Author: Chuck Loesch

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

With the New Year brings a new round of Death. Whether we are talking Bowie, Rickman or Lemmy, some of my favorite actors and rock icons have passed away the last couple weeks and it’s...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

This month we have been inundated with the power of mother nature bringing the rain back to Texas. In just a few weeks of rain and storms a drought that was in place for almost...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

It’s that time where we get to examine the upcoming festivals for all of you who are into that sort of thing. I know that ACL starts today, and I don’t particularly care. They don’t...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

This week the Motorhead show at Emo’s ended early due to the ongoing health issues of the iconic Lemmy Kilmister. It was a tough sight to see, a rock and roll legend who is arguably...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

I just returned from an extensive trip to the most magical place on earth, Walt Disney World. It might seem strange for a brutal metal man to subject himself to the onslaught of saccharine happiness...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

A patriotic month around these parts, people in America love their trans-fats, fireworks, flags and freedom, and add to that a violent metal soundtrack and that is pretty much everything we can be balled up...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

I hate trends. We all say these words and then tend to fall into the traps laid by those who shape the media, me included. Taste makers and trend setters glom onto the latest and...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

I run a metal radio station called NO CONTROL Radio, and as part of that three years ago I had a friend of mine Metalmaster Steve, as he is known, start up a show that...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

When I started to look at this month’s mix, I began with the idea of Spring being that time when everyone and thing is thinking about procreating and having nasty sex, but then realized I...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

March is here, Spring is knocking on your backdoor and for Austin SXSW is about to get all up in you. Although many are critical of what the conference has become in recent years, I...