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FRED GREEN: Still Burnin'
rock, reggae, progressive
CRUSHED: My Machine
High energy rock that oozes passion and melody. GET ON BOARD for a ride you won't forget.
WORMWOOD BROTHERS: Spider Lake
Hallucinatory alt.country for sleepy dreamers. A set of eerie americana, creeping feedback ballads, and harmonized folk songs. Like Neil Young teaching the Beatles how to drive a stickshift in the desert. A reverb-tinged night by the river. Good for bourb
DRUNKEN IMMORTALS: Hot Concrete
THE BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM IN THE WHOLE WORD. FEATURING BLACKSHEEP AND ABSTRACT RUDE...
BRIMSTONE FLOWERS: Rapture
Take the time to close your eyes, throw your headphones on and allow Brimstone Flowers RAPTURE album take your senses to higher limits. Keep your eyes open for the new Brimstone Flowers EP to be released in the summer of 2006...
SUPER STERNAL NOTCH: Pack a Lunch
"If there is one rock album that you are going to buy this year, then buy this one," says Tori Sparks. Sparks reviewed the album for Billboard magazine and has given the album five stars which is the equivalent of a perfect score.
GREENHAVEN: The Last Powerful Second
snarlin' honky riff-rock
THE LOVE ME NOTS: The Love Me Nots In Black & White
spy-surf-fuzz-gogo garage rock
PAGE THE VILLAGE IDIOT: It's No Fun Being One Dimensional
Offensive, irreverant, tasteless, and tactless..it must be Page the Village Idiot.
BLANCHE DAVIDIAN: Orange Sunshine
Acid Punk. Lotsa Glitter and lotsa guitars. Pyscho Sex As Art. Burn Baby Burn.
PINKY TUSCADERO'S WHITEKNUCKLE ASSFUCK: Halfway to Honkey Heaven
The originators of "Fist Fuck Rock". Loud Aggressive Rock and Roll.
BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME: revising history
Intelligent Riff Rock ranging from Heavy to Ambient Surreal.
About me: Bands! Please read below in the BIG BOLD SECTION that says "BOOKING" in green.
The venue: Hollywood Alley is a 21+ venue in Mesa that has been doing live music for over 20 years and has hosted shows for a number of touring underground rock bands ...too many to name (but fond memories recall Brian Jonestown Massacre, Rocket From The Crypt, Big Drill Car, Apples In Stereo, Street Walkin' Cheetahs, Bellrays, Nomads, Laughing Hyenas, Syl Sylvain, Supagroup, Sonny Vincent, Dead Moon, Jay Reatard, Easy Action, Dixie Witch, Greg Sage & The Wipers, Velocity Girl, Poster Children, Alabama Thunderpussy, Naked Aggression, Melt Banana, Hemi Cuda, Neil Hamburger, Public Enemy, Ghostland Observatory, The Lazy Cowgirls, NoMeansNo, The Makers, High On Fire, Lydia Lunch, Jeff Dahl Group, Electric Frankenstein, and I am sure I am forgetting a few dozen more). Hollywood Alley also hosted the SHoD IV festival in 2002, 2006, and 2007. We have the best and loudest PA for any 200-250 range venue in Arizona. We are a full service bar that is open at 6am for the graveyard shifters and is kept open for a their lunch and happy hour attendees. The Alley also boasts about a dozen or so TVs so television, sports, and bad films on VHS are a daily activity. We also have a nifty retro game room with alot of your favorite pinball and arcade games from the 80s. Once 8pm rolls around, The 'Alley transforms itself into one of the longest running and best reputable rock n roll venues within Metro Phoenix (20 years and running!). And most importantly, we are family owned (not corporate). We are owned and operated by three generations of a family that can been seen working day and night, 7 days a week.
Directions: Hollywood Alley is located at 2610 West Baseline in Mesa, AZ which is 1/8 mile east of the Loop 101 and the Tempe border. Here's a Mapquest link.
BOOKING! (bands please read): The Hollywood Alley MySpace site is not for booking. All booking should be done through Ross. His email address is srossw-at-msn-dot-com. Forwarding him your MySpace page or Sonicbids EPK is recommended. DO NOT (and i repeat) DO NOT SHOW UP ON A SATURDAY NIGHT at 10PM WHEN WE ARE BUSY AS HELL WITH A CD TO TALK BOOKING. We are very lenient on booking new bands, but talking our ear off about your band while we are trying to make money with customers is a sure fire why of not getting your band booked.
