Shows Preview: Satan, Hell Fire and the onslaught of metal to SF in April!

Photos and April preview by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Beginning this weekend and throughout April, San Francisco (and Spinning Platters!) is about to get very \m/etal.  Just look at the list of 60+ band names on the left column… this does not happen too often around here anymore!

Spinning Platters is going to attempt to attend, photograph, and review as many of these as possible, and will report back with our findings soon! \m/

Before diving in, first though how about some photos from a great show with Satan and Hell Fire at DNA Lounge last weekend… sort of the calm before the {metal}storm!

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Festival Review: NOFX -The Final Shows-

41 Years of Fucking Up: NOFX Bids Us Farewell

To call this an end of an era is the most obvious understatement. Forty years of fucking shit up as a punk band is a long time, and while some bands have been at it for just as long if not longer, the impact of NOFX cannot be overstated. They did things DIY when their peers were signing on with and subsequently getting dropped by major labels. They’ve courted controversy, spoken their minds, and rocked the fuck out while doing it. It was fitting that the final three performances of the band’s career would be celebrated in Southern California, where it all began.

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