Email Author Dave Pehling

2005 Stories by Dave Pehling

• Jack Endino

  published December 21, 2005

  Though millions of people heard his sonic influence on classic efforts by Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and others, recorded during his stint as... More >>

• Ennio Morricone

  published December 14, 2005

  Most attempts at compiling the massive output of Italian soundtrack giant Ennio Morricone have stuck to the obvious, focusing on a mix of the... More >>

• Get your improvisational noise on with the "Jyrk Jamboree"; get your Mexicali rock on with Los Lobos

  published December 14, 2005

  For fans of psychedelically experimental sound, the "Jyrk Jamboree," which hits the Hemlock Tavern on Wednesday, Dec. 14, looks to be an... More >>

• Holy beat-bevy Batman: Cut Chemist, Z-Trip, Radar, Faust, Romanowski, dead prez, Marques Wyatt, Lisa Shaw, and "The Rootdown SF."

  published December 14, 2005

  The first two volumes of Bomb Hip-Hop's Return of the DJ compilation often get credit for reviving the art of vinyl manipulation in the... More >>

• The blue-blooded Blowfly, the multialiased MF Doom, and the lyrically infallible Casual

  published December 7, 2005

  Years before 2 Live Crew got as nasty as they wanted to be and Kool Keith started regaling fans with tales of interstellar ass-crack spelunking,... More >>

• Tom Vek

  published November 16, 2005

  The current round of '80s dance-punk redux has been going on long enough that it's only a matter of time before some bandwagon-jumping latecomers... More >>

• Boogie-rock freakoids Green Milk From the Planet Orange and No Doctors, and the megarock of OG grunge masters Mudhoney

  published November 16, 2005

  Nirvana's gargantuan barbed-wire hooks and Soundgarden's ham-fisted modern take on Zeppelin and Sabbath heaviness may have sold a bazillion more... More >>

• The Gris Gris

  published November 9, 2005

  As much acclaim as musical witch doctor Greg Ashley received for the 2004 debut by his brainchild the Gris Gris -- even snotty,... More >>

• The Atomic Bitchwax

  published November 9, 2005

  The departure of guitarist Ed Mundell from New Jersey-based power trio Atomic Bitchwax back in 2003 could easily have been the death knell for the... More >>

• Don't be a Hallo-weenie -- consult our guide to this weekend's scariest rock!

  published October 26, 2005

  Few places on the planet embrace the dark pageantry and unbridled depravity associated with Halloween like San Francisco. And what better way to... More >>

• Psychokinetics

  published September 7, 2005

  A contemporary of fellow underground hip-hoppers Zion I and Crown City Rockers, Bay Area crew Psychokinetics has been rocking stages and dropping... More >>

• Department of What the Fuck?

  published August 31, 2005

  Long before Ronnie James Dio was slaying mechanical dragons in front of arenas packed with teenage heshers and W.A.S.P. mainstay Blackie Lawless... More >>

• Coup de Grace

  published August 31, 2005

  The concept of dumbing rock down to the bare essentials has been a time-honored approach for countless bands, from ham-fisted metallic pioneers... More >>

• Iron Maiden

  published August 17, 2005

  In a classic case of sending mixed signals, the British metal stalwarts of Iron Maiden tagged their uneven career-spanning two-disc set as... More >>

• Old Grandad

  published July 13, 2005

  A mainstay on the local metal scene before splitting up back in 2000, Old Grandad appealed to a wide range of heavy-music fans with a unique mix... More >>

• Drunk Horse

  published July 6, 2005

  Though Drunk Horse is often lumped in with the Sabbath-worshipping stoner-rock hordes that the band's original label, Man's Ruin, was responsible... More >>

• Hear This

  published May 25, 2005

  There's some whack shit going down in Newport, and it's got nothing to do with Seth Cohen and Marissa Cooper on The O.C. The Newport I'm... More >>

• Hear This

  published April 27, 2005

  And you thought life in the Mission was rough. After Marie Daulne's father was killed during a revolution in her native Congo, her family sought... More >>

• The Flaming Stars

  published January 19, 2005

  Max Décharné and the Flaming Stars have been crafting their literate brand of garage-rock-meets-lounge-noir since 1994 yet somehow... More >>

• Billy Nayer Show

  published January 12, 2005

  Though songwriter and all-around auteur Cory McAbee has called the Billy Nayer Show's latest its most accessible effort yet, longtime local fans... More >>

• Azeem

  published January 5, 2005

  In 2004, this one-time member of Spearhead dropped fiery political invective on Mayhemistics for Wide Hive (fronting the label's... More >>