Drowning Pool turned the world into believers with their breakthrough single "Bodies" in 2001. Ten years and four albums later, they gave fans a new reason to believe. "Feel Like I Do," the lead single from their self-titled fourth studio release [Eleven Seven Music, 2010], became the band's biggest radio hit to date, reaching No. 2 at Active Rock Radio, and remaining in the Top 5 for 12-weeks. With 2009's "37 Stitches" off of Full Circle reaching #4 at Active Rock and "Feel Like I Do," the band had 2 consecutive Top 5 Active Rock smashes and cemented their place as one of the top hard rock acts today. The band's sophomore album, Desensitized with second singer Jason Jones spawned a Top 10 hit with "Step Up." Recent successes have paved the way for unique opportunities such as presenting the Lane Evans Mental Health Care Reform to then-senator Barack Obama on Capitol Hill, performing for our troops all over the world and partnering with organizations like The Wounded Warrior Project and the G.I. Film Festival.

In an exclusive interview in the September 2012 issue of Guitar World magazine, Drowning Pool announced that fellow Texan Jasen Moreno is their new lead singer. The band's fifth album and their first with Moreno is due out early 2013. The band teamed up with producer Kato Khandwalla at House of Loud Studios in New Jersey as well as John Feldmann earlier this year, and will be finishing the album in Dallas.

Drowning Pool is C.J. Pierce – guitar/ vocals, Stevie Benton – bass/vocals, Mike Luce – drums/vocals and Jasen Moreno/vocals.

Pop Evil

Melodic post-grunge outfit Pop Evil formed in Grand Rapids, MI, in November 2001 with a sound that took cues from the likes of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, aptly putting the quartet right in line with popular modern rock acts such as Crossfade, Shinedown, and Puddle of Mudd. Including former members of various area bands (such as TenFive), Pop Evil is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Leigh Kakaty -- who also raps under the name Kakaty (aka the Harem King), releasing the 2003 album A Balla Story -- guitarist Dave Gracia, bassist/vocalist Jamie Nummer, and drummer/vocalist Dylan Allison. The guys released an album and EP (War of the Roses and Ready or Not, respectively), eventually hunkering down with producer Al Sutton (Kid Rock) to work on new material. As the video for that album's first single, "Somebody Like You," began making its rounds in late 2006, Pop Evil further had their song "Ready or Not" featured on an episode of the MTV television show Made.

Join us for our customer appreciation night as we giveaway tickets to upcoming shows here at the Bourbon!

We will be giving away a free ticket every hour through a raffle. How do I get a raffle ticket, you ask? For every drink you buy, you will be entered to win. For every drink you buy over $6, you will be entered to win twice!

We will also only be playing upcoming music here at the Bourbon, so come down and enjoy some awesome music, great drinks, and amazing prizes!

Johnny Bliss Yung Steez Present:
The TakeOver Part 1
Loud Pack
Creative Art Music
Midwest Connexx

A Bourbon Theatre Poetry Extravaganza! Featured readers Stevie Edwards, Josh Gaines, and Ben Clark will perform alongside musical guest, Brother's Family Temple. PREACH!

This just in! The fantastic poet Travis Davis and his SP CE studio / Poet Show It crew (Paul Hanson Clark, Justin Ryan Fyfe, Ruth Kohtz, Jeff Tinnean, and Katie FS) will be bringing their voices to the stage.

Almost ten poets, and a BAND, for less than $5! Holy Moly!

Bud Light 50/50/1 Presents:

The Faint

A very limited cassette release and a few tracks on split 7"s and samplers were the band's only output, but the spark was there, and after adding Matt Bowen to the mix, the Faint proper first came into being around 1998. Media, the group's first full-length, was still a far cry from their later sounds, but the record was a fitting introduction to the band that featured a bevy of conflicting sounds, from new wave-inspired pop to Lullaby for the Working Class-style acoustic dirges. It wasn't the perfect record, but it was an inspired start that gave the band a good idea of what they were, and more importantly were not, striving for. In the wake of Media, the band set out to add something special to their live show, and in the course of the year, Bowen left the band and Jacob Thiele joined up to add the all-too-important keyboard sounds into the mix.

Early 1999 saw the band re-enter the studio with a new agenda, focusing on danceable beats, catchy keyboards, and an '80s-influenced sound that both revered and reinvented the past. The result was Blank-Wave Arcade (Saddle Creek), a pulsating record about sexuality, transportation, and mass consumption that instantly attracted hordes of new fans who were blown away by the group's distinctive new sound. The new material, along with a seizure-inducing D.I.Y. live light show and incorrigible on-stage energy, created a major buzz, and soon the Faint were revered as the second coming of new wave genius. A series of remixes on both a limited-edition LP and a tour to support a CD from Insound furthered the hype, and by the time the Faint entered the studio yet again in early 2001, the buzz had grown to a resounding roar.

