Boston's Street Dogs returned to Las Vegas December 7 for their Wreck the Halls holiday tour, and I was really excited to finally see them. I’ve always had bad luck trying to catch them live. The last two Vegas shows of theirs were Punk Rock Bowling 2012 (I was stuck in a never-ending security line, and missed their performance) and a canceled show with Pennywise last October. Shortly thereafter the band announced an indefinite hiatus, which more often than not is synonymous with breaking up. So by that point I was resigned to the sad fact that I would never get to pump my fists to their working class anthems live. ...

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One of my favorite shows of the last few years was Street Dogs' 2011 headlining show at the Beauty Bar with Have Nots and Lenny Lashley opening. Fast-forward two years and Lashley and Have Nots' Matt Pruitt are in Street Dogs and I'm meeting up with them backstage before their Dec. 7 show at the Las Vegas Country Saloon to film two acoustic songs. ...

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Originally cryptically billed as a show featuring ‘special guests,’ those who bought tickets to the Sunday night Punk Rock Bowling club show at the 700 capacity Las Vegas Country Saloon were treated to an intimate evening with British streetpunks (and main festival headliners) Cock Sparrer. ...

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The headliners were announced this morning for this year’s Warped Tour, the first to play in Vegas in 7 years. So now the real discussion on whether or not to attend the festival can begin. We knew it would be hot. We knew it would be crowded. But are the bands worth it? The Teggart Main Stage bands are: A Day to Remember 3Oh3! Against Me! Asking Alexandria Attack Attack! August Burns Red Gym Class Heroes Showing us that having an exclamation point in your band’s name apparently gives you a good shot at getting headliner status (note: Gym Class Heroes and Asking Alexandria are not on the Vegas date). Against Me!, arguably the best band on that list, will be on the Vegas date and are always fun to watch. Supposedly they have been playing more Axel Rose heavy sets since parting ways with Sire, and if that trend continues ...

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