Ill Niño’s “One Nation Undivided Tour” disturbed Orlando just after supper on a quiet Mother’s Day evening at Downtown Disney. Jen Cray arrived fashionably late for the night’s metal festivities.

Pretty Girls Make Graves , along with The Joggers and Giant Drag, give Orlando an early bird special. Jen Cray indulges.

The San Diego metal act As I Lay Dying are gearing up to headline the annual metal smorgasbord- Sounds of the Underground- this summer. Lead singer Tim Lambesis took a moment during a rare week at home to chat with Jen Cray about the band’s past, present, and future.

The “Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour” brings Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights and other teenage poster pin-up popstars to Tampa’s youth, to their parents, and to Jen Cray.

Indie pop trio Rainer Maria , give Orlando – and Jen Cray – an evening of sweet sounds and Molly Ringwald memories.

Felix Rodriguez of Sweden’s The Sounds took time out from the band’s current tour to call Jen Cray from Norway to chat about the band’s sophomore release, their first headlining tour and Mark Wahlberg movies.

The Sounds and Morningwood on the same bill. Just take your clothes off at the tour stop and prepare for a night of debauchery. Jen Cray is there to join in on the fun!

Manchester’s Nine Black Alps give an intimate acoustic performance for Jen Cray and a handful of other fans at Orlando’s Park Ave. CDs.

Rob Zombie brings his skulls, clown heads, and robots to Orlando for a sold-out spectacle for the lucky 2,000 who were able to get tickets. And Jen Cray was one of two people who got to take photographs.

Chicago foursome OK GO use their charm, and their smooth dance moves, to win the hearts of Jen Cray and Orlando. But not the Orlando police.

SubCity’s Take Action! Tour battles against teen suicide with popular music for its fifth year running. Jen Cray checks out what has all the kids riled up these days.

The “Undoing Ruin Tour” brings Darkest Hour, Himsa, and a slew of other modern hardcore acts, face to face with the locals of Orlando. Jen Cray barely escapes the mayhem.

The Taste of Chaos tour rolls into Orlando with a lineup of today’s hottest metalcore acts. Is Jen Cray a convert.

The enigmatic Deadboy and the Elephantmen steal the show from The Fiery Furnaces and Jen Cray files a police report.

Thirty years have passed since she first invaded mainstream pop radio with her cartoony punk looks and squeaky Brooklyn-ized voice, but no one told Cyndi Lauper. Jen Cray witnesses the oversight.

U2 stop off in Tampa to remind nearly 22,000 fans that they are rock gods! Tampa responds with “Yes, you are!”

Thirty Seconds to Mars are deliriously sleep deprived when they sit down with me for a quick Q and A before taking the stage at Orlando’s Hard Rock Live.

H.I.M. bring their brand of Love Metal to American audiences (and Jen Cray ), and the fans come out in swarms.

After postponing the original show date to make history in Cuba, Audioslave finally arrive in Orlando to play an intimate venue in the midst of their arena tour. Jen Cray decides the wait was worth it.

SoCal and NYC hardcore invade the Sunshine state with Pennywise and H2O turning Orlando’s House of Blues into one large mosh pit. A drenched Jen Cray reports.