Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

When it comes to muscular hard rock and metal, few in the gritty extreme music world have a longer resume or more battle scars than Phil Anselmo . The former Pantera frontman has been wracked by guilt over his falling out with his former guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott , who was gunned down onstage in 2004 in an Ohio club while he played with his band Damageplan . Anselmo has also struggled with drug addiction, chronic back and knee pain and the breakup of Pantera – which was one of the bigg

To borrow a phrase from staff writer Dan Caffrey, The House of Blues is seriously the Chili’s of music venues. It doesn’t matter where you go in this country, any venue in their caliber has the same decor, the same goofy stuff on the walls, the same wooden staircases and even the same overpriced beer that’s really not worth it. There’s not a speck of difference here in Chicago. In fact, since this the city where the “electric blues” started, the House of Blues Chicago goes that extra mile to ma