.
Gwar
Bloody, funny, and LOUD, Gwar returns to the stage with openers Kingdom of Sorrow and Toxic Holocaust. Carl F Gauze dodges a giant Chekhovian penis to come face-to-face with Satan at Orlando’s Club Firestone.
Down
What began as a side project for Pantera members Phillip Anselmo and Rex Brown has since become a supergroup within the metal world. Down brought their metal alumni to Orlando, and Jen Cray got herself an invite.
Doom Capitol
Maryland/DC Heavy Rock Underground (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Superjoint Ritual
Use Once and Destroy (Sanctuary). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Down
Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow (Elektra). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Sixty Watt Shaman
Reason To Live (Spitfire). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Crowbar
Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (Spitfire). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Cable
Northern Failures (Hydrahead). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Crowbar
Damn shame that the cover of Crowbar’s Equilibrium is strictly and sad…
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