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Three Erstwhile Punks Are Once Again Packing Houses Across Americanew

In a way, The Cleveland Confidential Book Tour is just like the old days, when Pagans frontman Mike Hudson, Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome, and Human Switchboard frontman Bob Pfeifer would pile into a van, drive across the country, and convince occasionally indifferent audiences to listen to them. They're even calling the readings "gigs" -- gigs with less equipment, as Pfeifer says.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
04-06-2011 |
Music
Is Hipster Metal for Assholes?new
Lately, like scores of other music critics, I've been getting into some "hipster-metal bands," so named because guys like us listen to them. Real metal dudes hate people like me. And that certainly includes D.X. Ferris, my co-worker and author of a new book about Slayer's Reign in Blood, which is apparently some sort of classic metal album.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci and D.X. Ferris |
06-20-2008 |
Music
White Heatnew
Clevelander makes an electro-pop racket; hipsters across the country rejoice.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Williams, Smoke
Close to Homenew
A transgendered Clevelander enlists indie-rock icons for autobiographical CD.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Tags: Baby Dee, Safe Inside the Day
A Cleveland Electrician Picks His Favorite Music of 2007new

Artie the Electrician (Local Union 38) is a bandanna-sporting 43-year-old father of four who's played in a bunch of bands over the years, including the Cheese Farmers, Ass Crack Holiday, and Buddy Holly's Nipple. Here are his picks.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
12-28-2007 |
Music