“Purpose for Pain” is about seeking a higher meaning, a spiritual mentality when dealing with our struggles and life’s painful moments. There are unexplainable, dark times that everyone goes through, and that pain is real. If we can dig deep and hold on to hope during the most difficult situations, believing there is a purpose […]
When I was invited to see Ambrosia at The Coach House, I’ll admit that I recognized the name but couldn’t place the band. My friend Tammy Taylor who has worked with a long list of bands for over 30 years said “Oh, you’ll know the songs once you hear them, they have a lot of […]
Sunflower Dead is an aggressive hard rock/metal band formed by lead vocalist and accordionist Michael Del Pizzo and his lead guitarist who just goes by the name Jaboo. Michael and Jaboo met when they were just 5 and 6 at the pool in Pennsylvania where they grew up. They went to their first concert together (Dio […]
Labor Day, Monday September 2nd 2019 was a perfect day in San Diego for this evening concert presented by Live Nation and held at The North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. It’s an open air venue with a pit area, assigned seats and a lawn section, located in Chula Vista, CA. You may know this place […]
Messer, Messer, Messer The band is called Messer, the debut album is entitled Messer and in our interview with the band, I sit down with Maddox and Dereak Messer, The show at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano was one of the stops on tour with Scott Stapp (Voice of Creed) and Sunflower Dead. […]
Michael Del Pizzo, front man for Sunflower Dead met me at my neighborhood cemetery for a graveyard chat. We literally sat down on the ground in front of a caged tombstone. You don’t any get more down to earth than that! We dig deep and have a real chat about music, life, changes, the albums, […]
Iced Earth’s latest offering ‘Incorruptible’ tops my list to the age old question of what music would you take to a stranded island. This exceptional album is on Century Media Records and while not a concept album, all the songs come together to create a unique combination. The songwriting, lyrics and vocals are brilliant, with […]
ALL IN THE FAMILY Recently, I caught Metal Master Max Cavalera and his band Soulfly performing at Brick by Brick in San Diego, CA. Also on the bill was Max’s sons band, Lody Kong. There was a fair amount of people there for Lody Kong, but the place really filled up in time for SoulFly. […]
The band Skumlove, led by front man Skum Love performed at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, CA on April 1st as one of the headliners along with CORE 10 and Anger the Giant. The show benefited the NPO Bridging the Gap to Recovery who recently received their 501c3 status. The well attended event was […]
On April 1st Core 10 performed their first live show in years and the first ever show with new member David Silveria who was the (original) drummer of Korn. (1993 to 2006) This landmark show happened at The Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa with Skumlove and Anger the Giant opening and proceeds from the show […]