KISS performs at Aftershock Fest in Sacramento on Oct. 7, 2022. Photos courtesy Steve Thrasher, Lexie Alley and Nathan Zucker. SACRAMENTO — Discovery Park sizzled both literally and figuratively Friday on the second day of the rock and roll circus that is Aftershock Fest. The heat ruled the day,…

MCDADE, TEXAS — The first time I spotted American Sharks’ Mike Hardin, at Austin’s Sound on Sound Fest, he worked a giant broom, spreading wood chips over a muddy, potholed path. “If I was sitting down right here, talking to you, and there was some person scooping shit and I didn’t…