Go support Record Store Day on Saturday April 18th

We are asking everyone that visits the Big Wheel Online Magazine site no matter where you are in the world to go support Record Store Day on Saturday April 18th. Let your local record store know that you appreciate their HUGE contribution to the music scene by buying a CD, vinyl record Read more

2 Night of Zero Boys – at 924 Gilman St. – Berkeley, CA

I heard the Zero Boys haven’t played in California since 1982, so when I found out they were playing only two shows in California, over 450 miles away from where I live, I gathered up the road dogs and drove up for a weekend of Frisco fun. (They hate it when out of towners call it Frisco hehe) Anyhow we drove up the night before the first show and stayed in a classy part of town referred to as the Tenderloin or more affectionately known by the locals as “Crackville USA”. Read more

Dr. Dre Day with Old Man Markley – Pussy Cow – Horace Weitraub – Stab City – at Blue Star – Los Angeles, CA

For the past three years, my friends and I have celebrated the birth of Dr. Dre at an event known as Dre Day.  The idea was stolen from a club in Minneapolis.  When I first read about it, I thought that it was a damn shame for Los Angeles not to have our own Dre Day celebration.  After all, Dr. Dre is Los Angeles’ native son.

It started off simple enough.  My friends and I just hung out at my house listening to Dre produced music and watching movies starring the great Dr. Dre.  That year we decided that the next year, we would make it even bigger. Read more

Lux Interior of The Cramps passes away at age 62 in Glendale, California

Eulogy by Joe Dana

I discovered the music of the Cramps in the year that I lived in Wisconsin. This girl I was seeing introduced me to them. We listened to Stay Sick, Look Mom No Head and Smell of the Female over and over on her cassette player. We would jump and down on her bed and do the twist.

I had heard about them for years. I remember seeing Christian Slater wearing the famous Bad Music for Bad People T-shirt in the movie, Read more

Big Wheel Magazine presents – 10 Things Going Extinct

Since time is linear we often showcase the new and remember the old, but what about the things that we haven’t quite left behind completely? These things are what we will  bring to light and make you say “oh yeah, that’s right!” These items or places still exist today, but are slowly fading away only to be replaced with something more convenient or modern. Here is the first installment of  ten things that are fading away. Read more

Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 is off the airwaves – Is it becuse they would not play the corporate radio game?

WOW, we are bummed to hear that Indie 103.1 will not be broadcasting live over the airwaves any longer. From the very start of this station 5 years ago we were an early supporter of the station. Over the course of time Big Wheel/TG was given the to opportunity to film and photograph many of the live guests that appeared on the air. TK and everyone over there were always great to us, we are sure we will see them around. There are alot of bands that got their first airplay on this station and later went on to be major bands. Read more

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