Email Author Les Mixer

2000 Stories by Les Mixer

• Local Rotation

  published July 6, 2000

  Horseshoe Movinà the Goods Wayward Sound Recordings Music that's raw, homespun and honest has a... More >>

• Like Father, Not Like Son

  published June 8, 2000

  Most musicians do not know how to spend their downtime. Instead of running through scales or jotting down riffs or pounding the pavement, most,... More >>

• Road Rage

  published May 25, 2000

  Imagine being a band in a tiny college town called Houghton in northernmost Michigan. The nearest "big" city is Green Bay, Wisconsin. And next to... More >>

• Industrial Revolutions

  published May 18, 2000

  The industrial revolution, musically speaking, has been touted as a potentially all-consuming force for more than 20 years now. Ever since the... More >>

• Highway to Heck

  published May 4, 2000

  Punk rock is a lot of things. Loud, always. Fast, mostly. Angry, sometimes. Uplifting? Well, yeah. Actually, if it's done well, it can be... More >>

• Fancy Footwork

  published April 20, 2000

  Quick Step Maneuver is a rarity in the world of punk-alikes. The band is pure and unadulterated punk. Not hardcore or pop-punk. No Mohawks or... More >>

• International Festival

  published April 20, 2000

  Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws American Music Stage Saturday, April 15 If the dancing feet near th... More >>

• Not Your Father's Alternative Band

  published April 13, 2000

  In 1996, only two years after the band formed, Tonic released its debut, Lemon Parade. It took a while for the album to find its audience,... More >>

• Listen In

  published April 6, 2000

  KISS Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Saturday, April 1 Like an extended version of a multimillion-dollar Super... More >>

• Listen In

  published March 30, 2000

  30footFALL Fitzgerald's Friday, March 24 From its opening sleight-of-hand sample -- a classic-rock groove that lasted all... More >>

• Think Small

  published March 23, 2000

  Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. D.R.I. Either way you put it, if you've been following heavy rock or punk for long, you've probably known the name... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published March 16, 2000

  Various artists Seedenstem Records Presents... Stop, Drop & Roll! Seedenstem Records All of the acts on this,... More >>

• That Rap-Metal Shit

  published March 16, 2000

  Hollister Fracus formed about six years ago on the north side in the same way so many bands do: two friends jamming together with visions of... More >>

• Playbill

  published February 17, 2000

  Has anyone called Brian McKnight yet for ripping off the 1993 Jeff Bridges movie Fearless in his "Back at One" video? Oh, you remember that... More >>

• Ka-Blam!

  published February 3, 2000

  Tonight the Stars Revolt!, Powerman 5000's latest record and second major-label release, comes in some crazy packaging. The title and cover... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published February 3, 2000

  Drunken Thunder Cheap Acceptable Kill Honest Abe's Custom Records Homegrown garage power rock is Drunken... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published January 27, 2000

  Drunken Thunder Cheap Acceptable Kill Honest Abe's Custom Records Homegrown garage power rock is Drunken... More >>

• Korn-ucopia

  published January 20, 2000

  When its Burn My Eyes debut was released in 1994, Machine Head began its career as arguably the biggest new heavy metal band since Pantera.... More >>

• Playbill

  published January 20, 2000

  During the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference two years ago, you couldn't walk down the street or into a bar or even by a garbage can... More >>