Slayer - Raining Blood

Big hit song from Slayer Decade of Agression

Led Zeppelin Live - Stairway to Heaven

An all time fave among millions of rock and rollers :) This son is times in every way.

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Another great best song from Metallica.

So Cal Metallica Big 4 ( So Cal )

This was from my little camera from the show.

Metallica just plain kicks ass!

Monday Photo Blog: mixed bag edition

Took a little break last week, as I was out wandering around the Mojave Desert and Death Valley. But we’re back in business this week with a little selection from a number of different photographers…

Seasick @ The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY December 2009 (photo by Justina Villanueva)

Cro Mags, Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, 31 October 2009 (photo by Rob Ferraz)

This Moment in Black History @ Mango's, Houston, TX 17 March 2010 (photo by David Ensminger)

Rape Revenge @ The Dollhouse, Calgary, AB. Feb. 26th, 2010 (photo by Trista Croft)

Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

We’d love to mix it up with some old photos. Dig into your archives and send some of those lost gems.

Punx for Haiti — this Sunday!

New Band Spotlight: Mothercountry Motherfuckers

(photo by Karoline Collins)

Sometimes living in The Bay just rules, and you find yourself in a basement in West Oakland with 20 other people and you’re eating pizza and then these four dudes walk in wearing masks and blood-spattered clothes and they just blow you away with insanely catchy songs played at a deafening volume. MOTHERCOUNTRY MOTHERFUCKERS take the good things about ’90s melodic hardcore and make them better…and then throw in a video show and between song samples that are as much a part of the live show as the band itself. Total mystery act, but if you keep your eyes peeled, you might get lucky (like at Submission for the MRR Presents gig on May 20, for instance).