Rob Zombie performs at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — It was a rock and roll show meets a horror film and a Broadway show seen through the lens of an insane fever dream. Friday’s Freaks On Parade Tour stop at…

Ministry performs at The Warfield in San Francisco on April 16, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Lots of gritty sci-fi movies include a scene set in some futuristic nightclub where loud music and flashing lights serve as a backdrop for scruffy characters exchanging a thumb drive, taking designer…

Slayer performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 26, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. OAKLAND — The Bay Area, home to rise of thrash metal in the early ’80s, hosted a luminary of the movement Tuesday as giants Slayer rocked Oakland Arena one last time. The concert was one of…