Is it when one of the founding members aren’t present? Half of the band? That question crept up to the forefront over the weekend, as fans that attended the Vio-lence show in at Max Watt’s House Of ...

Formed in the Bay Area in 1985,Oakland thrashers VIO-LENCE helped define and refine what came to beknown as the Bay Area sound.Theyinstilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of ...