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All Access: Godsmack
Mix caught up with Godsmack at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium when they came through Northern California last fall. The crowd greeted the band with...
Tours
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Tour Profile: Simon & Garfunkel
Despite the hoopla surrounding the biggest reunion tour of the year, I figured this gig couldn't be too tough — just a couple of...
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Tour Profile: Good Charlotte
Part of a new breed of tuneful pop punksters on today's music scene, spikey-haired, tattooed and pierced Good Charlotte manages...
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Tour Profile: Primus
For the neophyte at a Primus show, the chant struck up by the band's diehard fans seems disconcerting: “Primus sucks! Primus sucks!” “It just...
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Tour Profile: Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis, renowned saxophonist and member of one of jazz's most beloved musical families, never seems to rest. In the last year-and-a-half alone,
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Tour Profile: Lucinda Williams
“That should be the porch up there,” says Nathan Harlow, front-of-house engineer for Lucinda Williams, gesturing toward the stage of New York's Beacon Theatre,...
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Sex Pistols
Marking the 25th anniversary of their American invasion, the Sex Pistols played San Francisco's Warfield Theater. Interestingly, their last show before
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All Access: Queens of the Stone Age
“The Queens are one of the best rock bands on the planet. The source of my sounds are great, and that makes my job...
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Tour Profile: R.E.M. and Wilco
When college rock trailblazers R.E.M. wrapped up their last tour in 1999, it was almost the end of the world as they knew it,...
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Dave Gahan
Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan is out on his first solo tour in support of his Paper Monsters CD. Playing cuts from the...
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Tour Profile: Ben Harper and Jack Johnson
When Ben Harper is out on the road, he stays there for quite some time. Currently supporting his latest studio album, Diamonds on the...
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All Access: Radiohead
Electro-rock quintet Radiohead kicked off the U.S. leg of their tour this summer in support of their latest album, Hail to the Thief, and...
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On the Road: Tony Blanc
Recognized for his work with David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Tony Blanc is on the road these days at FOH with Christina Aguilera.
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Bjrk
Mix caught up with Björk's FOH engineer Kevin Pruce in San Francisco, when she opened the U.S. leg of her tour.
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All Access: LeAnn Rimes
Mix caught up with LeAnn Rimes on her visit to Northern California's Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, one of the first shows using...
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Tour Profile: Metallica
The lights go down and the fans in the packed arena at Candlestick Park (San Francisco) know that, soon, their boys will finally hit...
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A Giant Homecoming for Eminem
If home is where you go and they have to let you in, Detroit mayor and hip hop aficionado Kwame Kilpatrick was one of...
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John Mayer & Counting Crows
“You can rest your bones on me,” reads a large, white sign held by one of the thousands of 20-something young women who jammed...
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Vans Warped Tour
The Vans Warped Tour is reportedly the largest festival tour currently running in North America, bringing the top names in modern punk — Rancid,...
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Charlie Hunter
FOH engineer/tour manager Steve Lary has worked on several of Charlie Hunter's tours. Over time, Hunter has morphed his ensemble from a simple duo...
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Lou Reed
Touring in support of his latest releases, The Raven and NYC Man: The Collection, Lou Reed pulled into San Francisco's Warfield theater in June.
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AFI
On the first leg of what promises to be a long tour, Bay Area rockers AFI made a splash with two sold-out nights at...
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Touring Notes
UK-based SSE Hire is providing InnovaSon digital consoles at FOH and monitors (a Grand Live for monitors and a Large Scale Live at FOH)...
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Audioslave
Once considered the property of '70s rock history, the concept of the “supergroup” is once again alive and well. Comprising the remaining members of...
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Pearl Jam
Interview with audio engineers and live sound crew on mixing audio for Pearl Jam's 2003 tour. Tips, techniques and equipment applications from front of...
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The Pretenders
On tour since January to promote their latest album, Loose Screw, The Pretenders rocked through the San Francisco Bay Area in early March.
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Garfunkel Tours With Crown
Currently on tour with songwriters Buddy Mondlock and Maia Sharp supporting their new collaborative album, Everything Waits to Be Noticed, Art Garfunkel
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No Doubt It’s an A-T
FOH engineer John Kerns (Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, Sammy Hagar, etc.) has been using an extensive lineup of Audio-Technica microphones for the
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InnovaSon Lightens the Load
Faced with tight cargo space restrictions on commercial airplanes and poor highway conditions in Central and South Americas, FOH engineer Juan Carlos
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McCoy Tyner
Jazz piano legend McCoy Tyner's annual two-week residency at Yoshi's is one of the Oakland, Calif., jazz club's most anticipated events. Mix came down...
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Tori Amos
In support of her first album on Epic Records, Scarlet's Walk, Tori Amos completed a whirlwind tour of North America, playing 31 shows in...
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are out in support of their new album X, their tenth in a long rock career; with them at FOH is mixer...
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India.Arie
One of the strongest debut releases to emerge from the R&B world during the past couple of years is Acoustic Soul by Atlanta-based artist...
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Beck and the Flaming Lips
Last fall, Beck and the Flaming Lips, two enduring icons of modern rock, teamed up for a somewhat unusual tour: The Flaming Lips doubled...
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The Strokes
Originally from New York, The Strokes first broke through in England and have since become an international success story. Touring almost nonstop since
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Hot Licks
Once again finding himself traversing the U.S. at FOH with the Rolling Stones, Irishman Robbie McGrath is somewhat bemused by America's post-9/11 preoccupation
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Sir Paul McCartney Back in the U.S.
When my travel plans were pushed back a day, I suddenly had the chance to drop in on Paul McCartney's Back In the U.S....
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Peter Gabriel’s Growing Up Tour
Peter Gabriel's first tour in nearly a decade, which stopped at two dozen North American cities in late 2002, featured an in-the-round arena stage...
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Underworld: A Night in the City
Out in support of their latest album, A Hundred Days Off, UK dance act Underworld has embarked on a short fall 2002 North American...
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The Bridge School Benefit
The 16th Annual Bridge School Benefit, held over the weekend of October 26-27, 2002, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif., featured
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Hiroshima
Founded in the late 1970s by saxophonist Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima has had a long and successful career, and the band's 11 albums have sold...
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SOUND DESIGN FOR AN AMERICAN TRADITION
Barbershop harmony, a uniquely American musical art form, drew some 14,000 attendees to Portland, Ore.,'s Rose Garden Arena over the 4th of July week.