Bottoms Up

The Heavy Lowdown (Valentine's Day edition): Deceased, Decapitated, Shirley Temple's metal relevance, & more

Real talk: the weather fucking sucked this week, and it shows few signs of improving over the weekend. On top of that, it’s Valentine’s Day today…

Mae singer Dave Elkins (aka Schematic) covered Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" (listen)

Mae pretty much called it quits a couple years ago (besides a few reunion shows earlier this year), and singer Dave Elkins has since begun focusing on his solo project Schematic…

Saint Vitus, despite flooding in the basement, is cleaned up and open tonight; Acheron open tonight too

Saint Vitus may have sustained some minor water damage to the basement, but the Greenpoint metal bar is open for business tonight (10/31) for a special Halloween event featuring Bottoms Up (a David Lee Roth era Van Halen tribute band)…

warm up for SNL with Mick's Jaguar, curse Ozzy w/ Holy Diva, mourn Van Halen's cancellation w/ Bottoms Up & Unchained

This weekend in NYC offers you a plethora of tribute band options starting tonight (5/18) at Brooklyn Bowl where all girl tribute to Motley Crue “Girls Girls Girls” are sharing a bill with the female-fronted Dio tribute band Holy Diva and Bottoms Up who are a tribute to classic Van Halen – the only classic Van Halen you’re going to get in the NYC-area for a while (or maybe just until Saturday) …