AIC in the F-R-E-S-N-O

The new singer for Alice in Chains will never replace Layne Staley. But dammit, this new dude, William Duvall, comes as close as it gets. He, and the rest of AIC, are coming to Fresno, September 12th; Best band to come out of the nineties. Dorktown will be there.

Another underrated group, Sparta, will be opening. They sounded great the last time they were in The NO. And there's also a hybrid group - Velvet Revolver - opening up. But ever since they completely fucked up Van Halen's intro into the Hall of Fame (and Halen doesn't need help fucking things up), I can't stand these mother scratchers.

Will you be in line at Selland Saturday, doing it classic-ticket-buying-style, or are you going the online ticket route? Just promise me when you go that you'll flip off Scott Weiland with me.

Demand Deftones, Fresno

Fresno's dueling arenas has given us, in the centered city, a bounty of shows as big as Madonna's vagi...special place. But, being in the same state as Los A, SD, Sac Town and "The City", Fresnans can still get passed over for a good concert.

Before the internet, we were powerless to change that. Now, we can Demand shows. This new website organizes your demands and does something with them. What it actually does with them I'm not sure...probably nothing. In fact, it may just be some underhanded marketing scheme by Ticketmaster. But hey, it feels like you're doing something.

I've joined the demanded for the Deftones to come back. Now, if I could only demand Rage Against the Machine to play Selland instead of Coachella, I would happily pay those Ticketmaster bastards their "juice".