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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy  April 10,  2015  During my teen years in the 80’s, I learned about bands like, Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., Ratt, Quiet Riot, Accept and so many more. Every month I was picking up the music mags out at the time, Hit Parader, Circus, Creem, Rip.  One of the things each of these had in common was that like everything they had to sell ads raise money to cover the costs of printing them. Remember ripping the posters out the middle or cutting out the pages to hang on your wall. Well one of the things that sticks out in myRead More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy April 4, 2015 I ventured into unfamiliar ground last night at a place in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, that I have never been to before, The Stafford Palace Theater. My reason was twofold, Daisy Berkowitz, founding member and original guitarist of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, were playing a show there and I have never been there.I don’t know who put the line up together for the show, but they did a fantastic job. I couldn’t believe how fast it was between bands… BlastforMe hitting the stage next and it was maybe 5 minutes at the most. Another band withRead More →

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Photos & Review by Frank Piercy March 10, 2015 Over the years I have attended many Mayhem Festivals in Hartford. One of the things I enjoy the most is listening to the newer metal bands on the smaller stages and then meeting them at one of the various meet n greets throughout the afternoons. One of the bands last year was this deathcore band out of California called Suicide Silence. They sounded good on stage and were very amicable during the meet n greet that day also, but then being under the tent in the shade with a crapload of free Monster is not badRead More →

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Photographs and Review by Frank Piercy March 3, 2015 Grab a chair and a beer, its time for more reminiscing with Frank… I was a young buck back in the mid to late 80’s, before grunge became the music of choice to the American youth.  I spent a lot of time at record stores and concert halls.  Around 1987 I think maybe it 88, damn I am getting to old to remember this crap. I was listening to a lot of heavy metal from across the Atlantic Ocean, There was a band from Germany and no it wasn’t the Scorpions or Accept… Tho Udo doesRead More →

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Whitesnake returns in 2015 with tour dates and the release of their first new studio album in four years. “The Purple Album” is set for release on May 19, 2015  on Frontiers Music SRL. In 1978, David Coverdale formed Whitesnake in England.  Whitesnake has numerous multi-platinum selling albums over the life of its career.  Many hits such as, “Still of the Night”, “Is This Love”, and “Here I Go Again” to name a few.  This marks Whitesnake’s 12th studio album of their 37 year existence as a band.  “The Purple Album” is a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale’s time as the lead singerRead More →

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Northeast Metal Media recently got a chance for a Q & A session with Killer Dwarfs drummer, Darrell “Dwarf” Millar.  Killer Dwarfs are a Canadian based metal band that have been around since the early 80’s, with hits like, “Stand Tall”, “Dirty Weapons”, “Keep the Spirit Alive”, “Doesn’t Matter”, just to mention a few.  The Killer Dwarfs have recently announced tour dates for 2015, at M3 and 80’s in the Park in Florida.  Darrell and the Killer Dwarfs have made a comeback of sorts over the past couple years.  They just came off a successful 2014 tour in support of “Start @ One”, which wasRead More →

Photo provided by Mick James and used with permission from Mick James.

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Who is Mick James? Chances are that if you have ever watched TV, there is a chance that you have heard music that was written by Mick James. Now stay tuned for a whole new level of Mick James music. Mick James is a noted song writer, producer/engineer, musician and actor. He is most widely known for the music included in the hit television show Criss Angel Mindfreak. The highly recognizable “Mind Freak Theme” song was originally written by Mick James/Criss Angel and produced by both Mick and Jonathan Davis (KORN). Mick’s music has appeared on all 6 seasons of Mindfreak. He has also createdRead More →

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New music from Jeff LaBar, the guitarist who stood right side to Tom Keifer in Cinderella for over 30 years has embarked his first solo album. One for the Road was released in August 2014 on RatPak Records. This is the first solo release in LaBar’s music career consisting of seven songs all written and performed by LaBar.  One for the Road showcases LaBar’s  talent as a writer, guitarist, and singer. The CD was released with options for fan packages and purchasing of autographed CD case, guitar picks, t-shirts and even an option for a personal phone call from Jeff himself. The album was produced byRead More →

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Hookers & Blow Lucky Dog Music Hall Worcester, Massachusetts October 15, 2014 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc The Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts marked the seventh stop of eleven dates, for the Hookers & Blow 10th Anniversary Rock N’ Comedy Tour hosted by Don Jamieson of VH1’s “That Metal Show”. Hookers & Blow founding members Dizzy Reed of Guns N’ Roses, on vocals and keyboard and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi took to the small club stage along with bassist Mike Duda of W.A.S.P. and Johnny Kelly of Danzig and Type O Negative, on drums.  The band played about a two hour set of manyRead More →

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TOM KEIFER Woodstock Fair Woodtstock, CT August 30, 2014 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc Cinderella front man, Tom Keifer took to the main stage at the 2014 Woodstock Fair in support of his solo album, ‘The Way Life Goes’. Keifer has been making music since the his heavy metal debut in 1983 with the advent of Cinderella. Keifer and his solo band played an assortment of Cinderella favorites, in addition to many of Keifer’s new music. Keifer and company opened with the Cinderella classic, “Night Songs” and followed up by “It’s Not Enough” and “Different Light”, from the new album. There was a mixRead More →