For this edition of Gear Factor, we reached out to NOFX low-end hero Fat Mike, who took us through his history on bass along with his favorite riffs. When it came to learning how to play, Fat Mike ...

Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

Punk Rock Bowling’s 25th edition had everything you could possibly want: ear-rattling riffs from some of the best punk bands in the scene, enough late-night club shows to keep the party going and an ...

Blair Gun at the Casbah Feb. 11. (Photo by Tessa Balc/Times of San Diego) San Diego-based band Blair Gun brought booming bass lines and filthy riffs to the iconic and intimate Casbah music venue ...