In honor of Shawna’s 16th birthday, there is going to be a house show/pool party on the 10th of July! So far Ashes of Erin, The Scenery, and Ashes Of A Fallen Hero are scheduled to play, but we are still booking more bands! So come out and have a good time! The flyer is posted below! Also, make sure to check out the Local Bands of Arizona page on Myspace for upcoming shows, updates, pictures, and everything on the local music scene!

-Shawna
Local Bands of Arizona

Wendesday night Dr. Acula along with several other bands: Aithia, M.P.O.E., For The Dream, What Destroys Us, Behold The Dreamer, From The Pawn, and Autumn Black performed at The Sets. The place was a little hard to find, maybe because I’ve never been there, haha, but it was a decent size.

Aithia was up first and we all know how hard it is to be the opening band because people are usually still getting there and they don’t move much. Nonetheless, they did pretty well. Larry (vocals) and Rian (bass) were the most energetic of the band. They had solid screaming for the most part, but barely interacted with the crowd. Martin (A Breath Before Death) helped with vocals on a Devil Wears Prada cover. There was only one mishap with the stage. While playing the last song the bassist and vocalist collided but they picked right back up. Next was My Philosophy On Euthanasia who didn’t move much till the second song. They sort of interacted with the crowd but I would say that Preston (guitarist) and Sterling (drums) were the most active. They had some ghetto drums that produced some sick beats! Only one thing I noticed was that the other two guitarist faced the back a lot.

For The Dream was next and they were super energetic and had lots of crowd reaction. They had some sick breakdowns and let a spectator, John, come on the stage and sing “There’s No Justice, It’s Just Us with them.” Over all their performance was good and screams were solid! I have a video of them on my Myspace if you would like to see them! What Destroys Us played next and for it being my first time seeing them, they really impressed me. They had insane breakdowns, were interactive, crowd friendly, and  had someone named Jake help with screams. My friend described them as riff masters, haha! I would say they had a passionate performance and coordinated very well on the stage.

Now i will just go out of order, but From The Pawn had really upbeat and moving music with sick riffs and a dynamic act. I especially favored their instrumental endings. This was also the first time I’ve seen Behold The Dreamer and they were really great performers! They had excellent timing and threw down in synch, and once again, John came up to help with the lower screams. They were humorous, active, and the drummer was insane! Askyla was added last minute to the show and even though they only played a few songs and had short breakdowns they got an encore from the crowd!

Autumn Black was next to last to play and I have to say that the drummer was very social and nice while talking to the crowd when they were setting up. Being a hardcore band they had one of the most intense breakdowns of the show. The guitarists and bassist’s hands were moving so furiously and the drummer had one of the most complicated set ups of the night! Also, they had a very interesting sound when they played the keys, but while while they played everyone stood still and i don’t know if it was because of the time being 11:34 pm or because of their sound beng so intense and ever changing.

And last but not least, DR. ACULA! While setting up, I looked around and could tell everyone was a little tired because of the moshing and craziness, but as soon as they started playing they lit up the stage! The keyboardist was nuts! Lucky he had his keyboard attached to his stand or else it would have ended up on the other side of the room! They definatly had the most breakdowns as well as hilarious samples and they had raw, vile vocals that were so intense you could see the veins on his head! All in all it was a really impressive show! Make sure you check each bands Myspace and listen to their music and keep supporting the local music scene!

-Shawna
Local Bands of Arizona

Aithia Myspace, M.P.O.E. Myspace, For The Dream Myspace, What Destroys Us Myspace, Behold The Dreamer Myspace, Askyla Myspace, Autumn Black Myspace, Dr. Acula Myspace

So another new Junkie Threads tee is on it’s way! It will be available soon, check it out below and let us know what you think. Also, more news coming soon so stay posted by subscribing to our blog. Peace ya’ll!

Rock Your Threads!

-Estevan
Junkie Threads

So I went to San Diego this past weekend and visited some cool places, one being Sea World. The weather was in the 60’s and 70’s which was great. Anyhow just thought I would share some pics of me rockin my Junkie Threads shirt. Enjoy!!

Ryan
Junkie Threads™
“Rock Your Threads”

So we’ve added another category to our site called Local Bands of Arizona Blog. This section of our site will have everything and anything on Arizona local bands. We wanted to do something for everyone to find all this info. because we know social sites (myspace, facebook) can get flooded with info and a lot of times info. on these things is not reached to the peeps it should.

So this section will contain, everything from flyers for shows to news, reviews on bands, etc. This will be brought to you by Shawna of Local Bands of Arizona. She is an awesome girl and is excited to get this going, bring all you guys/gals news and info. on something she loves a lot, music! So subscribe to our blog and you will be in the know of everything/anything that is posted on our site.

Checkout her first post and Give Shawna a shout out and let her know that this is an awesome thing she is doing!
Peace

Rock Your Threads
-Estevan
Junkie Threads

We cannot make it to the Vegas show, but get out there and support some fuckin AZ Metal! Laconic and Ashes of Erin will fuck shit up as always. Show is at Cheyenne Saloon in Vegas, flyer is below.

-Estevan
Junkie Threads

Good show last night at The Joint in Flagstaff, AZ. Laconic and Ashes of Erin rocked it as always and it was a decent turn out. We also met a really cool person named Shawna from Local Bands of Arizona. She’s a great fan of music and can’t wait to see her rockin Junkie Threads. Here are some pics of Laconic from the show…. Sanjay and Lee were repp’n some Junkie Threads™!

Ryan
Junkie Threads™

We will be there! If you live in, around or want to take a trip to Flagstaff AZ. Come out and jam some metal from our friends in Laconic and Ashes of Erin. Will be a damn good show and worth the trek if you don’t live in or near Flagstaff. Come out, say Hi, hangout and be the first to peep the new threads in person. Which are now available! Hope to see you there!

P.S. Pancho will be in the house as well!

-Estevan
Junkie Threads

Thanks to all who came out this past Saturday night, over all it wasn’t a great turn out be we enjoyed being there and met some really kick ass people. If you weren’t there we hope to see you at the next show. Also, if you were there and have any pictures from the extravaganza, please email them to us: junkiethreads@hotmail.com.

Peace Ya’ll!
-Estevan
Junkie Threads

Here are some pictures from the night: