Run the Jewels make second FYF Fest set special -- joined by Zack de la Rocha, Travis Barker and Gangsta Boo

Run the Jewels make second FYF Fest set special -- joined by Zack de la Rocha, Travis Barker and Gangsta Boo
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
August 23, 2015

Per usual, FYF Fest had a lot of returning acts to the fold in 2015, and to some people it was a turnoff to see so many of the same names as in previous years. But if rising hip-hop juggernauts Run the Jewels proved something, it’s that maybe Goldenvoice got something right: why not bring people back that have growing fanbases and have already proven they can ignite a crowd?

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Mark Hoppus of blink-182 crashes Power Violence comedy show at The Satellite

Mark Hoppus of blink-182 crashes Power Violence comedy show at The Satellite
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
May 20, 2015

It’s nights like Tuesday night at The Satellite in Silver Lake that top the list of reasons that I love Los Angeles.

Having just returned from two weeks in the South for Shaky Knees and Hangout Fest – also spending a night in the Charlotte airport when a delay caused me to miss my connecting flight to LAX – I was pretty wore out. I got an e-mail from Sandy, our fearless leader at Grimy Goods that Mark Hoppus of blink-182 would be performing a surprise set with Whitmer Thomas and Jonah Ray of Power Violence – calling themselves Snake Plisskin and the I Thought You Were Deads — and if I would like to go. I decided sleep could wait.

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Run the Jewels bump Coachella, joined by Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker

Run the Jewels bump Coachella, joined by Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
April 12, 2015

Run the Jewels have been lighting the world on fire the past year and Coachella wasn’t any different for the hip-hop duo on Saturday.

The Mojave tent was packed with avid hip-hop fans needing to throw some middle fingers in the air. El-P and Killer Mike had a couple of surprises up their sleeves, like Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha coming out for “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck),” as well as drummer Travis Barker performing with them.

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