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Mac Lethal Shah Interview The Annex

Interview with Mac Lethal at The Annex

The Annex was a venue in Madison, WI that played host to every kind of show you can imagine over the course of it’s existence. I say “was” because after the club fell victim to low attendance and a rash of allegedly violent events that ultimately led to it’s closing.

The last show before the [...]

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Hip Hop For Haiti Videos Are Here! MC Starr, Isodynamics, L.O.S.T.S.O.U.L.S., Rambunxious, DLO, Rob Dz!

Where to begin. You gotta love it when a community of musicians comes together to accomplish something bigger than selling a few albums and t-shirts:) The Hip Hop For Haiti Benefit at The Annex was the best example of that I’ve seen in a long time.Over a dozen artists took the stage that night, all [...]

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Once Again, Erebus Destroys!

One more from Erebus live at The Annex. This show really blew me away and I think set a precedent for quality metal coming out of Madison. From what I hear, these guys will be in the studio this summer recording a new full-length album, so be on the lookout for that. If you see [...]

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Lords Of The Trident: WTF!?!

Lords Of The Trident: WTF!?!

Wow. This band is the most genius thing I’ve seen in a very long time. Lords Of The Trident are basically a throwback to the late 70′s-early 80′s scrotum squeezing metal acts such as Judas Priest, but the music is actually a bit more modern than that and believe it or not the music is [...]

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Erebus "When The Battles Over" Live @ The Annex

Good ol’ fashioned bone-crushing metal from Madison is a bit of a rarity but a handful of extremely good metal bands has come to my attention recently, one of which I had a chance to film the other night at the Annex. Erebus has been on the scene for awhile now, and the latest line-up [...]

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A Surprise Erebus Set Is Kinda Like Being Sucker Punched In The Mouth

Erebus got added on as a last minute fill in to open up for Despite The Chaos at the Annex a couple weeks ago, and I happened to be there filming that gig with Milwaukee/Madison based filmmaker Tomah Mackie.I had no idea what to expect when I spotted these guys sitting at the bar, but [...]

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Joe & Tomah Shoot Despite The Chaos

Last week I had the pleasure of collaborating with a young filmmaker from Milwaukee, Tomah Mackie. We did a two camera HD shoot for the band Despite The Chaos, also out of Milwaukee, and it turned out great! Tomah has been documenting this band for some time now, check out some of his other work [...]

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Maximum Ink Halloween: The Skintones Are Pure 'Tude!

Maximum Ink Halloween: The Skintones Are Pure 'Tude!

The Skintones are pretty much a staple of the Madison hard rock scene, and this year during the Maximum Ink Halloween party at The Annex they showed everybody why.These guys are so Rock they sweat gravel and shit boulders :)Seriously though, this was an awesome performance, and I really enjoyed it.

The Skintones are:Pete Ress-Guitar/Vocals.Tony [...]

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Maximum Ink Halloween: Mobile Death Camp Show the Kids How it's Done!

Mobile Death Camp from Toledo, OH took what was a very good hard rock show and basically shoved a hot metal poker up it’s ass. From their website: A vicious metal trio, made up of Northwest Ohio, and Southeast Michigan musical journeymen.These three metal “war horses” have been rippin’ it up like this since the [...]

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Maximum Ink Halloween: Sunspot is Strong with the Force

Mo’ video from the Maximum Ink Halloween party! Madison area rock band Sunspot (arena rock for geeks) kept it real with matching Return of the Jedi costumes (Wendy, you might be a bit creeped out to know how many people I talked to want to see video of you in a Slave Leia costume), and [...]

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