This is the story of Tom Gattis, a 47-year-old structural engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory--or, more accurately, this is the story of Gattis’ thrash-metal band, Tension.

During countless recent conversations with deranged family members, dumb friends and the freakish Santa Fe populace, one question has been asked again and again: What’s gonna happen with our local music scene?

As the number of worthwhile music venues in Santa Fe continues to dwindle and the city’s concert-going public braces itself for yet another stale night of Americana and/or blues, one local gallery has stepped up to provide some much-needed change.

Santa Fe musicians are releasing new albums all the time, even as the CD goes the way of the dodo. Rather than continue to let the discs pile up on the floors and in the cabinets of the SFR office, I figured it was time to listen to a few.

Face facts, rock ’n’ roll: The double-neck bass/guitar almost always comes across as being pretty goofy. Nine times out of 10, the combination instrument is a ridiculous novelty, a jack-off set piece that clown-ass bands employ to look cool.

If you’ve happened by the Plaza in the past few weeks, you may have noticed our town square alive with locals and tourists enjoying a multitude of musical acts on the bandstand.

By now, you’ve heard that local nightclub/music venue Corazón has closed its doors due to tax problems. However, this may not be the end for the club.

For more than a decade, New Mexico funk act Felonious Groove Foundation has won fans and awards all across the state. Throughout, co-founder and bassist Todd Eric Lovato has been at the center of the hot, funky action. Now, Lovato is calling it quits to focus his energy on a new project, Todd & the Fox.

The June 7 meeting of the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education didn’t exactly end with the board members holding hands and singing “Kumbaya.”

Ben Wright and Paul Feathericci, the boys from everybody’s favorite local electronic/rock/experimental trio D Numbers, are back in town. They recently returned from ViceVerse, a five-week, ten-country tour through Europe. I checked in to see how it all went.