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MACHINE HEAD House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts February 7, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Machine Head’s 25th Anniversary tour hit the House of Blues in Boston. This was a truly different event, a 3 hour set broken into two acts. The first act was some of the band’s well known metal songs mixed in with a couple of surprises, and the second act was a set made up of their entire album, Burn My Eyes with some of the founding members of the band joining in. Robb Flynn, guitarist, lead singer and founder of Machine Head was electric as far as hisRead More →

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SONS OF APOLLO Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts February 5, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Sons of Apollo rolled into Boston at the Paradise Wednesday night to present a prog metal showcase featuring Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event, and the incomparable Tony MacAlpine and his band of all star musicians. Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event kicked things off with instrumental technical metal for a 30 minute set that really got the already packed club moving. Ethan Weissman’s Mass Extinction Event Photo Gallery Next up was the incredible Tony MacAlpine’s band for more excessively entertaining technical metal with two lead guitarists going atRead More →

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Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut February 1, 2020 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy Once again, I had answered the call and made the trek to one of my favorite places to see a show, Mohegan Sun Casino’s Wolf Den, the wife even tagged along with me for this one. After leaving the house a little later then I had planned, we arrived at the Wolf Den to a long line of people of all ages, well all ages if they were over 21, because unfortunately for the younger fans, the Den is in a gambling area. Luckily, weRead More →

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AIR SUPPLY Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island January 31, 2020 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc Air Supply have maintained their place in the hearts of fans for the past five decades by way of their songs and live performances. Having formed in 1975, Air Supply were one of the iconic bands that grew on the cusp of the rock era of the 70’s and 80’s. The band quickly rose to the top of the musical charts with their romantic melodies. A band that was monumental in creating the music of the times, music that became the soundtrack to the lives ofRead More →

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ULTIMATE NAMM NIGHT Anaheim, California January 18, 2020 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Ultimate NAMM night held their star studded event on Saturday, January 18th 2020 at the Anaheim Hilton. The All-Star line up had over 100 special guests like Jack Russell (Great White), Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge), George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Doug Aldridge (Whitesnake, Dead Daisies), Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Chuck Wright (Quiet Riot, Alice Cooper), Frankie Benali (Quiet Riot), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Calico Cooper (Beast Blanco, Alice Cooper), Carla Harvey (Butcher Babies), Mitch Perry (The Sweet, Talas), Eddie Trunk, Randy Jackson (Zebra) and former teen pop sensation Tiffany…to nameRead More →

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METAL ALLEGIANCE with Trauma, Exmortus & Weapons of Anew NAMM 2020 House of Blues Anaheim, California January 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus On January 16th 2020 the House of Blues in Anaheim, California hosted another winter NAMM Metal Allegiance show. This “Super” version of Metal Allegiance had a killer line-up with many special guests like Chuck Billy (Testament), Bobby “Blitz” (Overkill), Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies), Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy), Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus), Dave Davidson (Revocation), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)….the list goes on. Bay Area thrash metal band Trauma opened the the night up. I’ve the pleasure of seeing these guys aRead More →

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THE 69 EYES WITH WEDNESDAY 13 Brighton Music Hall Allston, Massachusetts January 25, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Is there anything better than spending a rainy Saturday night with your friendly neighborhood metal band? Yes, when, when there are four of them coming in to blow your mind like The 69 Eyes, with Wednesday 13, along with Canadian band Sumo Cyco and Texas based The Crowned. THE CROWNED Photo Gallery This happened to be the second date on the “Hell Has No Mercy 2020” tour for this particular quartet of bands starting off in Brooklyn. The Crowned were first up, taking to aRead More →

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SOUL ASYLUM Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut December 21, 2019 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Grammy Award winning Soul Asylum made their way to the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den in Uncasville, Connecticut on December 21st 2019. The Den was packed that evening with diehard Soul Asylum fans. Soul Asylum has been around since 1981. In that time they released 11 Studio albums and 22 singles. Since it’s inception, the band has gone through several lineup changes. The current line-up is founding member Dave Pirner (lead vocals/guitar), Winston Roye (bass), Ryan Smith (lead guitar) and Michael Bland (drums). They started their set offRead More →

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DAUGHTERS with HEALTH & Show Me The Body Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts December 21, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Last Saturday the Paradise Rock Club in Boston was utterly sold out and packed to the gills with the brutal punk and electronic rock music of Daughters, HEALTH and openers Show Me The Body. It was so jam packed with raving fans moshing about excitedly that it was actually really hard to document the festivities. I will do my best to help you feel the atmosphere in the club and describe each of the bands properly. Opening the show was Show Me TheRead More →

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TWIN TEMPLE The Sinclair Cambridge, Massachusetts November 30, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Sinclair in Cambridge was completely packed on a Saturday night for Amigo the Devil, King Dude, and the focus of this review, Twin Temple. Doors opened at 8pm and there was already a healthy line of darkly clothed fans lined up outside by 7 in the freezing cold of Harvard Square. I have been keeping an eye on Twin Temple for a while. Lead vocalist Alexandra James and spouse / guitarist Zachary are very eye catching. Imagine the guitar style of Buddy Holly with the look and song ofRead More →