Chevy Metal’s Afterparty Ignites Beach Life Festival’s First Night.

 By Laura Medina

Chevy Metal is and was a side project band by Foo Fighters’ late, departed drummer, Taylor Hawkins, where he just rocks out covers of classic rock and heavy metal classic standards.

Taylor’s cover band is an elusive, hidden band that only music industry insiders in Topanga Canyon/Malibu only know about because that’s they usually rock out. Given the late Taylor Hawkins’ Foo Fighters’ recording and touring schedules, Taylor’s Chevy Metal band can sneak off on a mini tour or an one-off night at a local bar or club, mostly a country honky tonk deep in the Malibu/Ventura country valley. Maybe, once in awhile, they’ll pop up in a Malibu dive. Once in awhile, a celebrity rocker friend will make a special guest appearance, usually singing lead.

However, Beach Life Festival holds a special place for Chevy Metal. The band played a slot during the festival’s inception, 2019.

Talk about legacy, Taylor Hawkins’ son, Shane took over his late dad’s drummer duties in his dad’s band, Chevy Metal.

Shane set his foot print, when he and Chevy Metal ignited Beach Life Festival’s opening night with an intimate, insider party at the music industry heavy, The Venice West.

Since Chevy Metal has an history of having legendary rock singers singing lead with the band (once in awhile, Dave Gorhl will help out), for this inaugural yet intimate concert, legendary punk rocker and character actor, Lee Ving sang with the band, more like rock out with them. Yelling and screaming like the punk rocker, he is.

Local rockers and music industry folks know they’re lucky enough to catch Chevy Metal whenever and wherever, they suddenly pop up.

However, Chevy Metal is going on tour soon.

Keep your eyes and ears out soon, Chevy Metal will be at Bottle Rock Festival soon, where culinary stars mash up with food and wine-loving rockers. It’s a more sophisticated version of Coachella.