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Lita Ford Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den November 27, 2015 The Wolf Den is a small venue that holds maybe 300 or so people and the concerts they have are free. Artists such as Eddie Money, Vince Neil, Blue Oyster Cult and many more have played on this stage. This night, I was there to see one of the Maidens of Metal, Lita Ford. Lita has become a regular here, performing at least once a year for the last 3 or 4 that I remember, and just like every other time i have been here to see her, there was a long line of fans waitingRead More →

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November 22, 2015 WOW! Once again, I am gracing the streets of Stafford Springs with my presence, out searching for another great night of metal. One I found at the Stafford Palace, where the venerable thrash band Exodus was paying a visit between dates opening for King Diamond. Exodus had the privilege of supporting King Diamond on his North American tour and after a successful three night stand in New York City they had an off night on that tour before hitting Boston. Not ones to sit around and do nothing between shows, they stopped in the quiet corner of Connecticut. It was time forRead More →

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It was a long dark and rainy drive to the Ridgefield Playhouse thursday night and I was on my way there to see another show. This evening it was Whitford/St. Holmes. Whitford / St. Holmes consists of Brad Whitford who is best known for being a guitarist in Aerosmith and Derek St. Holmes who is best known for his vocals and guitar work for Ted Nugent, backing them up is Troy Luccketta, Tesla’s drummer, bassist Chopper Anderson and Buck Johnson on keyboards. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect that evening. Was it going to be a few songs from their one album from 1981?Read More →

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November 13, 2015 New Haven did not survive Friday the 13th unscathed. They were invaded by the intergalactic Scumdogs of the Universe known as Gwar, where carnage and blood filled the place called Toads Place. Fantastic stage presence and a great sound that was for me augmented by the fact they actually seemed to be having a good time with a crowd that was very receptive to them. But I can’t deny the fact the crowd was there for only one thing and that was to be accosted by Gwar. A sea of white T-Shirts ready to be sacrificed to the fountains of fake bloodRead More →

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November 5, 2015 Stafford Springs, once again I walked your streets to stand in a line for another show at what is fast becoming Connecticut’s best destination for Metal Shows, The Stafford Palace Theater, that night it was for the killer combination of The Butcher Babies opening for the Swedish band Amaranthe. Standing in line, I was listening to people talk about both bands, fans from all over Connecticut and Massachussetts waiting to hear either the triple threat vocals of Amaranthe or one of the hardest working bands on the circuit right now, the Butcher Babies. Either way everyone was in for a treat thisRead More →

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October 11, 2015 It is hard to review bands when you are a newly converted fan and hardly know the complete discography of the band, but I decided to attempt when given the chance to shoot Clutch on a Sunday night at the world famous Toad’s Place in New Haven. I was in awe. Having been to so many shows there over the years, Blue Oyster Cult, Joan Jett, Motorhead, Bang Tango, Enuff Z Nuff just to name a few. Now Clutch can be added to that list. Clutch has hit the road in support of their album “Psychic Warfare” with The Shrine and Corrosion ofRead More →

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September 27, 2015 Sunday night September 27th, was the night of a Super Blood Moon. A full lunar eclipse, a Blood Moon, coupled with the Moon being closer to the Earth than normal, a Super Moon, but that wasn’t what I was at the Big E for that evening. I was more interested in another Celestial Being that was poised to appear on the Xfinity Arena that evening, the one and only Space Ace. Ace Frehley was set to appear for one of the final dates of his East Coast leg of this tour in support of his latest album, “Space Invader”. As the sunRead More →

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FASTER PUSSYCAT The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts September 17, 2015 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc Just got back from the best Cathouse in town… Faster Pussycat played their first show in Worcester, Massachusetts since their last performance at the star studded line up of 80’s era bands at the Cathouse Live at Irvine Meadows in California in August 2015. Taime Downe made the trek to Worcester, as part of his cross country motorcycle ride #taimestrek, part of it with Riki Rachtman. The show at the Palladium in Worcester would kick off four consecutive shows in the Northeast. This was Faster Pussycat’s second show in underRead More →

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MOTORHEAD September 15, 2015 Toyota Oakdale Theater Wallingford, Connecticut Over the last two weeks I had been waiting for the return of Motorhead to Connecticut, I was going to shoot and review one of Rock and Rolls biggest legends, Lemmy and Motorhead. Finally after countless shows over the years at so many different venues. The Sting in New Britain, Tuxedo Junction in Danbury, Mohegan Sun Arena, The Webster. I finally got a chance to shoot one of the hardest working bands out there. Over the week or so before their scheduled appearance I was watching with trepidation as shows were cancelled and news of Lemmy’sRead More →

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The Stafford Palace Theater September 12, 2015 Stafford Springs in Northeastern Connecticut has this gem of a place called The Stafford Palace, a former Vaudeville theater with a capacity of about 400 people, with a fantastic and friendly staff who for the last three years now has been bringing some really great shows to this quiet town. A quiet that was shattered Saturday night by the arrival of three bands, Mindmaze from PA, Armored Saint from L.A. and from across the Atlantic Ocean, one of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal longest running and most underrated bands (at least here in the U.S.) Saxon.Read More →