Joe Klien was a roommate, band mate and still is a good friend of mine. In the past, he has played guitar for the following bands: Tastes Like Burning, Treephort, The Phenomenauts and is currently the brain of the San Diego based pop-punk band, The Started It’s. For a few ...

As a part of my 2nd Ask The Emotron column, super fan, David Walker writes, “Tell me all about your set and some highlights of Fest 10.”  The Fest 10 is an underground punk festival that has been happening on Halloween weekend in Gainesville, Florida for the past 10 years. No ...

If you are familiar to the Emotron’s albums, The Decemberwrist and Vampire Lunch Lady Tits, you know that the albums are upbeat, fast, synth dance jams. In the past few years the Emotron has slowed down the songs from those albums when playing live. If you would like to know ...

Since 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana doom metal band Thou has put out 5 full lengths, 9 split 7”s and been on countless compulations albums, including an upcoming Nirvana In Utero tribute album. Their influence of 90’s grunge rock mixed with raw sludge metal and a complete DIY attitude had me ...

Today represents the 19th year of Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of rockers Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Courtney Michelle Love of the band Hole. In tribute to this day of artful conception, theemotron unloads his heart and voice in his newest live video "Happy Birthday Frances Bean."  "If it wasn't for ...