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M3 ROCK FESTIVAL 2019 Day 1 – Kip Winger – Enuff Z’Nuff – Black N’ Blue – KIX Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, Maryland May 3, 2019 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy It is a long drive from Connecticut to Columbia Maryland, but a drive that I have done now four times over the last five years. I am sure your asking yourself, “Why?”. Well, at the end of April or the beginning of May, there is a migration of musicians and music fans that flock to the Merriweather Post Pavilion. This was the first day of one of the premiere 80’s Rock events onRead More →

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THE WINERY DOGS Tupelo Music Hall Derry, New Hampshire April 30, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Winery Dogs kicked off the first date their “Who Let the Dogs Out 2019” tour at the Tupelo in Derry, New Hampshire. The Dogs last played a couple years back at the Whisky-a-go-go and it was great to see this fantastic supergroup back together on stage. The Winery Dogs are extremely well bred musicians. Richie Kotzen is on the mic, lead guitar and piano. If you close your eyes he sounds like Robert Plant when he sings. But amazingly, he is also playing the guitar andRead More →

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COMBICHRIST with Silver Snakes Willy’s Pub Hampton Beach, New Hampshire April 27, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Saturday night in Hampton Beach at Willy’s, hardcore industrial band Combichrist led by Andy LaPlegua rolled into town. The venue was part biker crowd to part goth / punk crowd, enjoying the pulsing beats with Combicrist’s double drummers and electronically backed jams. Silver Snakes is on tour with Combicrist. I enjoyed their electronically laced post-industrial vibe. It felt like Joy Division meets a Ministry at a full moon ritual. Silver Snakes are Alex Estrada, Michael Trujillo, and finally on guitar, Mike Woods. In fact they threwRead More →

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URIAH HEEP to Embark on 2019 North American Tour As Special Guests to Judas Priest (TOP PHOTO: Photo credit: Richard Stow / Courtesy Chipster PR) April 25, 2019 In celebration of the release of their 25th studio album, Living the Dream, classic rock icons URIAH HEEP will join fellow British rock icons on an extensive North American tour. Kicking off on May 3rd in Hollywood, FL, the trek will run through June 29th in Las Vegas. The current itinerary can be seen below. Dave Rimmer comments, “‘Speaking as a life long Rock/Metal fan myself, I am very excited that Judas Priest and Uriah Heep willRead More →

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TESLA Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, New Hampshire April 19, 2019 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc TESLA was out on the road on a headlining tour in support of their latest album release, SHOCK. This was the third New England area show that week, having previously rocked Boston and Maine. Tesla is no stranger to the Casino Ballroom, they have played numerous sold out shows over the years. It had been a couple years in between as Tesla had been out on the road touring with Def Leppard. This time it was Tesla’s turn to be back touring the country in a headlining capacity. TeslaRead More →

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A Few Words With Uli Jon Roth April 2019 The East Coast will get a chance to see one of the great Rock guitarists perform. Uli Jon Roth will be performing at Daryl’s House in Pawling New York on April 19th, Tupelo Music Hall in Derry New Hampshire and on April 21st in Connecticut at The Infinity Music Hall, before heading south towards New York and New Jersey and points south before a May 1st show at The Spire Center in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A very busy schedule, that he was able to take a few minutes out of and speak with me about this tour.Read More →

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L.A. GUNS The Vault at Greasy Luck New Bedford, Massachusetts April 13, 2019 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy The Vault is fast becoming my favorite place to see a show. Tight and intimate, with a small (very small (did I say small?)) photo pit. Not only great music, but just a few doors down is what has become a regular stop for many fans and bands coming thru, Purchase Street Records and as luck would have it, that day was also Record Store Day, but I already had my copy of L.A. Guns latest, “Devil You Know”, on vinyl. That night I was thereRead More →

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CHILDREN OF BODOM The Royale Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Children of Bodom, an extreme metal band, hailing from Finland arrived in Boston Wednesday night. The “Hexed” tour included several other metal bands including Summoner’s Circle, Wolfheart and Swallow the Sun. The Royale club in Boston’s Theatre District played host to the event, which is actually a great venue for a metal show with a large stage, extravagant lighting and great sound. SUMMONER’S CIRCLE First band due up was Summoner’s Circle, a theatrical metal band that is a mashup of black, doom and death metal. Appropriately, an audienceRead More →

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KIX Mohegan Sun – Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut April 5, 2019 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy Spending an evening at a casino on (or pretty damn close to) my birthday has become somewhat of a tradition for my wife and me. For the last 10 years (I think but could be wrong) KIX has played Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den in April, and 90% of the time it is the week not only of our anniversary but my birthday, and they are actually one of the bands from the 80’s that she loves seeing live. What a birthday celebration it was, not only were weRead More →

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BILLY IDOL AND STEVE STEVENS Lynn Memorial Auditorium Lynn, Massachusetts April 3, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The city by the shore, Lynn, Massachusetts played host to rock legend Billy Idol and his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens. The tour has been going now for a couple months and is nearing its end, and the show was smooth and effortless. It was fascinating in that is was a hybrid of large amounts of storytelling interludes between some of the greatest rock songs that Billy was a part of or that Billy was inspired by. The stage was simple, two stools, one for Steve onRead More →