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FALLING IN REVERSE | ESCAPE THE FATE with The Word Alive Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut February 16, 2020 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Falling in Reverse brought their The Drug in Me Is You Is Gold Tour, with special guests The Word Alive and Escape the Fate to a sold out Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut on Sunday, February 16th 2020. The Drug in Me Is You was released in July of 2011 and did very well. It held the 19th spot on the US Billboard 200 and it was recognized in Guitar World magazine as #21 in their top 50 albums ofRead More →

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ATREYU Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut November 3, 2019 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus Atreyu brought their 20th Anniversary tour through to Toad’s Place In New Haven, Connecticut on November 3rd. They were joined by Santa Cruz, Tempting Fate, He is Legend and Whitechapel. After being properly warmed up by the opening acts, Atreyu hit the stage with a vengeance, opening with with “The Time is Now” from their newest release In Our Wake. They quickly followed up with one of their earlier hits “Wrong side of the Bed.” The bands 20 song set was comprised from songs from all of their album releases.Read More →

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ALL THAT REMAINS Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut June 2, 2018 Photos & Review by Tom Bogus at Kaos Photography All That Remains leveled Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT with a killer performance. They started the night of strong and fast, opening with the song “Six” off of their very popular CD The Fall of Ideals. Wasting no time, they kicked into “Stand Up”. Phil Labonte’s vocals were strong as ever and the band sounded amazing. Mike Martin (guitar), Jason Costa (drums) and Aaron Patrick (bass) were tight as hell. Oli Herbert’s riffing was flawless as they blazed through song after song. Midway through theRead More →

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GWAR Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut October 27, 2017 Gwar was in New Haven again, and with it being the Friday before Halloween, I just had to be at this show. The thought of all the costumes at the show and the college kids walking the streets would be well worth the visit. I was not disappointed as Alex from A Clockwork Orange walked by me. A few zombies, a few other odds and ends also shuffled by or got in line to get into Toads. The first band up that night was a band from Richmond Virginia, U.S. Bastards. A Heavy Metal trio thatRead More →

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HINDER January 13, 2016 Toads Place New Haven, CT May of 2015 Hinder released their latest album, “When The Smoke Clears” and on Wednesday night they stopped in at Toad’s Place to play a few tunes and they brought a few friends with them. Supporting them on this tour is a band from Baltimore called Revolve, Alabama’s Within Reason and from Missouri, Shaman’s Harvest. I have to say this is one of the few times I have actually liked all the bands that were opening, all them sounded great. The lights went down and the noise from the crowd went up as Joe ‘Blower’ GarveyRead 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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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 →