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ninth circle, Reviews
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The three piece band known as Ninth Circle is a powerful southern California melodic metal band that plays shows on a regular basis in their region of the globe. Dennis Brown, guitarist and vocalist for the band, met bassist and main songwriter, Frank Forray when they were 14 years old at Catholic school. They have […]
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cage, Reviews
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CAGE took the stage on May 6 at Brick by Brick like they owned it and attacked their set list like fire blazing through a paper factory to overwhelming crowd appreciation. Normally, I try to go thru the songs and give insight into how they make the listener feel. This was easy for me I […]
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Reviews, sybbolic
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The Progressive Powerhouse, known as Symbolic, recently were direct support for Resurrection Kings at Brick by Brick, and were part of an amazing night of Rock and Metal. Symbolic are five musicians who have no problem laying a heavy groove for you to attach yourself too. Complicated structured songs but with a very rhythmic underlying […]
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interviews, raveneye
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RAVENEYE / HOB SAN DIEGO Recently, we caught up with an amazing new band at HOB in San Diego. They were the direct support band for The Darkness and their U.S. Tour. Having heard their debut EP “Breaking Out”, which was released in 2015, I was surprised by how much sound this Trio was putting […]
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Reviews, The Darkness
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The Darkness arrived into San Diego for one of the few SoCal shows since they had formed the band and it was the fist chance I had to be able to catch up with them in a long while. They came to packed crowd at The House of Blues on the second night of their […]
By Brenda Starr on
benefits, duke collins, interviews
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Duke Collins Memorial Concert Gives Life to Bridging the Gap When life gives you lemons, what do you do? That, all depends on who you are. We all know the saying “make lemonade” but how do you do that? How do you do that when it’s your son that died and it was a heroin […]
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Anthony Cullins, drops, Reviews, The Fallbrook Kid, The Fallbrook Vigilantes
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The Fallbrook Vigilantes – CD Release Party I had been hearing about this young kid, Anthony Cullins, (AKA The Fallbrook Kid) for a couple of years and I had seen a few videos on you tube so I was somewhat familiar with him. When we were asked to cover his CD Release we jumped at […]
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Reviews, Rikk Agnew - Adolescents, Social Distortion
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Richard Francis Agnew, Jr. or as he is more notably known as Rikk Agnew is one of the best punk guitarist in the business. He’s been in more than his fair share of bands over the years, some of note would be: Adolescents, DI, Rikk Agnew Band, and Social Distortion to name a few. He’s […]
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geoff tate, interviews, Operation Mindcrime
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The iconic singer and former front man of Queensryche, Mr. Geoff Tate and his new band Operation Mindcrime blew into the Ramona the other day and believe me, Geoff and the band didn’t miss a thing. From the moment Geoff and the band hit the stage, the energy was there. They ripped right into several hits […]
By Brenda Starr on
Chris Doliber, Godzilla, madam x, morc
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MADAM X – MORC 2016 On board this year’s MORC were 40 plus bands containing over 200 musicians including the original line up of Madam X. I had a chance to sit down with a few members and get an update. Being on the MORC is like being on tour with a bunch of bands. […]