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Three Questions with Glenn Danzig


Do you see the Blackest of the Black tour as an alternative to OzzFest?


Oh yeah, for sure. Obviously, the first year, most of the bands that we had on the bill—up until that time period, the OzzFest only had that kind of corporate nu-metal stuff. And then the next year, they used half of the bands we had on the Blackest on their festival. It was no coincidence. And up until that time, they never even would have considered those bands. But I think they wanted to look like they were hip or whatever. But we're not going to change what we do. We're still going to go and look for acts that should be getting more exposure; things like that.



Are the rumors true that this will be your last tour?


For sure. I'm tired of touring. I've been doing it my whole life. I keep saying this over and over, but if I could just be on stage, do the show, and then be home, that'd be great. I'd tour forever. But that's not reality. That's not going to happen any time soon. I need a break. I want a break. I want to do other stuff that I've been putting off, that I haven't done.



What do you think of the band that's recording and touring as the Misfits these days?


Well, it's Jerry [Only, Misfits guitarist], isn't it? It hardly constitutes the Misfits. I've always said this: I could have easily kept the name the Misfits and kept going. It was my band. But instead I decided to call it something different, go do Samhain. Because it was different. It wasn't the Misfits. And the same thing with Danzig. Some people don't have that confidence in themselves, so they have to use a crutch, and even though they're kind of deceiving the people, even though the people know it's not the Misfits. It's just, really, the guy who's doing it just didn't have the confidence in himself to do something different and stick by it. He had to use a crutch. That's how I see it.




Josh Bell









What's Next for Green Day?


Green Day's punk-rock opera American Idiot, with it's anti-Bush title track, surprised everyone by turning out to be a hit with both critics and fans. So what's next for the boys from the Bay Area?


• Rant, a Broadway musical about Howard Dean and friends struggling with life, love and neo-conservatives.


• I'm Right, You're Stupid: The Michael Moore Story on Ice.


• My Morally Authoritative Lady, a musical of a homely small-town woman who is adopted by a PR firm and made presentable to high society.




Martin Stein









The Best Quote Ever















Local H

w/The Giraffes, 7 Hours Later


Where: The Beach


When: September 30, 6:30 p.m.


Price: $10


Info: 731-1925




"What gives them the right to comment on anyone? They've got to make some snarky comment about Vanilla Ice? He's done more than they have, and that's saying a lot."



Scott Lucas of Local H on VH1's I Love The ... series, Las Vegas Weekly, June 10, 2004




Martin Stein









IN ADVANCE



Thrice


Vheissu (2.5 stars)












w/Underoath, The Bled, Veda


Where: House of Blues, Mandalay Bay


When: October 4, 6 p.m.


Price: $15-$18


Info: 632-7600



The fourth album from emo quartet Thrice is more of the same mix of mosh-ready hard-core and melodic whininess that characterized their 2003 breakthrough, The Artist in the Ambulance. It's 11 mostly indistinguishable tracks, alternating between heavy riffs with aggressive screaming and moments of quiet, with the occasional pop hook to hold it all together. Unlike some of their peers (The Used, My Chemical Romance), Thrice don't have any obvious hits-in-waiting, and unlike other peers (Cave In, Glassjaw), they don't have much originality, either.




Josh Bell














Where: House of Blues, Mandalay Bay


When: October 1, 7 p.m.


Price: $62-$142


Info: 632-7600




Dolly Parton


Those Were the Days (2 stars)


After a series of sprightly comeback discs that drew on her songwriting skills and bluegrass roots, Dolly Parton returns to predictable covers with celebrity cameos (Norah Jones, Nickel Creek, Keith Urban, etc.) to help with the lifting on Those Were the Days. Not one of her more memorable efforts.




Richard Abowitz




Sigur Ros (2.5 stars)


Takk ...













Where: The Joint, Hard Rock


When: October 6, 8 p.m.


Price: $31-$46


Info: 693-5066



This is music elves would make if you replaced their lutes and lyres with slow-drone guitars and a string section. Other-realm-like. So ethereal a light wind would carry it away. As the music surges, washes, crescendos and shimmers, the singer trills verses composed of nonsense syllables and Icelandic words (they're from Iceland, home of the elves). Offering no lyrical "content," this is a pure soundscape experience. Nice as far as it goes, but that's only so far. Now, trolls—they know how to rock.




Scott Dickensheets


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