GRAHAM BONNET @ MALONE’S It’s always a treat when I’m able to catch up with old friends as I was during NAMM week with Graham Bonnet. It was the opening show of his first tour in quite a while. Believe me, I didn’t know what to expect because we hadn’t seen each other nor had […]
Inglorious was formed in 2014 and is fronted by Nathan James (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Uli Jon Roth) on vocals, Andreas Eriksson on lead guitar, Wil Taylor on rhythm guitar, Colin Parkinson on Bass, and drummer Phil Beaver. The album is strong from the beginning to the end. The musicians love of Classic Rock show throughout the […]
Gretsch proudly announces new additions to its popular Roots Collection, including the G9241 Alligator™ Biscuit Round-Neck Resonator Guitar with Fishman® Nashville Pickup. Available in either an eye-catching Chieftain Red or 2-Color Sunburst finish, the all-mahogany G9241 Alligator Biscuit Roundneck Resonator is an adaptation on the successful Gretsch G9240 model. Now featuring the Fishman® Nashville™ Biscuit-Style […]
“Love and Hurricanes,” is the name of the album for this somewhat new band called Dolan Brotherhood. The band has been together for a little over two year years now, and this is their first studio album, which was produced by Billy Sherwood. It’s a compilation of six songs that showcases all of the influences […]
A Review of “A Monster’s Life” Band: The New Black We all have our favorite bands. The bands we grew up with that can do almost no wrong. I have an extensive list starting with Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, Foghat, Pat Travers, AC/DC etc….. I can listen to […]
Many years ago there was a magazine that was founded on all things music. They have since decided to go the way of other supermarket tabloids but back in their heyday they had produced a list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists. Half of the list was comprised of great GUITARISTS and the other half had […]
Turn it up, rockers! It is the only way to listen to this newly released album from Swiss hard rock/metal band, Shakra! By my second run though of this amazing album, I realized I didn’t have enough speaker power to fully appreciate it. Originally listening through earbuds at my office, coworkers could see my monitors shaking from me aggressively […]
DAMAGE INC / ENTER THE SANDMEN According to AXSTV, Damage Inc. is one of the finest tribute bands in the world. Currently ranking number three in their world ranking. I had the great fortune of catching up with them recently and interviewing the Finest Metallica Tribute Band in the World. The interview with lead singer […]
Having begun life in late 1997 in Germany, Primal Fear are one of those bands that I have heard of but have never actually listened to; until now. Since that point in time, I have discovered that this is Primal Fear’s 11th studio album and I am desperate to listen to the previous catalog. The […]
AUTOGRAPH It’s been a long time coming to see Autograph Live, but it was well worth the wait when Friday night arrived for the privileged group of fans who made seeing Autograph perform, a priority. After all this time, I think Autograph is undoubtedly better than ever, the band seems to have a sense of […]