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MINISTRY with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY AND MELVINS House of Blues Boston, Massachusetts March 15, 2022 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche BOSTON, Mass. – Industrial giant Al Jourgensen and Ministry were welcomed back to Beantown for a show at the venerable House of Blues this week along with hardcore legends Corrosion of Conformity and the sonicly gifted trio, the Melvins. When I arrived it looked like a reunion of the Mann Ray or Machine club, with fans decked out in all sorts of fantastic garb, tall boots and vinyl-wear. But there was a genuine cross section of humanity as we have Industrial, Heavy Metal andRead More →

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SUMMERLAND TOUR Featuring Everclear, Living Colour, Hoobastank and Wheatus House of Blues Boston July 1, 2021 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche BOSTON – What a night to be on Lansdowne Street in Boston on Thursday night. The Red Sox had just beaten the living daylights out of their opponents across the street at Fenway Park and another high energy at the House of Blues was just starting as the bleachers emptied. This was the first show at the storied venue since I was there almost 18 months ago. Live music is back!!! Everclear was in town, along with other well known acts from theRead More →

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THE NEW REGIME House of Blues Boston, Massachusetts March 2, 2020 Photo & Review by Michael LaFleche The New Regime and the Silverside Pickups rolled into the House of Blues in Boston for a surprisingly packed house on a Monday night. The three piece unit is led by Ilan Rubin, playing the guitar and providing lead vocals. Ilan is well known for being part of the Nine Inch Nails band, on percussion since 2009. But Ilan had been running the The New Regime project before converting with Trent Reznor. For this event in Boston on Monday, he has appointed a drummer that started the setRead 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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BABYMETAL WITH AVATAR House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts September 11, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Coming back to Boston was the Japanese kawaii metal band BABYMETAL to a packed House of Blues. They have an extremely loyal and fervent following of devotees. Opening for BABYMETAL was Swedish export AVATAR. Lead singer Johannes Eckerström crooned, looking like the Joker, leading a 4 ring circus of melodic heavy metal. The band is no stranger to entertaining, kicking out smooth metal for the past 15 years. They filled the hall with songs like “Hail the Apocalypse”, “A Statue of the King”, “Paint Me Red, BloodyRead More →

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ALTER BRIDGE House of Blues Boston, Massachusetts February 7, 2017 Another trip into Boston, another rainy cold miserable night. One that has finally caught up with me and I have more than merch to keep this show in my thoughts, at the least the merch isn’t wreaking havoc with my head and sinuses. My first trip to the House of Blues wasn’t that bad. A nice venue with a lot of room and plenty of bars, and drink prices weren’t too bad. The night started earlier then I was expecting, with the opening band taking the stage at 7:15 and not 7:30 like advertised, soRead More →