We do have a few outside promoters who book at Hollywood Alley that specialize in specific genres. If you fall within these genres you should go ahead and contact them through their myspace page.
Stoner Rock: Rob from SHoD books a handful of stoner rock shows each year, including SHoD Fest VII coming in September. His myspace site is : http://www.myspace.com/ancientrob Garage/Indie Rock: Starting in 2008, Vil Vodka will be booking more frequently again. He is the Saturday night resident bartender and the man behind the Gimme Danger shows from '05 and '08. He books under his company name Vodka Tonic Media and can be reached here: http:/www.myspace.com/vodkatonicmedia.com Punk Rock: Here is our two favorite punk rock promoters in the 21+ scene. They also book at other venues throughout town.
Johnny Volume (Banned in Tempe and ETC Promotions): http://www.myspace.com/etcpromotions
Nate (May Cause Dizziness Records): http://www.myspace.com/mcdrecs
Hollywood Alley's Back Game Room:
Need to get away from the loud music? Take a step into our back room filled with many of your favorite arcade and recreational games. The game room features two pool tables, bubble hockey, air hockey, darts, Megatouch Trivia, Police Trainer, Golden Tee Live, Golden Tee 2004, Big Buck Hunter, Blitz 99, World Class Bowling, Sharkey's Shootput (pinball), Ms. Pacman, Revenge of Doh, Arkanoid, Dragon Spirit, Ghost 'n Goblins, Defender, and Pigskin. Don't worry! The Hollywood Alley staff carries plenty of quarters to make change with.
Hollywood Alley Proudly Features: TITO's Vodka. Some believe the best Vodka comes from Russia. Others think the best comes from Sweden and while many others name countries like Netherlands, France, and Holland. Well, according to a great deal of our customers, the best vodka in the world comes from right here in the USA...Austin Texas to be exact. Come on down and get yourself a cocktail made with Tito's Vodka. It's 80 proof and distilled six times. Very Smooth! Try it straight on the rocks.
Fine Draft Beers from Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe and Deschutes Brewery in Oregon. We have over 20 beers on tap from the most well known domestics, to some of the most popular premiums and imports. We feature 5 of the best microbrews in the U.S. on tap. From Four Peaks we have Kilt Lifter Scottish-Style Ale, 8th Street Ale, and Hefeweizen and from Deschutes we carry Black Butte Porter and Mirror Pond Pale Ale.
If your tastes are more expensive and exotic we also have Lindemans Framboise Raspberry Lambic on tap as well.
Who I'd like to meet: If you like fair priced beverages, LOUD music, wasting afternoons watching movies, comfy leather booths, pizza, and cheesy arcade games then we would like to meet you today!
KIL JADEN a Las Vegas based band with a killer rock-metal sound that has been retro-fitted to become THE KIL JADEN sound! With precision and power, these boys know how to light up the stage. But the songs are what this band is all about! With catchy hooks and rippin’ solos, these guys know how to write amazing songs such as Krazy, The Broken and "Desire" to name a few. KIL JADEN performs constantly to continue to rock the masses. KIL JADEN is the right here, right now! Not following any past trends. Diverse as each KIL JADEN member is, from progressive and hard core to commercial rock! This band has created a recipe that is as unique as each member that is KIL JADEN. In only 24 months time, KIL JADEN has become one of Las Vegas’ BEST KNOWN AND LOVED BANDS! KIL JADEN has opened for GODSMACK @ the PEARL, HELLYEAH @ the HOUSE OF BLUES, METAL SKOOL @ HARD ROCK! LA GUNS, @ ROX NIGHTCLUB, BANG TANGO, SUBLIME, THE DREAMING etc, etc. They rock their asses off every night, bringing everything they got. And after their shows, KIL JADEN loves to meet new people with a family type fan base; everyone is welcome to join in on the party! KIL JADEN has been in every issue of VEGAS ROCKS MAGAZINE the first 18 months. KIL JADEN has had articles about being the 1st place winners of battle of the bands, and one of the next bands to get signed and so forth. In 2007 KIL JADEN was the 4 most requested band @ KOMP 92.3 THE ROCK STATION here in Las Vegas, NV.
I'm looking forward to the Mariah Secrest/Amy Courts ACTIVATE Tour stop at Hollywood Alley. :-) I'm picking up tour posters from the printer's today. How many would you like?
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