Feb 9 (Mon) - Dropkick Murphys, The Aggrolites, Haywire, Slugger - State Theatre, Portland ME + Feb 9 (Mon) - So-Matic, Toy Monsoon, Chris Lee-Rodriguez - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Feb 9 (Mon) - Flyway / FM Collective / Lamb Rest / Izzy Savides - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Feb 9 (Mon) - MDOU MOCTAR - The Drake, Amherst MA + Feb 9 (Mon) - Return To The Pit! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Feb 9 (Mon) - Ignominious, Cave Dweller, Practical Gore, Retrained Surgical Instrument, 16BUMPS - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Feb 9 (Mon) - National Pizza Day - Everywhere + Feb 10 (Tue) - The Nomad Circus / The Welcoming Committee / Long Autumn / Lowest Rung of Show Business - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Feb 11 (Wed) - Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band - Plymouth Memorial Hall, Plymouth MA + Feb 11 (Wed) - History of Heavy Metal: Part III - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about the (then) New Wave of American Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, and Progressive Metal. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 12 (Thu) - The Birth of Metal: Blue Cheer Prove that Metal is More than Music with Bob Mayo - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Bob Mayo. In this presentation, Boston-area metal musician Bob Mayo will attempt to establish conclusively that California’s Blue Cheer was the first heavy metal band, and their debut album “Vincebus Eruptum” is the first heavy metal album. Mayo will use choice examples of the band’s music, but also key interview excerpts from contemporary published interviews as well as TV appearances. The debate ends here! - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 17 (Tue) - The Runarounds, Aestrea, Hey I'm Outside - Citizens House of Blues Boston, Boston, MA + Feb 17 (Tue) - Life as a Modern Metal Drummer: Tech, Production, and Touring with Matt Zappa - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Matt Zappa. This lecture will explore drumming techniques used by modern metal musicians, featuring live demonstrations. It will also cover the skills and requirements expected of contemporary drummers in the music industry, the impact of technological advancements on music and instrument production, and personal stories from life on tour. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 19 (Thu) - Abel Blood, Stoned Shadow, Mercury Burns First, Project H - The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant, Manchester NH + Feb 19 (Thu) - History of Heavy Metal: Part IV - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about Metal Fusion, Experimental and Avant-Garde Metal, and whatever else we missed so far. As always, it’s going to get weird. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 22 (Sun) - Baymele, Adah Hetko - The Lilypad, Cambridge MA + Feb 26 (Thu) - Moviola/Wet Tuna/Animal Piss It's Everywhere - The Stone Church, Brattleboro VT + Feb 27 (Fri) - MAJOR MOMENT, PULSIFIER, UNDER THE HORIZON, ASH AND BONE - Platinum City Gaming, Taunton MA + Mar 6 (Fri) - Drive-By Bukkake (DBB), Karate Steve, Gearteeth - THCC (The Heavy Culture Cooperative) - Easthampton, MA (at 1 Northampton Street) + Jun 28 (Wed) - SANCTUS IUDA (POLAND), DROPDEAD, THE MASSACRED, KNELT - The Cantab Underground, Cambridge MA + CANCELLED Jan 18 (Wed) - Testing something - Your face +