Monthly Archives: August 2009

Review of Aug. 27 Cake show at Fox Theater Pomona

It was a lot of Cake at Pomona Fox Theater Thursday night. The near-20-year-old band played two 45-minute sets with an intermission and a 10 minute encore – they made us wait for that one. Someone I know described the … Continue reading

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Tool singer injured but still performed at Epicenter

Tool singer Maynard James Keenan was forced to sing from the sidelines from an injury before the show he apologized for that caused him to hobble on the stage with crutches.Keenan joked about the injury at various points, saying he … Continue reading

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Linkin Park drew a lot of vocal fans at Epicenter 09

Linkin Park definitely had the most vocal female fans of Epicenter 09 I heard, but then I missed Atmosphere who do well in that category as well. What surprised me, and probably shouldn’t, is how every song Linkin Park performed … Continue reading

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Epicenter 09 random audience notes

When members of the U.S. Army would shoot out T-shirts (they used a gun-like device to do this), people would look them over and throw them at other audience members. The shirts, which were black with yellow writing, did not … Continue reading

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Epicenter 09 quick updates

Hollywood Undead’s mix of rap, rock and metal was an early hit here with the audience and started their set off with a “What’s up Pomona?” along with some expletives I won’t print here. Many in the group wore masks to … Continue reading

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Alice In Chains at Epicenter 09

Alice In Chains were the surprise of Saturday’s Epicenter 09 festival in Pomona, at least to me.William DuVall, who has taken over for Layne Staley, as vocalist and also plays rhythm guitar appeared to win everyone over with his rumbling … Continue reading

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Pennywise lead singer leaving group after 20 years

Here’s the news release that came today from msopr on singer/songwriter Jim Lindberg leaving the Hermosa Beach punk rock group … “After 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows around the world, my time in Pennywise has come to … Continue reading

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Upcoming shows through Sept. 25 at the Pomona Fox Theater

Thanks to ticketmaster.com Location  Date  Marilyn Manson The Fox Theater – PomonaPomona, CA Tue, 08/25/0907:00 PM Find Tickets CAKE The Fox Theater – PomonaPomona, CA Thu, 08/27/0908:00 PM Find Tickets Band of Horses The Fox Theater – PomonaPomona, CA Sat, … Continue reading

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A lot of good shows this week and next at the Glass House in Pomona

Below is the ticketmaster.com list of shows Event  Location  Date  D-12 Glass HousePomona, CA Wed, 08/19/0907:00 PM Find Tickets KROQ Presents Set Your Goals Glass HousePomona, CA Thu, 08/20/0906:30 PM Find Tickets Jedi Mind Tricks Glass HousePomona, CA Fri, 08/21/0907:00 … Continue reading

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Rock The Bells 2009 festival random thoughts

Since I never wrote a true review of the Saturday show at San Manuel’s Amphitheater, here are some random thoughts. Ice Cube was a great headliner but I wished he would have performed songs from 1991′s “Death Certificate” and 1990′s … Continue reading

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