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Earl Root

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Root of All Evil Radio is 25, pays tribute to Earl Root

    It's been almost four years since the Twin Cities lost its grandfather of all things metal, Earl Root. He died of lymphoma, which he had battled like a true metal warrior for 10 years. Since then his legacy lives on in myriad forms each year with tributes, his wife Nancy's continued work with the Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    His Mischief, Peter Wolf Crier, the Earl Root tribute and more this weekend

    ​Every year about this time for as long as we at Gimme Noise can remember (and for some of us, that's a long time), rock show crowds tend to thin out right when the weather gets nice. Yep, from your hardest-partying hipster to your mopiest darksider, everyone suddenly has the fever to see some day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    VFW Record Show this weekend

    Poster design by Kindra Murphey​One of the best, longest-running vinyl record shows in town takes over the VFW on Lyndale Avenue tomorrow from 9-4, admission is $3. The show is always a great opportunity to run into local record store owners, collectors, and friends in the music scene. And for a t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    Doomtree, Solid Gold, and Vampire Hands deftly dot Minneapolis's music timeline in '08

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Impaler's 25-Year Anniversary Show

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Neko Case and more

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2008

    The Root of All Evil Memorial Metal Massacre

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Music

    August 27, 2008

    Gnarls Barkley and more

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2008

    Earl Root lives on

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Over the Weekend: May 23-26

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    Picked to Click XVII: complete ballots

    Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

  • News

    December 20, 2006

    Local Music Yearbook '06

    Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2006

    City Planner: Weekend Edition (12/9-10)

    Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    In Da Club: First Avenue's 35th Anniversary Party

    A birthday bash exposes our highly incestuous scene

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    Uprooted

    After 14 years, Root Cellar Records meets an untimely death

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    After 14 years, Root Cellar Records meets an untimely death

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Everybody Wins

    Polls and punditry for the best new bands in town

  • Arts

    July 30, 2003

    I Wanna F*&% All Night, and F*&% Every Day

    Radio maven and metal monger Earl Root, bringing you the f-word since 1987.

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Picked to Click XII

    Hail the Conquering Heroes: Polls and Praise for This Year's Best New Artists

  • Music

    July 14, 1999

    Iron Men

    After sixteen years of makeup, metal, and stage blood, Impaler remains proudly undead

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    Scene Not Heard

    Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

  • Music

    November 11, 1998

    Ipso Post-Facto

    Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

  • Arts

    August 19, 1998

    Over the Counter

    Staffed by DJs and rockers, indie record stores are selling a scene

  • Music

    November 29, 1995

    Over-Nite Sensation

    Staffed by DJs and rockers, indie record stores are selling a scene

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