GWAR joins 'Viva La Bands' roster

Monsters of metal GWAR [ tickets ] are the latest addition to the Viva La Bands [ tickets ] lineup, a traveling hard rock festival involving MTV star Bam Margera and some of his TV friends. / Read more

Live Review: Poison in Irvine, CA

Let's face it, if we had to bet on a band to survive the '80s with their integrity intact, it probably wouldn't have been Poison [ tickets ]. But as much a champion of the big flair and bigger hair of the era as they were a testament to the feel-good lyrics and feel-better escapism of hard rock's glory daze, they've managed to not only outlast a scene in which many wrote them off as disposable, but they've done so while emerging as the genre's sustained champions. / Read more