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ADAM ANT Kings of the Wild Frontier Tour 2017 Wilbur Theatre Boston MA January 24, 2017 I know in many of my reviews I talk about the bands that influenced me, bands that became popular when I was a young strapping lad, bands that pushed an envelope that has become the standard for so many bands today. In the early 80s, with the birth of a certain cable television channel I started seeing and listening to bands that I had not known existed. Music Videos changed my tastes from the mundane radio fodder I was being fed, to bands such Duran Duran, Dire Straits, TheRead More →

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HO– USE OF LORDS Bristol, Connecticut January 20, 2017 I first started listening to House of Lords when they released their first album back in 1988, I mean cmon it had Ken Mary of Alice Cooper on drums and Gregg Giuffria on keyboards at that time, I had to. The vocals of James Christian tho blew me away. Through the years I would have their first three albums playing all the time, but unfortunately my musical tastes would drift into other directions. Over the last 15 years or so, I missed out on some great music by this band until I picked up their lastRead More →

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Blue Oyster Cult January 9, 2017 The Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville CT It is January, I shouldn’t be surprised that it was cold and snowing to beat all hell on Saturday. I shouldn’t be surprised that there were winter storm warnings and accidents on barely plowed roads heading down towards Southeast Connecticut. I am surprised that I made it there in one piece and so did a bunch of other people, most importantly, Eric Bloom, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, Richie Castellano, Kasim Sultan and Jules Radino, who are more commonly known as Blue Oyster Cult. The crowd was definitely there for aRead More →

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DROWNING POOL December 9, 2016 Stafford Palace Theater Stafford Springs CT 5 O’Clock on a Friday and the only thing on my mind was that I was going to a Rock Show at Stafford Palace that night. Although it is well over an hour drive from home to the Stafford Palace, it is still my favorite place to see a rock show and one of my favorites to shoot at. Plenty of room to move around (unless your planted at the stage for the whole show), reasonable drink prices and fantastic staff. I have covered shows at a lot of venues about the same sizeRead More →

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DEEP PURPLE TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM “INFINITE” ON APRIL 7TH, 2017 ON EARMUSIC LYRIC VIDEO FOR FIRST SONG “TIME FOR BEDLAM” RELEASED December 14, 2016 Deep Purple has announced the release of an upcoming new album on April 7th, 2017, “inFinite”, to be released by earMUSIC. “Time For Bedlam”, an up-tempo classic Deep Purple song, has just been made available via a lyric video, watch it below. The song will be available as instant grat as part of the digital album pre-order as well as on all streaming platforms starting from Thursday, December 15th, midnight worldwide with the physical preorder of the album toRead More →

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LYNCH MOB November 20, 2016 Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den Uncasville, Connecticut At the last minute, I decided to tag along with my brother in law to Mohegan Sun Casino. He was headed there for the triple status points that day, but I was headed there to catch a rock show in the Wolf Den. Lynch Mob is the creation of former Dokken guitarist, George Lynch. One of the best guitarists to come out of my favorite era of music, the 80’s. Along with Oni Logan on vocals, Sean McNabb on Bass and Jimmy D’Anda on drums, he was bringing the rock to the Wolf Den.Read More →

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LITA FORD The Narrows Center for Performing Arts Fall River, Massachusetts November 1, 2016 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc Lita Ford brought an arena sized performance into the intimate setting of The Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts. A Tuesday night show in front of sold out crowd who were treated to an extraordinary set list of Lita Ford hits the way an 80’s style rock show should be. Lita Ford started her career off in the mid 70’s with The Runaways as one of the first all female fronted rock bands. She returned to the music scene in a soloRead More →

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STYX Twin River Casino Event Center Lincoln, Rhode Island October 22, 2016 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc STYX took to the stage at the Twin River Event Center in front of a full house of excited classic rock fans. The room immediately transformed to a temporary world of 1970/80 something for the almost two hour set of keyboard and guitar infused classic rock.  The crowd instantaneously rose to their feet amidst the unmistakable sound of STYX. This legendary rock n’ roll band was again out on their own in the midst of a 2016 North American tour. STYX had most recently been touring summer shows with Tesla andRead More →

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DORO PESCH The Stafford Palace Theater Stafford Springs, Connecticut September 30, 2016 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc On a rainy fall New England evening, a gathering of metal fans took place at The Stafford Palace Theater to marvel at heavy metal/rock legend Doro Pesch for a night of Doro/Warlock classics and music from her most recent album Strong and Proud. Stafford Springs Connecticut marked one of a limited number of DORO tour dates in the Northeastern United States for the fall of 2016. The Stafford Palace Theater is a great place to see a show. It is a smaller venue which gives fans theRead More →

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RETURN OF THE DREADS IN THIS MOMENT | KORN | ROB ZOMBIE September 1, 2016 Xfinity Theater Hartford, Connecticut I love a great Rock Show, but it has to be a show. I am a huge fan of Alice Cooper, 80’s W.A.S.P., Kiss, Marilyn Manson, King Diamond and Rob Zombie. A theatrical production, I feel it makes the show that much more memorable and I was excited to get to see the latest Rob Zombie tour with Korn and opening for them was a band I have seen at a couple of festivals, but from far away, and that band is In This Moment. ItRead More →