The biggest names in rock and metal came together in Los Angeles Thursday night to celebrate the genre and honor their peers at the Golden Gods Awards 2013.

Alice Cooper may hold one of the longest running tenures on the hard-rock-glam-metal scene, but he’s no slouch after all the success — quite the opposite actually. The veteran rocker and ever-consummate showman packed the house at Denver’s Paramount Theatre on Friday evening and demonstrated just why he’s been able to cross the 40-year mark of a successful musical career.

Live review: The Living Room Series @ the Meadowlark

[photopress:less_than_jake.jpg,full,pp_image] Less Than Jake delivered all the sweaty confetti goodness at the Gothic Theatre on Sunday. Photo by Nicole Lucas. For my brother and me, going to a Less Than Jake show is like a father and son outing. It’s something we’ve been doing together since 1997, when he was 12 and I was 16, during that odd moment in the ’90s when the umbrella of ska opened and gave us some of our mutually favorite bands like Mustard Plug, Goldfinger, the Hippos, Let’s Go [...]

[photopress:manson1.jpg,full,pp_image] Marilyn Manson preached to the sold-out Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday. But is his schtick — knife-microphone included — getting a little stale? Photos by Reverb contributor Laurie Scavo. This was the second time in 12 months that I’ve seen Marilyn Manson. Before you judge me, Manson co-headlined a tour with Slayer last year — and that’s SLAYER! So I was well-prepared to see Manson on Wednesday at the Fillmore Auditorium. Manson is one of those bands that every one should see at least once, [...]