In August of 2001, the group released its third LP, Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek), a somewhat darker exploration of the styles hinted at on Blank-Wave Arcade. They also added a guitarist by the name of Dapose (born Mike Dappen), whose death metal past worked perfectly with the gloomy, but still oddly upbeat, sentiments of the new record. The disc was released to instant acclaim and almost immediately became one of the label's best-selling titles. the Faint followed it up with even more touring and also found the time to release the Mote/Dust 12" (GSL) in October of 2001, featuring two more remixes, a Sonic Youth cover, and a new track featuring Bright Eyes songsmith Conor Oberst. The band was all quiet on the recording front until March of 2003, when they released an album of remixes from Danse Macabre called, strangely enough, Danse Macabre Remixes. The disc featured remixes by artists like Paul Oakenfold, Photek, and Medicine. They followed this up with Wet from Birth, which was released in fall 2004. The band remixed "Meet Your Master" from Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero, while bassist Joel Peterson reworked Of Montreal's "Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games" under his Broken Spindles alias. the Faint built their own studio, named Enamel, and formed their own label, Blank.Wav, on which they released their fourth album Fasciinatiion in summer 2008.

The Matador

The Psychedelic Furs, whose name was inspired by the 1966 Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs," were formed in England in 1977 by brothers Richard Butler (vocals) and Tim Butler (bass), along with saxophone player Duncan Kilburn and guitarist Roger Morris. By the time they released their self-titled debut album in 1980, the group had become a sextet, adding guitarist John Ashton and drummer Vince Ely. That album, featuring Butler's hoarse voice (the tone of which suggested John Lydon without the sneer) was a bigger hit in England, where it reached the Top 20, than in the U.S.

Talk Talk Talk (1981) did better, reaching the U.S. Top 100 and producing two British singles chart entries, one of which was "Pretty in Pink," later also a hit in the U.S. when a new version was used as the title song of a film. Forever Now (1982) saw the band reduced to a quartet with the departure of Kilburn and Morris. The rest moved to the U.S., turned to producer Todd Rundgren, and scored a U.S. Top 50 hit with "Love My Way." Ely then left, and the remaining trio of the two Butlers and Ashton made Mirror Moves (1984), the biggest Psychedelic Furs hit yet.

The film Pretty in Pink helped spread their name further before the release of their next album, Midnight to Midnight (1987), which consequently got to number 12 in the U.K. and the Top 30 in the U.S. and included the Top 30 U.S. hit "Heartbreak Beat." Book of Days (1989) marked the return of Vince Ely, but was a considerable commercial disappointment. World Outside (1991) also failed to find an audience. The Psychedelic Furs then folded up shop, and Richard Butler launched a new group, Love Spit Love. The band lasted two albums -- 1994's Love Spit Love and 1997's Trysome Eatone -- and didn't enjoy the monumental success of Butler's original band. Butler kept on. He began writing songs for a supposed solo effort as the '90s came to a close. Those sessions led to new songs with brother Tim and a subsequent Furs reunion in early 2000.

With both Butlers and John Ashton living in upstate New York, the time was right. They tested the waters and their audience for a joint summer tour with the Go-Go's, and the reception was warm. A year later, The Psychedelic Furs -- now featuring Love Spit Love guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Earl Harvin -- headlined their own club gigs across North America and a classic Richard Butler was keen to be back in the right place. Beautiful Chaos, a live album capturing some of the band's greatest hits from the last tour, was issued in November 2001. Their first live album ever, Beautiful Chaos was a gift for the loyalists. It also introduced their first new song in almost ten years, a somber ballad entitled "Alive."

Luminaries

Formed in the heart of Venice Beach California, and immersed in one of the most culturally diverse communities in LA, arises the heart driven, and service orientated Hip Hop emissaries of peace, the Luminaries. From the underground parties in “Dogtown” to the biggest festival stages on the west coast, the Luminaries have now taken their message international and crowds everywhere sing along the anthem, “Peace Worldwide Starts From Inside!”

The band sees their role as more than just musicians, but as catalysts for change. Each member having played the role of teacher, social worker, and activist, from working with homeless youth to defending the nation’s largest urban community garden, The South Central Farm. Luminaries embody the power of service, and do so of course through their inspirational live performances that leave audiences rejuvenated from the soul, down to the cellular level.

