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FALLING IN REVERSE | ESCAPE THE FATE with The Word Alive Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut February 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Falling in Reverse brought their The Drug in Me Is You Is Gold Tour, with special guests The Word Alive and Escape the Fate to a sold out Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut on Sunday, February 16th 2020. The Drug in Me Is You was released in July of 2011 and did very well. It held the 19th spot on the US Billboard 200 and it was recognized in Guitar World magazine as #21 in their top 50 albums ofRead More →

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QUEENSRŸCHE with JOHN 5 Big Night Live Boston, Massachusetts February 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The legendary prog metal hitmakers Queensrÿche headlined the packed Big Night Live adjacent to the TD Garden in Boston Sunday night. The hall was filled with young and old alike, many seeing the band for the first time and many who may remember listening to their big hits from the late 80’s and early 90’s from Empire and Operation Mindcrime. Opening for Queensrÿche first was Eve to Adam and a great treat also opening for Queensrÿche was the incredible guitarist John 5 and his merry band ofRead More →

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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Some Kind of Wonderful Tour 2020 Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island February 8, 2020 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc The American Band was out on the road on the Some Kind of Wonderful Tour. The opening band for this sold out show was, The Guess Who, a perfect compliment to the opening band, over 100 years worth of combined musical experience. Grand Funk Railroad’s music had defined several decades worth of music, with rock anthems that live on into the 21st Century. The band have made it almost an annual tradition to bring their music to Rhode IslandRead More →

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THE GUESS WHO Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island February 8, 2020 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc A music invasion of North American rock allies took place in Lincoln, Rhode Island for a great night of classic rock anthems of the 60’s and 70’s. The Guess Who were opening for Grand Funk Railroad, a combined musical experience of over 100 years of music. The Guess Who performing this night in front of a sold out audience at the Twin River Casino Event Center. Alright, lets get this out of the way from the start. Yes, I know that this is not theRead More →

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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 →