20th Anniversary Jan 30 · 7 PM Kilowatt / SF

Live Evil logo with Laurent, a skull and a blue cobra

Shows & Shit

The 20th Anniversary Reunion

Twenty years. Still a terrible influence. Live Evil with Treasures at Kilowatt.

Kilowatt
3160 16th Street, San Francisco

TICKETS & SHIT
Live Evil reunion poster with a winged demon above a flaming planet. Saturday January 30, 2027 at Kilowatt with Treasures.

Story & Shit

First came a notebook full of metal lyrics. Then came the deeply questionable idea of playing them in public.

Teenage Laurent Martini wrote more than 100 songs for a band that didn’t exist. Years later, Mortified put real musicians behind him. Live Evil escaped the notebook.

Arena-sized dreams.
Absolutely no intention of growing up.

Childhood portrait of a boy in a striped shirt with an open book
THE KID.
Metal fantasy version of the childhood portrait, with long curls, a bandana and a studded leather vest
THE METAL FANTASY.
Mortified Presents Live Evil: Heavy Metal Playground, the Musical. Original poster with lightning, a guitar, and Laurent Martini.

Heavy Metal Playground, The Musical

Mortified brought Live Evil’s origin story to the stage.

Laurent Martini singing into a microphone in black sunglasses. Photo © Jeff Spirer, 2012.

Live, Live with Live Evil

Three people lean out of a yellow and orange bus. Photo © Jeff Spirer, 2011.

Walk Out to Rock Out

Read the NBC Bay Area story

Music & Shit

Thirteen tracks.
Your neighbors had it coming.

You're Welcome album cover

2008 / ALBUM

You’re Welcome

13 tracks · 45 minutes

Listen on Bandcamp
Track list
  1. Dancin’ With the Devil
  2. We Own the Night
  3. Devil Tattoo
  4. Somehow
  5. Motor
  6. Blow Me
  7. This Great Land
  8. Shot of Jack
  9. Shit for Brains
  10. F_ck
  11. Say Say Hey My Dear
  12. Wild Tonight
  13. Blame It on the Booze

Gallery & Shit

Silhouetted singer spreads his arms under magenta and blue stage lights View from behind the drum kit as the singer raises both arms Bass player under pink stage lights with the band behind him Guitar player holds his instrument in the air during a crowded bar show Two people wearing Live Evil shirts pose for the camera Black-and-white photograph of a musician singing into a microphone A crowd poses together in a black-and-white group photograph A group of fans and musicians cheer for the camera Guitarist wearing a bandana plays beside a speaker stack Singer holds a microphone as colored stage lights streak behind him Live Evil on stage in a long-exposure photograph Fan with a Live Evil foam hand holds a yellow megaphone Drummer with a tall mohawk strikes the drums during a Live Evil show Live Evil fans lounge together in a sunny San Francisco park A crowd surfer is carried over raised hands and Live Evil foam fingers at a show Bandana-clad guitarist shouts while thrusting his guitar toward the camera. Photo © Jeff Spirer, 2011.

Other Shit

Live Evil Name Generator

Live Evil fans deserve a Live Evil name.

One letter. Keep the full name to yourself.

No middle name? Pick a letter. Metal has loopholes.

Warming up the name amplifier…

YOUR LIVE EVIL NAME

Your civilian name ends here.

Enlarged gallery photo