Luminaries bring an amazing live show that’s reminiscent of the golden era of Hip Hop, fused with a soulful, electro, live band, funk filled experience! As expressed by one of the “Grandfathers” of the genre, and early founder of modern rap, Afrika Bambaataa reminded us the power of “Peace, Unity, Love, and having Fun!” In the same vein, Luminaries create a soundscape of Hip Hop mantras inviting audiences to participate in the connectivity of one another while going ecstatic on the dance floor!

Dusty Sunshine

Listening to Dusty Sunshine is like taking a drive through the American southwest, where the band's roots lie. But it's certainly true to say that their feel-good flavor nods to Route 66, as opposed to the six-lane superhighways of today. Band members Summer, Heidi, Chani, Megan, Courtney and Aly fashioned themselves as Dusty Sunshine in 2009, and have since been repeatedly featured in Las Vegas television, print, and online press. Seemingly a conglomerate of artists from other reputable and beloved Vegas bands, this group of musically versatile and talented musicians pleases the aural senses with floating, angelic vocals; smooth, rolling bass lines; and dreamy, emotional lyrics that detail scenarios like losing a love, being enamored, and even being in jail. Each of their ballads is fortified with perfectly harmonized vocals, the smooth sound of a fret-less bass, acoustic guitar, and touches of violin, mandolin, banjo and auto harp that enrich Dusty Sunshine's bluesy, folksy, soulful sound. DS released their well-received, eponymous debut album in the fall of 2011 and their 2012 EP "Deer Paw"- homage to loved ones. After having completed their summer 2012 Southwest tour, Dusty Sunshine’s next destination is NXNE Music Festival 2013.

Saturday
May 11th
w/ Dark Satellites and Life in Prism
Doors: 6pm
All Ages
$5: 21 and up
$7: Minors

I am the Navigator

Dark Satellites

Life in Prism

Jeff Crosby and the Refugees

Los Angeles, CA – Idaho-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Jeff Crosby's Silent Conversations ep will be released on Cosmo Sex School on March 5. This will be Cosmo Sex School's first release that is not a Jerry Joseph project.

Silent Conversations deals with the bittersweet emotions of leaving home and family for the first time and finding new appreciation for what you left behind. Partly written as Jeff moved from small town Idaho to L.A. with the rest composed during a month-long trip to Columbia, the five songs reflect the change he was making in his life at the time and the clarity that comes from distance. The title track, "Silent Conversations," was written while standing in the doorway of a catholic church in Colombia during a torrential downpour. "This Old Town" is a reaction to coming home after moving to LA, how different everything looks and how the place shaped him. "Family, How Ya Been" is taken from letters Jeff was attempting to write home while staying in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. Jeff says, "I'm not very good at keeping in touch or writing home so naturally the letters turned into a song. I found the poem while moving my stuff to LA and started performing the tune at pubs and bars. People really reacted to it so I decided to record it for the EP."

Jerry Joseph's first encounter with Jeff Crosby also elicited a strong reaction to his live performance. While opening for Jerry in the Rockies, Jerry was immediately struck by Jeff. Jerry raves, "Jeff is the whole package. His guitar playing is frankly ripping, he's got a big thoughtful voice and a great hungry band. He's ******* gorgeous and manages to not let that override his presence (give him time). And then there's the songs. I keep going back to Stephen Stills ala Manassas, in vocal timbre, guitar stylings and song writing. I would venture to guess as Jeff was forming his `thing', he had no idea who Stephen Still is. There's a lot of the Laurel Canyon vibe in his writing but at the end of the day, he's from Idaho."

The two played some more shows together and Jerry offered to put out the ep on his label, Cosmo Sex School. "I think Jeff is a rock star. I still like and look for rock stars in music, that's what I grew up with. They had presence and confidence and they looked cool and I could sing along and most importantly, they were not me. I didn't want to pay to see me, I wanted to go somewhere else, with cool locations and interesting friends and the camaraderie of a band and good drugs and pretty girls and I wanted to shake my ass while I was at it. I listen to Jeff and, at least for a moment, I go there. You might want to go there too..."

Crosby will be touring in support of the new album throughout the spring and summer with his band The Refugees which features Will Prescott (drums), Daniel "The Hawk" Blumenfeld (keys) and new addition, Jeff's brother, Andrew Crosby (Bass Guitar).

