Review/photos - Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Akron, NY - Multi-platinum, 80's glam-metal band - Cinderella returned to the WNY area for the first time in over a decade last Sunday night, and played a hit filled, high energy show to over a thousand hard rock music faithful fans in the new and awesome, outdoor Braun’s... Continue Reading →
Ace Frehley – Celebrate Erie Festival – Erie, PA – 8/18/2012
Review by John Jeffrey, photos by Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Erie, PA - The last time I had seen Ace Frehley in concert was last year, at the Erie County Fair. This year, the closest concert that was booked to the WNY area was in Erie, PA. Is there something eerie about 'Erie?' As Ace... Continue Reading →
BOSTON – Erie County Fairgrounds – Hamburg, NY – 08/14/2012
Review by John Jeffrey, Photos by Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Hamburg, NY - On Tuesday, August 14, the American rock band bearing the name of the Massachusetts city, BOSTON, played the 'feel good' concert of the summer at the Erie County Fairgrounds. Remembered by most as the band that took 7 years to complete an... Continue Reading →
Ted Nugent – Erie County Fairgrounds – Hamburg, NY – 08/12/2012
Review/photos - Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Hamburg, NY - The always entertaining and somewhat controversial rock icon, Ted Nugent, returned to the Erie County Fairgrounds to play in front of just under 2500 loyal and rowdy fans, on this overcast summer evening. Nugent, who turns 64 years of age in December, was truly on top... Continue Reading →
Anthrax, Motorhead, Slayer – Darien Lake PAC, Darien, NY – 08/01/2012
Review by John Jeffrey, Photos by Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Darien, NY - Mother nature delivered a picture perfect day for the abbreviated Rockstar Mayhem concert (which was being referred to locally as the "103.3 Edge's Summer BBQ" in honor of the WNY radio station), as three of the kings of 80's hard rock/heavy metal... Continue Reading →
Talas – The Hard Rock Cafe concert series – Niagara Falls, NY – 07-28-2012
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Niagara Falls, NY - It was a truly spectacular and some might say, a magical night, as the original line-up of Talas, the legendary band from Buffalo, NY reunited, and triumphantly performed their first concert together in ten years. They played to a jammed packed closed off street adjacent to the Hard... Continue Reading →
