All Access: Radiohead

Nov 1, 2003, By Heather Johnson

Electro-rock quintet Radiohead kicked off the U.S. leg of their tour this summer in support of their latest album, Hail to the Thief, and subsequently sold out nearly every amphitheater and arena on their itinerary....

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Nov 1, 2003

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sound Company: Rat Sound Systems Inc.
FOH Engineer/Console: Dave Rat/Midas Heritage H3000
Monitor Engineers/Console: George Squires, Peter Baigent/Midas Heritage H3000
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Tour Profile: Ben Harper and Jack Johnson

Nov 1, 2003, By Sarah Benzuly

When Ben Harper is out on the road, he stays there for quite some time. Currently supporting his latest studio album, Diamonds on the Inside, Harper's 18-month tour will take him from a large nightclub in L.A. to a small theater in Berlin to a blues festival in Byron Bay, Australia....

On the Road

Nov 1, 2003

For more than a decade, Reverend Horton Heat (aka Jim Heath), the high priest of psychobilly drama and musical excess, has ripped up the nation's highways, bringing his music to the faithful with the help of bass-slapping “Jimbo”...

Dave Gahan

Nov 1, 2003, by Steve Jennings

Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan is out on his first solo tour in support of his Paper Monsters CD. Playing cuts from the new album, Gahan also got the crowd moving with some old DM favorites....

Tour Profile: Metallica

Oct 1, 2003, By Sarah Benzuly

The lights go down and the fans in the packed arena at Candlestick Park (San Francisco) know that, soon, their boys will finally hit the stage....

A Giant Homecoming for Eminem

Oct 1, 2003, By Gregory A. DeTogne

If home is where you go and they have to let you in, Detroit mayor and hip hop aficionado Kwame Kilpatrick was one of thousands holding the door wide open for Eminem's triumphant return to the Motor City for two dates at Ford Field on July 12 and 13 this year....

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Oct 1, 2003

Bruce Springsteen
Sound Company: Audio Analysts
FOH Engineer/Console: John Cooper/96-channel Yamaha PM1D
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The Changing Face of Theater Sound

Oct 1, 2003, By Steve LaCerra

After working for more than 20 years in theatrical sound design, Janet Kalas has seen and heard her fair share of productions....

All Access: LeAnn Rimes

Oct 1, 2003, By Steve Jennings

Mix caught up with LeAnn Rimes on her visit to Northern California's Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, one of the first shows using LBC's new Meyer system, with 10 M2D Compact Curvilinear Arrays, four 650-P subs, UPM-1P loudspeakers, and front- and sidefills....

Bjrk

Oct 1, 2003, By Steve Jennings

Mix caught up with Björk's FOH engineer Kevin Pruce in San Francisco, when she opened the U.S. leg of her tour....

On the Road: Tony Blanc

Oct 1, 2003

Recognized for his work with David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Tony Blanc is on the road these days at FOH with Christina Aguilera....

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Sep 1, 2003

Godsmack

Sound Company: Showco

FOH Engineer/Console: Tony Pieras/Showconsole

John Mayer & Counting Crows

Sep 1, 2003, By Heather Johnson

“You can rest your bones on me,” reads a large, white sign held by one of the thousands of 20-something young women who jammed Concord, Calif.'s Chronicle Pavilion to hear guitarist/songwriter-turned-pop-wunderkind John Mayer....

On the Road

Sep 1, 2003

Known for years of live and studio work with artists such as The Crusaders, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller, FOH mixer Paul Mitchell is out with The Crusaders again, this time featuring a reunion of the band's co-founders, Joe Sample and Wilton Felder....

Vans Warped Tour

Sep 1, 2003, by Sarah Benzuly and Breean Lingle

The Vans Warped Tour is reportedly the largest festival tour currently running in North America, bringing the top names in modern punk — Rancid, Andrew W.K., Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys, The Used, Pennywise, Less Than Jake and so many others — together on four stages....

Phish

Sep 1, 2003

Mix caught up with Phish and spoke with FOH engineer Paul Languedoc, who told us what the band is carrying this time out....

The Foo Fighters

Aug 1, 2003, By Candace Horgan

Not many performers have won a Grammy Award^™ while playing for different bands, let alone playing different instruments in those bands, but Dave Grohl accomplished that feat when the Foo Fighters won the Best Rock Album Grammy in 2001 for There is Nothing Left to Lose....

On the Road

Aug 1, 2003

Founder of Rat Sound, Dave Rat mixes FOH and supplies systems for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose By the Way tour began in April of last year....

Charlie Hunter

Aug 1, 2003

FOH engineer/tour manager Steve Lary has worked on several of Charlie Hunter's tours. Over time, Hunter has morphed his ensemble from a simple duo to a trio and back to the original quintet....