Fu Manchu- Wednesday, November 9th at 8pm (with Honky / The Shrine) Tickets- $12 in advance/ $15 day of show "Fu Manchu will be preforming their album In Search Of… at the Grog Shop! Released in 1996, In Search Of… is still praised as the ultimate st0ner rock album! Originally formed in 1985 as a Black Flag-influenced hardcore punk band called Virulence / Fu Manchu has since become one of hard rock’s most celebrated names. The band released its first single, “Kept Between Trees” in 1990 and in the years following, helped give rise to a celebrated style of heavy music tagged “...
By D. Beall It’s $1 Steak Night at the Pearl Road Tavern in Old Brooklyn, and I’m sitting at a table with red bearded singer Gary Kane and shaven headed guitarist Metal Jay Bonnel; representatives from what I’ve been told is the stoner metal band to watch out for, Cleveland’s Forged in Flame. Absent are bassist Jay Clark and drummer Jon Vinson. Also in attendance- Trip from Studbulls Disco Biscuit. The beers are cheap, the steaks are bloody and the interview is laid back. We talk a little about the Jigsaw Saloon days, when self-proclaimed business guru Phil Lara sponsored their ...
