Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Megadeth, and fans tell the story of the Bay Area’s ’80s metal scene.
Inspired by a map of metal bands per capita in Europe, journalist Simon Davis created a list mapping the 100 “most metal” cities per…
One of the iconic singers of Bay Area thrash metal, Steve “Zetro” Souza has been giving voice to the lessons of violence dealt out…
During the early 1980s, clubs like San Francisco's On Broadway and Ruthie's Inn in Berkeley served as the filthy, beer-and-sweat soaked petri dishes that…
As any self-respecting metalhead knows, Kirk Hammett was not Metallica's original lead guitarist. He joined up after fiery redhead and consummate asshole Dave Mustaine…
From the latest SF Weekly: Holiday Craptacular: Every year, DJ Parker “FOODCOURT” Gibbs throws a holiday party at the Make-Out Room that shows off…
Pioneering East Bay thrash-metal outfit Exodus could have imploded when Metallica nicked founding guitarist Kirk Hammett to replace drunken troublemaker Dave Mustaine in 1983….