Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris

The Survivornew

Once hair-metal royalty, Billy Morris should be a has-been. Instead, he's Cleveland's busiest musician.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 11-02-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ohio, Cleveland, Billy Morris, Kidd Wicked, Teen Spirit, Warrant

Smart Assesnew

Despite published reports to the contrary, Bloodhound Gang frontman Jimmy Pop is a gifted writer, performer, and producer.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 10-25-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: pop, rock, Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo, Hooray for Boobie, The Bloodhound Gang, Viva la Bam show

Ohio Musicians Celebrate the Weirdness of Devonew

Northeast Ohio has spawned its shared of iconic rock groups, but the world has still never seen or heard anything quite like Devo -- an art-rock group in a bar-band area that used primitive synthesizers and electronic drums of its own design to perform irradiated new wave and mutated rock covers.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 08-23-2005 | Music

Strange Brewnew

It took four Jackasses, a former gun-wielding clown, a serial prank caller, and the bassist from a disco cover band to complete the Ohio band's latest disc, a surprisingly traditional rock album.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 07-19-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cleveland, Akron, and ex-Mushroomhead frontman Jason Popson (formerly J. Mann), Craig Martini, his brother Mike, The Alter Boys, The Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys

The Godfather of Cleveland Hardcorenew

Dwid's talent made the success of his band Integrity possible, but his reputation as one of the most divisive figures in all of hardcore limited its prospects.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 05-04-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: metalcore, American Werewolves drummer Nate Jochum, Dwid, MTV's reborn Headbanger's Ball

Hip-Hop With Substancenew

The college graduate's latest disc takes an accessible approach to underground hip-hop.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 04-02-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cleveland hip-hop, Iyan Anomolie, Philadelphia's University of the Arts, The Book of I

The All-Time Greatest White-Boy Rhymesnew

White rappers are the new black quarterbacks, with pundits still arguing whether they could have the skills and smarts to seriously compete in a game invented by black players. Here's the evidence they can.

Cleveland Scene | D.X. Ferris | 03-09-2005 | Music

Tags: Beastie Boys, Eminem, Sage Francis, Sole, Various White Rappers