Billy Idol

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Mountain Winery 2011: Huey Lewis! Grace Potter! Neko Case! Yacht Rock!

The Mountain Winery​Sorry for all the exclamations, but there's a lot of shows here we're going to make our parents take us to. The Mountain Winery recently announced its schedule for 2011, and there are some most notable artists coming. Among them, a five-day period this September in which b ... More >>

Meet the New Morrissey: Twin Shadow (Capably) Summons Reagan-Era Pop

The Mountain Winery​Sorry for all the exclamations, but there's a lot of shows here we're going to make our parents take us to. The Mountain Winery recently announced its schedule for 2011, and there are some most notable artists coming. Among them, a five-day period this September in which b ... More >>

Friday Night: Ian Hunter Plays Glam-Rock for All Ages at the Fillmore

Romana MachadoIan Hunter and the Rant Band at the Fillmore Friday.​Ian Hunter and the Rant BandKelley StoltzJanuary 28, 2011@ The Fillmore Better than: Your first copy of Station to Station. If Ian Hunter needs any introduction these days, it isn't for the benefit of the long line of all-ages ... More >>

Bouncer: Christmas Dance of the Sourpuss Fairy

Romana MachadoIan Hunter and the Rant Band at the Fillmore Friday.​Ian Hunter and the Rant BandKelley StoltzJanuary 28, 2011@ The Fillmore Better than: Your first copy of Station to Station. If Ian Hunter needs any introduction these days, it isn't for the benefit of the long line of all-ages ... More >>

Bridge School Benefit 2010: Buffalo Springfield, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse, More

Buffalo Springfield​LiveNation today announced the lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit -- Neil Young's annual show for the school he helped found for his son -- and, well, wow: In addition to the regulars, the classic '60s outfit Buffalo Springfield is reuniting for the show, minus t ... More >>

Last Night: 30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math & Neon Trees at the Fox

​30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees  Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: seeing a Billy Idol tribute band The audience at last night's 30 Seconds to Mars show at the Fox Theater was overwhelmingly young. Even the lead singer in the opening band, Neon Trees, notic ... More >>

Got Your Goat: Clooney's latest lacks humor

​30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees  Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: seeing a Billy Idol tribute band The audience at last night's 30 Seconds to Mars show at the Fox Theater was overwhelmingly young. Even the lead singer in the opening band, Neon Trees, notic ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Tristes Tropiques

Here at SF Weekly, we place a high value on San Francisco's humble DJ tastemakers. But we also place high honors on music geeks whose sense of humor (and Jay McInerney appreciation) is as evident as their vinyl instinct. All this makes post-punk/disco/no wave/krautrock/etc/etc/etc DJ Tristes Tropiqu ... More >>

A Great Day For Douchebaggery -- America's Favorite Insult Wins Court Victory

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Q&A: Luna Sea's Sugizo

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Aging flesh for fantasy: Billy Idol

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Billy Idol Adds Second Fillmore Show

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Billy Idol to Play Summer Fillmore Date

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

BoingBoing: BetterKnowanSFBlog

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Killer App

She's hot, he's a douche -- and now you can legally say so! Not long ago, we wrote about how "douchebag" is now the realm's insult du jour -- and quoted local foul linguist Reinhold Aman's recitation of the world's dirtiest lamentation. Yet "douchebag" isn't just ubiquitous -- it's also now legally ... More >>

Let's Get Killed

View From the Judges's Nest at Air Guitar Battle

Drum 'n' bass 'n' benefits 'n' stuff

View From the Judges's Nest at Air Guitar Battle

Most Valuable Teammate

What team more than the Giants needs a morale booster and respectful team player? They got one in Mark Sweeney.

A Sinful Score

Devil Music sweetens silents

Hear This

Billy Idol's rebel yell, Seu Jorge's Brazilian croon, and Portastatic's maudlin moan

House of Tudor

Billy Idol's rebel yell, Seu Jorge's Brazilian croon, and Portastatic's maudlin moan

A Pug at the Heartstrings

At the 10th annual Pugtacular celebration, some people will do anything for a pug

SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

FhREaKin' Outside

A perfect San Francisco day, Candlestick Point, and the Cyberbuss FhREaK Olympics. Does it get any better than this?

And a Reagan New Year!

Learning to live with -- and even love -- a retro-'80s fad that just ... won't ... die

Mistresses of the Dark

Elvira and her progeny make an evening of it. Then the progeny go wrestling.

Pop Philosophy

A flock of nostalgia; an early -- and bloody -- valentine.

Swerving on Irving

Some bars in the Sunset are made for regulars

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

The House of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

Riff Raff

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Stage

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Reviews

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Recordings

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Mondo 1995 (Part II)

Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder bu inter

Mondo 1995

Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug Zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder by inter