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You know what your summer has been lacking? Some hair metal! I'm a little bummed I'm missing the shit show that is sure to be the Motley Crue/Poison/New York Dolls tour, but, luckily, I've got another gem of concert. Continuing with my summer of nostalgic shame, I recently saw Bon Jovi in Istanbul. Yep, Bon [...]

Girl metal fans kind of have to work harder to gain credibility. We get scoffed at for trying to be "cool," and (allegedly) not really liking the music, are accused of being posers who couldn't name a non-"Ace of Spades" Motorhead song if our lives depended on it, and just plain using metal to get [...]

After the jump is a photograph that was sent to me today by an anonymous reader. This photograph I guess would be considered NSFW, although I don't know why - the nudity is completely tasteful. In fact, I'm not sure who took this portrait (Ross Halfin, perhaps?), but it's striking: gritty, real, honest, and gorgeous. [...]

Since its inception by the typings of some clever music journalist in the 80s, the categorization "hair metal" (or "glam metal") has been as amorphous and, consequently, as misused as "metalcore" has been in the aughties. And since it's hair metal week here on MetalSucks, we thought we'd try to address this issue by pointing [...]

The Toxic Avenger Musical Demond Green, Matthew Saldivar, Nick Cordero, Sara Chase, Nancy Opel This week, Bumpershine is pleased to welcome back theatre guru Robert Jaimes for a special review of The Toxic Avenger Musical , which is now playing at the New World Stages Theatre . -ed. THE TOXIC AVENGER: TOXIE Has Moxie, Thanks To Strong Cast By Robert Jaimes When I first sat down to enjoy a recent performance [...]