Articles by Chris Gramlich

Turmoil

Staring Back

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

With seemingly every hardcore band from the mid-'90s resonance reforming for their shot at a currently more lucrative (for a very few as of...

Watchmaker

Erased From the Memory of Man

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

Hate gets a bad rap. Hate can keep you going when all other emotions (love, hope, etc.) will fail you, leaving you ruined and hopelessly vu...

Serenity

Joss Whedon

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

To quote the opening theme song of the worst Trek in relation to Joss Whedon's (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel) feature-length directorial...

Various

We Reach: The Music of the Melvins

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

Ipecac’s Greg Werckman says it best about tribute records in his brief liner notes: "why would I want to hear some crappy band ruin a song...

Battlestar Galactica: Season One

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

It's been a tough couple of light years for sci-fi fans. Despite being one of the most popular genres in film, literature, videogames, etc....

Sin City

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

First off, there's no questioning the absolutely stunning visual inky depths that envelope Sin City in noir-ish darkness. Rodriguez's inter...

Doomriders

Black Thunder

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

Long-suffering Jesuit fans (whatever happened to that half-finished sophomore album?) hoping that former Jesuit bassist/current Converge so...

Overnight

Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

Pitched as a cautionary tale, Overnight is flawed but fascinating documentary viewing, in that let's watch the accident, the clean-up and t...