The long journey for Scott Thomas from awkward, troubled teen to rocker isn't incredibly dissimilar from fellow suburban garage-rocker-to-tour bus stories, but the real kicker is the sacrifice and the irrepressible blue-collar ethic that went into now-Los Angeles native Thomas' project, Ringside, who come to Detroit's State Theatre Thursday, where they will open for rock geek-faves Weezer.…
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*HOMETOWN: Flint, Mich. *MEMBERS: John Furness (vocals, guitar), Jason Duncan (guitar), Jess Marchbanks (cello), Rex Vernon (bass),Andrew Switalkski (drums/percussion). *ON THE RECORD: "The Grace of Fashion Is Dead" EP, self-released. *FILE UNDER: Cello-based indie-folk/pop-rock.…
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Armed with an explosive
horn section and 13 years of road
experience, Gainesville, Fla.'s
Less Than Jake have become known as
one of the more respected
bands in the punk rock music
community, having catapulted
from indie upstarts to major-label
headliners.…
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It's back. The video where
you die after watching it.
And no, I'm not talking about
House of a 1000 Corpses.
Instead, the Ring Two is back,
complete with eerie situations and
sinister scenes.
Taking place some time after the
first movie, Rachel Keller (Naomi
Watts) has moved to a small
town in Oregon with her son
Aiden (David Dorfman).…
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Closer Than Not is a local heavy
rock band from right here in grand
old Flint.
They hit the local scene last July
and have played at many local joints
since.
They've performed gigs at
Churchill's on Saginaw St. and at The
Machine Shop on Dort Hwy, where
they recorded their first live demo.…
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I'm not one
to follow news if
it doesn't involve
war or something
Hollywood related,
but it's hard
not to hear about Terri Schiavo,
who died on March 31 after
numerous legal battles and
fights inside her family.
Something about this seems all
too familiar to me.…
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