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Ten Metal Bands Most Beloved By Geeks

By Adam Steininger Geeks love metal even more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal that was forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway across the universe on Serenity and then discovered by Silver Surfer while scouting for delicious planets. The ... More >>

Jon Gitchoff: Meet the Best Music Photographers in St. Louis

Earlier, we introduced you to our ten favorite concert photographers in St. Louis. We got well over fifty nominations, and our judges narrowed the field to these ten folks. Over the coming week-plus, we'll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them share with you five of thei ... More >>

Ben Fournier: Meet the Best Music Photographers in St. Louis

Earlier, we introduced you to our ten favorite concert photographers in St. Louis. We got well over fifty nominations, and our judges narrowed the field to these ten folks. Over the coming week-plus, we'll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them share with you five of thei ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Parties in St. Louis

That most excellent of holidays -- the one where we get to dress up in goofy costumes, the one where it's considered par for the course to vandalize your neighbors' houses, the one where strangers give children candy and everyone is cool with it -- HALLOWEEN is nigh! Skeleton decorations blanket the ... More >>

The Justin Bieber Fan Vicious Murder Fund: Donate At A Gwar Show Today!

Photo by Jon Gitchoff​They're definitely still cleaning the fake blood off of everything at Pop's after last night's GWAR show. But amidst all the surprisingly realistic zombie corpses and cartoon medieval weaponry, our photographer noticed a relatively innocuous (visually, anyway) sign at the ... More >>

How To Host A DIY Show, Step One: Contact Ann Chance

​So you've decided to throw a punk-rock show at your house, but you're sick and tired of the Man cracking down on you. First they complained about the trash. Then they complained about the noise. Then they complained about the liquor. Now you're up to your elbows in paperwork and fines. It doe ... More >>

GWAR Is Coming To Pop's

​Horror goofballs GWAR just announced a 2011 fall tour, and it includes a stop at Pop's. The Return Of The World Maggot tour comes to Sauget on November 1st, with Every Time I Die and either Ghoul or Warbeast opening. GWAR's most recent album, 2010's Bloody Pit Of Horror, would seem to be th ... More >>

Video: GWAR Goes Christmas Caroling

(H/T Robin Wheeler) Via Metal Injection: Grotesque rock group GWAR goes Christmas caroling, scares unsuspecting residents of a quaint neighborhood. Does this video even need any more introduction than that? Behold: EMBED-Christmas With Gwar - Watch more free videos

Three hard-rock/metal shows in one week means Arma-Friggin'-Geddon for St. Louis

Profiting from Poetry

Aspiring poets, take heart: publication awaits!  Maybe not in book form, but how does the inside of a bus sound? A Metro car? If so, your dreams are about to come true. The 2009 Poetry in Motion contest is accepting submissions. The contest is sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit and the ... More >>

Sounds of the Underground

2 p.m. Friday, August 10. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

Ozzfest

Noon, Monday August 6. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

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"I'm sure people who even hate G.W. get sick of reading your dribble.

Get over it, you bleeding-heart liberal pieces of shit!"

RFT Halloween Guide

Whoa, Nelly!

We make a shopping list for GWAR's anniversary, talk to Men, Women and Children's Lou ex-pat and chronicle a day in the life of our town's most famous rapper

Sounds of the Underground

Saturday, July 9; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Hot Time, Music in the City

A feast of sweet summer sounds awaits you

GWAR, with All That Remains and Alabama Thunderpussy

Monday, February 28; Blue Note (17 North Ninth Street, Columbia)

Murder for Fun

Local shows explore the line between rock and death

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of May 19, 2004

Chamber of Secrets

Collinsville's Miners' Theater hosts a horrifying spectacle

Sounds Around Town

Week of February 13, 2002

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

Christian rock combines the Lord's message with the devil's beat. Sometimes the result is exhilaration. Sometimes it's god-awful confusion.