Favorite TV Shows Community, The Office, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chuck, Burn Notice, Bones, Saved By The Bell, New York Undercover, Scrubs, Smallville, Transformers, Ghostbusters and Chappelle's Show, just to name a few. Oh yeah, the Nick Toons from the '90s, like Doug and Ren & Stimpy, were dope. Favorite Movies Terminator 2: Judgment Day (saw that when I was 8 years old. Gotta love cousins who don't care about movie ratings), Office Space, Superbad, Old School, Wedding Crashers (I love Rachel McAdams), Jurassic Park, Above The Rim, Friday, The Hangover, Serendipity (shut up, I love Kate Beckinsale too), Underworld, and Napoleon Dynamite (which I saw TWICE in theaters before it got popular with bandwagon fans). Favorite Music Now this is the tough one. Well, here goes. I love The Cure, Aaliyah (R.I.P. Baby Girl), 2Pac, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Rise Against, Mat Kearney, The Starting Line, Feist, My Chemical Romance, New Order, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, R. Kelly, Lifehouse (shut up), Avenged Sevenfold, Eminem, Kid Rock, White Stripes, Interpol, The National, Editors, Joe, Joshua Radin, Anberlin, and so many more artists that it would take forever to list. As you can see, I like a lot of different music. Favorite Sports Teams Of course I have to list my hometown teams, like the Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers. Lions who? Don't get it twisted. I am not a bandwagon fan. I've supported the Pistons through the teal jersey era and went to Tigers games when they were losing 100+ games a season. Favorite Video Games Street Fighter II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy VIII, Metal Gear Solid, NHL '94, NBA Live '98, NBA Jams, Master Blaster, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Goldeneye 64, Persona 3 and a couple of TurboGrafx-16 games. Yes, I own a TurboGrafx-16. Don't judge.
Dave Kim
Free Beer & Hot Wings Show Rev Up Laughs at RightWay Auto
The Free Beer & Hot Wings Show did their third live-on-location broadcast in Grand Rapids, this time at RightWay Auto in Wyoming today (November 9). GRD listeners braved the cold as they waited outside before doors opened at 5am. Look through our photo gallery from this morning's Free Beer & Hot Wings Live Show.
Jack White Drops Rap Rhymes on New Track ‘Blues on Two Trees’
Beloved rock figure Jack White has added to his impressive list of music genres he's experimented with, this time in the form of hip-hop. The former White Stripes frontman shows off his rapping skills on a brand new song called "Blues on Two Trees."
Dead Sara Bring Heat to Chilly GRD Halloween Hellraiser [Photos]
Taken out of their warm Los Angeles, Calif. environment and withstanding the harsh Michigan cold, Dead Sara rocked Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids to the core during Saturday night's (October 27) GRD Halloween Hellraiser, presented by Founders Brewing Co. Take a look at our photo gallery from the show and 5K Zombie Dash.
See 10 Years, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at the Orbit Room for Free
97.9 GRD presents 10 Years, with special guest Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, tonight (October 24) at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids. Find out how you can go see the show absolutely free!
GRD Roadies End 2012 Tailgate Tour at Ferris State University
97.9 GRD has been hitting up all the big football games in West Michigan during the 2012 Tailgate Tour. The GRD Roadies invaded the campus of Ferris State University last Saturday (October 20) to cap off a great Tailgate Tour season. Check out our photo gallery from the game.
Flyleaf Announce Departure of Singer Lacey Sturm
Texas alt rockers Flyleaf have dropped some unexpected news today (October 22) as frontwoman Lacey Sturm has apparently left the band. However, fans can count on Flyleaf continuing on as they already have a replacement in place.
Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson Feud Surfaces at Detroit Show
While we were enjoying ourselves at Shockpocalypse 2012 with Pop Evil at the Orbit Room, Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson were entertaining fans at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston Friday night (October 12). The two metal titans teamed up for the "Twins of Evil" tour, which seems like a natural fit. However, things turned ugly at the DTE show when Manson told the crowd he was going
Pop Evil Reign Supreme at Shockpocalypse 2012 [Photos]
If the world were to have ended on October 12, 2012, the crowd at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids would have witnessed one hell of a rock show as the last images of their lives. Luckily, we're all still alive and you can look through our photo gallery from Pop Evil's performance at Shockpocalypse Friday night at the Orbit Room.
Jackie Spends Pulaski Days 2012 at the Diamond Hall [Photos]
Almost everyone in Grand Rapids celebrated their literal or figurative Polish heritage this past weekend during Pulaski Days. Jackie and the GRD Roadies were out at the Diamond Hall in Grand Rapids on Friday (October 5). Check out our photos from the night.
Stream New Coheed and Cambria Album ‘The Afterman: Ascension’
Coheed and Cambria have spent their whole career built around The Amory Wars saga. The prog-rockers are continuing that trend with their latest album, The Afterman: Ascension. You can stream the new record before it goes on sale tomorrow (October 9).
Halloween Hellraiser Dead Sara V.I.P. Tickets on Sale Now
The GRD Halloween Hellraiser is three weeks away. Dead Sara, the Bangups and Fine Fine Titans will take over Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday, October 27! The show is free but now we're offering a V.I.P. experience.
Listen to Deftones’ New Single ‘Tempest’
Deftones sure know how to keep fans excited for their new album, Koi No Yokan. The California metal heads have unleashed the official lead single from the record, entitled "Tempest," which you can listen to below.