Surfer Blood

Though South Florida doesn't have the tides to shoot the curl, West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood fuse sunny surf rock charm with indie rock cool. Guitarist/vocalist John Paul Pitts and drummer Tyler Schwarz had known each other since high school; they started playing together and connected with guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black, and percussionist Marcos Marchesani at an Ultra Music Festival after-party, officially becoming Surfer Blood in spring 2009. They began recording and touring almost immediately, laying down tracks in Pitts' apartment and embarking on four tours in their first five months together. The buzz around the band began in late August after Surfer Blood played a show at the Brooklyn venue Bruar Falls; when they returned to New York that fall for the CMJ Music Marathon, they played ten shows. Tours with Art Brut and Japandroids kept Surfer Blood busy for the rest of 2009, and their debut album, Astro Coast, was released in early 2010. Later that year, the band signed to Warner Bros., but released the Tarot Classics EP on Kanine in 2011.

Blue Fruit Snacks

High Energy Acoustic Duo from st louis. with enough sound to fill a full band. Ahna on guitar/ vocals (sounds like janis joplin/ robert plant) and BongoJak on Auxiliary Percussion/ back up vocals (crazy energetic congas, bongos...) we play a verity of music, we would like to call ourselfs "JAM" we go from rock, to some reggae, with a little Funk, then through in some Spanish worldly tunes, also some folk and indie and much more. we are "BLUE FRUIT SNACKS" (they are the best kind!) our main website as of current is www.reverbnation.com/bluefruitsnacks also on facebook. www.facebook.com/bluefruitsnacks. for booking e-mail bluefruitsnacks@hotmail.com ALWAYS PUT ON A GREAT SHOW!!

Monday
April 29th
7pm to 11pm
$8: 18 and up

A burlesque inspired drawing/painting/photography night. Bring your supplies, we provide an easel and lighting, but feel free to bring your own.
$8 cover goes to the models for their valiant posing abilities and stillness.

FREAKABOUT!

AZP

Trashin' The Bird

Thursday
April 25th
Doors:8pm
Show: 8:15pm

Opening Act: Zach Short

Red Theater is back with our latest show - Unclaimed. Thirty brand-new pieces will combine to give you a fresh and exciting theatrical experience.

Red Theater is a collective of artists who aspire to reconnect the theater with its community. The foundation of our work consists of 30 short plays written by, about, and for a specific audience, time, and location. Red Theater seeks to take advantage of those things that can only be done in live performance. Our work is constantly reinventing itself, taking advantage of each collective's strengths and abilities in order to best convey the truth of the moment. Our mission is to spread a theatrical theater that empowers its audience.

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The Body

Astral Menace

Hairball

accidental therapy presents:
METAL WEDNESDAY!

Terminate

Ezra

Garoted

Rad Kadillac Productions is pleased to present...

Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons

For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with a tenacity and resonant skill that mark him as a hard charging kindred spirit to Joe Strummer, Warren Zevon and Patti Smith. While not a household name or critic’s darling, Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician, something resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album, Happy Book. Captured with muscle and blood by Joseph’s longtime trio the Jackmormons, this latest chapter in his long, strange journey flows like glowing quicksilver through the modern psyche, where war and disaster wrestle with hope and faith and sometimes the best option is to sashay down to the local disco to mambo with the chicks with dicks just to remind one’s self that you’re never too old or too dead to learn a couple new tricks.

Joseph first came to prominence in the mid-1980s with still-beloved cult band Little Women, a reggae-rock proto-jam band that dominated the Rocky Mountain club scene for nearly a decade, and notably helped break jam giants Widespread Panic, who looked up to Joseph and opened for his band before rising to prominence. To this day, many of Panic’s favorite concert staples were written by Jerry Joseph, including such blazing epics as North, Chainsaw City and Climb to Safety. Today, Joseph neatly describes Little Women as mash-up of Burning Spear and the Grateful Dead dressed up like the New York Dolls.

ONE: The ONLY Tribute to Metallica

ONE has been paying tribute to Metallica for over most of ONE's lineup lives. These four horsemen have chosen to join forces and bring the midwest the most authentic sounding Metallica Tribute to date. Unlike many other tribute bands, ONE focuses explicitly on the audio and visual aspects of live Metallica, and strives for duplication in both areas. They are able to perform over fifty-five songs that span from Metallica's garage days to the legends that they are today. ONE's stage show is one that fans will recall from such shows that took place during the 80's and 90's. All of the hit singles, rock radio staples, rare B-sides, and true Metallica fan favorites are there. This is not your average weekend cover band since some members of ONE have worked for the actual band, and played on stage with them, you know this is no joke. It's time you experience ONE for once, and the rest will be history.