Heavy metal legends Judas Priest are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of their classic hit album "British Steel" and performing the album in its entirety on their current summer tour. The 'British Steel Tour' featuring Judas Priest plus 80’s pop metal band Whitesnake and opening act Pop Evil rolled into the Comcast Center in Mansfield,... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. 25 years ago, one of the most controversial records in rock history was released. Twisted Sister’s “Stay Hungry” was, at the time, regarded as not only a groundbreaking metal release, but as one of the records that the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) targeted as being too explicit. "Stay Hungry”... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Rochester, NY -The multi-platinum band Korn stopped off in Rochester, NY last Monday as part of their ‘Escape from the Studio’ tour. And the big question of the night was would Korn be able to bring the same level of intensity to a smaller venue that they displayed two... Continue Reading →
Def Leppard guitarist/songwriter Phil Collen is one of the busiest musicians in Rock right now. Not only is he currently touring the world in support of the Lep’s brilliant recent release “Sparkle Lounge.” He has also just released a CD from his side project Manraze. In addition to Collen, ManRaze also includes veteran musicians Simon... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. German multi-platinum hard rock legends, The Scorpions are back with a brilliant new CD “‘Humanity Hour 1.’ Although, some fans have voiced their displeasure with Desmond Child producing this CD, and some have even suggested that Child “hijacked the Scorpions” to make the record he always want to make, the... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. July 19, 2003- The music critics were never kind to Poison. So when the original band members re-united after nine years and launched a comeback amphitheater tour (with fellow glam-metal acts Ratt, Great White and L.A. Guns) in the spring of 1999, many wrote it off as one last... Continue Reading →
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