by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer Now here’s an impressive release that’s a little different coming out of Los Angeles. Rival Sons unleashes something that feels so ultra-cool and hip to listen to that you’ll want to break out your bell bottoms and platform shoes. Mixing old-school funk and blues [...]
by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer In 1986, the band Accept was on top of its game and was one of the biggest metal bands touring Europe, and then it all instantly fell apart. In search of a solo career, lead singer Udo Dirkschneider unceremoniously left the band, leaving his fellow band mates to fend for [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Though possibly best known for his work on Inside the NFL, comedian Don Jamieson has become a household name amongst metalheads, acting as co-host of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show. Riding his wave of current success, Jamieson has just released a live stand-up album on [...]
by Franco C. Staff Writer From a country almost as old as time, comes a band with a sound that can certainly keep up with any of today’s power metal heavyweights. Endless Main, a 6 piece from Slovakia have unleashed their debut, Sea of Lies, complete with feverishly paced drums, luxuriant [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer June 11, 2011 at Boulder Station in Las Vegas, NV. ’80s rocker John Waite made a special appearance in Las Vegas at Boulder Station on June 11. Performing to a sold out audience, John Waite still has the golden voice that has spawned many of his popular ballads such as [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer June 4, 2011 at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA. Twenty-plus years since the debut album, Blackout in the Red Room, stumbled its way onto the market, Love/Hate is still one of the most criminally underrated bands to come out of the 80s Sunset Strip scene. While they may [...]
by Ron & Don Higgins Staff Writer After numerous listens, the latest release by Rhinobucket can be summarized thusly: It sounds like classic Rhino Bucket and old-school AC/DC. Okay, that summary is obviously a bit facetious, but also happens to be pretty accurate. Another way to say it is [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer June 3, 2011 at at Vamp’d in Las Vegas, NV. Sin City was turned into a glam rock scene from the ’80s on Hollywood Strip as Faster Pussycat invaded Vamp’d on Sahara Ave on June 3. The ’80s were known for no boundaries and good times, and tonight Faster [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer June 4, 2011 at Chrome Showroom in Las Vegas, NV. The 2011 Summer Vegas concert series is heating up, as one of the top bands to emerge out of the ’80s genre Cinderella performed a sold out show at the Chrome Showroom in Las Vegas at Santa Fe Station on June 4. In the [...]
by Sara McCarthy Staff Writer May 25, 2011 at Watertown Fairgrounds Arena in Watertown, NY . Papa Roach and supporting acts Pop Evil and Escape The Fate brought their “Raid The Nation” tour to Watertown, N.Y., Wednesday, May 25. Snaking out from the main entrance was a rather impressive line of [...]