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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy July 1, 2015 Imagine my surprise when I was asked if I would be interested in shooting a Punk Pop band called Broadside, a new group out of Richmond Virginia that Alternative Press recently named one of the 100 need to know bands of 2015. Broadside was playing at a place called My Pizza Place. It has been years since I have seen a scene like this, amps and drums and poor lighting set up in a pizza place. It brought back memories of some of the places I visited some 25 years ago. The age difference was definitelyRead More →

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On April 30th, 2015, Faster Pussycat fans came out to The Palladium in Worcester to see this legendary act perform.  Not only did the fans get an amazing Faster Pussycat show, they got five supporting, opening bands before it.  The show was packed with music, for what the price of admission was.  It was a night of music, with four local New England bands and Love Blast, the touring support act for Faster Pussycat. The music began at 7 PM with a band from western Massachusetts, Reflecting Darkness.  They played a short set of several songs.  Check out their Facebook page at Reflecting Darkness.  Read More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy April 29, 2015 Two bands I have enjoyed seeing perform live have been out touring this spring, and they actually came together for one night in Manchester at a small club called The Jewel Nightclub in Manchester New Hampshire. The Jewel is a small club that holds between 400 to 450 from what the guy working the door told me, and that night they were expecting it to be close to capacity.  I have been to many small clubs in my time, Legendary Dobbs was the first to come to mind, but The Jewel feels bigger than there but stillRead More →

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QUEENSRYCHE Mohegan Sun Casino – Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut May 1, 2015 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc If you have ever seen Queensryche live, you know that they put on a great show.  Having seen them twice in 1991 and once in 2006, and now seeing them in 2015, I was absolutely blown away at the most recent performance on May 1, 2015 at the Wolf’s Den at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.  This was the first time I have seen the new version of Queensryche with Todd La Torre on vocals and Parker Lundgren on guitar. Lundgren put on a very enthusiasticRead More →

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FASTER PUSSYCAT The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts April 30, 2015 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc From the Hollywood Sunset Strip to Main Street, Worcester, April 30th marked Faster Pussycat’s appearance in Worcester, Massachusetts at the Palladium as one of the many stops on their 2015 tour. The Palladium is known as one of Worcester’s long time music and entertainment landmarks on Main Street. Over the past decade it has been host to many metal and rock shows.  Faster Pussycat had played other New England dates, the night before at Jewel Nightclub in Manchester, NH, opening for Tom Keifer. They would play The Webster Theater inRead More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy  April 10,  2015  During my teen years in the 80’s, I learned about bands like, Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., Ratt, Quiet Riot, Accept and so many more. Every month I was picking up the music mags out at the time, Hit Parader, Circus, Creem, Rip.  One of the things each of these had in common was that like everything they had to sell ads raise money to cover the costs of printing them. Remember ripping the posters out the middle or cutting out the pages to hang on your wall. Well one of the things that sticks out in myRead More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy April 4, 2015 I ventured into unfamiliar ground last night at a place in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, that I have never been to before, The Stafford Palace Theater. My reason was twofold, Daisy Berkowitz, founding member and original guitarist of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, were playing a show there and I have never been there.I don’t know who put the line up together for the show, but they did a fantastic job. I couldn’t believe how fast it was between bands… BlastforMe hitting the stage next and it was maybe 5 minutes at the most. Another band withRead More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy March 10, 2015 Over the years I have attended many Mayhem Festivals in Hartford. One of the things I enjoy the most is listening to the newer metal bands on the smaller stages and then meeting them at one of the various meet n greets throughout the afternoons. One of the bands last year was this deathcore band out of California called Suicide Silence. They sounded good on stage and were very amicable during the meet n greet that day also, but then being under the tent in the shade with a crapload of free Monster is not badRead More →

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Photographs and Review by Frank Piercy March 3, 2015 Grab a chair and a beer, its time for more reminiscing with Frank… I was a young buck back in the mid to late 80’s, before grunge became the music of choice to the American youth.  I spent a lot of time at record stores and concert halls.  Around 1987 I think maybe it 88, damn I am getting to old to remember this crap. I was listening to a lot of heavy metal from across the Atlantic Ocean, There was a band from Germany and no it wasn’t the Scorpions or Accept… Tho Udo doesRead More →

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Hookers & Blow Lucky Dog Music Hall Worcester, Massachusetts October 15, 2014 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc The Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts marked the seventh stop of eleven dates, for the Hookers & Blow 10th Anniversary Rock N’ Comedy Tour hosted by Don Jamieson of VH1’s “That Metal Show”. Hookers & Blow founding members Dizzy Reed of Guns N’ Roses, on vocals and keyboard and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi took to the small club stage along with bassist Mike Duda of W.A.S.P. and Johnny Kelly of Danzig and Type O Negative, on drums.  The band played about a two hour set of manyRead More →