Rocket from the Crypt News

Mixing Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age is boner intensity for most rock fans and judging by the music on TCV's debut, there is going to be a lot of screwing going on to relieve those diamond cutter skin saws.

Suburban Noize Records Unwritten Law will pound through rock-punk hits like "Up All Night," "Save Me " and "Seein' Red" when they perform Saturday at The Canyon in Agoura Hills.

Any act fronted by horror rocker Joseph Poole - better known as Wednesday 13 - may seem like the natural complement to Creepsville 666, a local punk-metal outfit that fancies itself so dangerous that children should hide their album from the folks, but Poole 's latest project, Gunfire 76, may leave Creepsville's fans wanting.

EXETER four-piece The Computers make a hectic hardcore pop racket that nods its greasy collective quiff at Elvis Costello and Rocket From The Crypt.

WEDNESDAY: Avant-garde rhythm ensemble So Percussion performs at the Metro Gallery with Microkingdom and Gestures .

Let's turn our attention now to a pair of bands we're excited to see on the first day of Fun Fest's aught nine edition, San Diego's Night Marchers and Tokyo's Melt-Banana . Both groups, despite playing two very different styles of music, are touring veterans with highly respectable punk pedigrees.

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When Memphis session player and producer Jim Dickinson passed away at age 67 from heart complications on Saturday, August 15, few music fans may have realized how vast his rA©sumA© was - one that included work with several notable San Diego musicians.

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Who: Eric Kennedy , Tim Beachy , Roly Koenen , Craig Jensen Hear them: myspace.com/squidboyrock Influences: Hsker Du, early Soul Asylum, Rocket From the Crypt, Jesus Lizard See them: 9:30 p.m. Friday at the House of Bricks, 525 E. Grand Ave.

One hot morning in August of 1997, my little brother and I hopped on MARTA and moseyed on down to the Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta for the third-ever Warped Tour.

IT has been tipped as one of the up-and-coming bands to watch this summer and has secured spots at major music festivals.

Indie-rock veteran Rick Froberg was sure of one thing as his latest project, Hot Snakes, was disbanding.