Monday, August 24, 2009 3:12PM - By Winnie Jaing
Apparently there was an earthquake this past weekend…
Epicenter? Pomona Fairplex in California. Cause? Tool, Linkin Park, and Alice in Chains, among others. August 22, 2009 marked the “first annual” KROQ Epicenter Festival, fondly referred to as KROQ‘s Inland Invasion in past years.
This year’s stellar lineup consisted of bands both new and old: After Midnight Project, Sonny, Paper Tongues, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Street Sweeper Social Club, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Wolfmother, Alice in Chains, Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, and Tool. Even as weather reports threatened Thunderstorms, they didn’t stop concert-goers from flocking to the Fairplex to have a good time. The gloomy morning turned into baking temperatures in the mid-afternoon, but 11 solid hours of music made up for the lack of shade.
After the jump, check out pictures and my experience at Epicenter’09.
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Monday, August 24, 2009 1:00PM - By Winnie Jaing
Tool‘s set was hands-down the most anticipated of the night at this weekend’s KROQ Epicenter Festival. Fans clad in Tool T-shirts, hoodies, and hats walked around the fairgrounds shouting for bands to get off the stage so Tool could go on. It was very obvious that many of the concert-goers for the festival came specifically for this band, and Maynard James Keenan & Co. did not disappoint. Wielding crutches, he apologized for injuring his leg while harvesting grapes recently. The crutches inevitably became a good prop as Keenan used them throughout his set.
While Keenan’s band-mates basked in the limelight, he stayed in the shadows. The band’s first song, “Jambi”, lasted quite a while, but familiar songs like “Vicarious” and “Lateralus” were played as well.
Check out more photos of Tool in our photo gallery below…
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Friday, August 21, 2009 3:12PM - By Winnie Jaing
If you’re in the LA area tomorrow, you might want to stop by the Pomona Fairplex and catch a few up and coming bands. Who am I kidding? You might want to FLY to Los Angeles tonight to catch some of the biggest names in music: Alice In Chains, Linkin Park, and Tool are headlining, but Wolfmother, Atreyu, and BeatCrave Favs After Midnight Project and Paper Tongues are slated to play as well.
KROQ‘s Annual Inland Invasion has come back bigger and better, and with a new name: Epicenter. In the past, bands like Incubus, The Offspring, Social Distortion, Blink-182, Muse, The Walkmen and Kings of Leon have graced their stages. This year, Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington will be debuting his new project, Dead By Sunrise, to Southern California, with members Ryan Shuck and Amir Dreakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), Brandon Belsky, Elias Anda (Also from Julien-K), and Anthony Valcic.
After the jump, check out Set Times, a Video Promo, and more!
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:00PM - By Morelli
As we reported last week, drummer Josh Freese released his solo album, Since 1972, with a marketing plan that included a price “menu” that packaged the album along with extras like taking 3 items of your choice out of his closet, a private tour of Disneyland, getting drunk with Josh, and Josh doing your laundry. The prices ranged from $7, for just the album, to $75,000 for Josh to join your band for a month, amongst other goodies.
You might think: “there is no way this will sell.” But it has. As reported by his web site, the limited-edition $20,000 package, which included a round of mini-golf with Freese, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan and Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, is sold out. So are the $250 packages, which entitled buyers to a lunch date with Josh.
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