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  For those still salient enough to peg the launch of British Rock to the evening of February 9, 1964, when four young Liverpudlians appeared as if from nowhere onto the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show, think of this: A dozen years ago, a different U.K. band celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a series […]

  Saturday, September the 13th of 1969 broke particularly warm, bright and sunny over the suburbs of Toronto. Yes, this was to be the day the drummer in my very first (bedroom-over-the-) garage combo agreed to accompany me all the way into the Big City in order that I could buy my very first teen-aged guitar. But! […]

There’s a famous joke that says: “Do you know how to make Italians shut up? Tie their hands.” Italians talk with their hands. It’s a commonly known fact, like the fact that Germans are punctual and the Spanish like to go out at night. So it really wouldn’t be too much of a stretch if […]

  While the Clash were hardly the only band that ever mattered to me, I personally sure owe a tip-o-the ol’ snout to the one, the only Joe Strummer for most vividly helping me see The Light back in that dark, dank cultural wasteland known as the mid-Seventies. It was my first-ever night in London, […]

This trip was quite a long one in the making. I’d been running a group travel page for months for one of the opening bands as we all worked together planning out the hotel, rooming situations, transportation options and of course for the drinkers in the bunch the closest liquor store in proximity to our […]

Stone Whiskey has had a busy year. The band released their debut album Rebels of the sun on CD/Vinyl earlier this year and has been playing shows to support their debut album. The band released their latest video for Feels Like Yesterday. Stone  Whiskey is an American hard rock band, based out of Raleigh, NC. […]

  The single greatest living Canadian since Stompin’ Tom Connors, who loudly and proudly celebrates his latest Date of Birth on July Five, tell us all:   1. “Munsters” or “Addams Family”: Which one’s for you, and Why? Well, Munsters of course, since Lily Munster aka Yvonne De Carlo (R.I.P.) was born in my hometown […]

Ari Kamin vocalist for Steven Adler will be back at M3 Festival on Saturday July 3 they will be playing 4:25pm-5:35pm time slot. Many fans have gotten familiar with Ari Kamin who performed at M3 Festival two years ago putting on a great performance singing Guns N Roses classics. Ashes2Ashes is a band created by […]

This weekend M3 Festival returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The show is expected to be one of the best ones yet with a must see line up on all three days. If you can’t get enough of rock music this weekend. There is M Pre-party by D-Toxin Productions which starts at 6:30pm […]

STRUTTER THE HOTTEST TRIBUTE BAND IN THE LAND! STRUTTER is a KISS tribute band from Ohio and billed as the #1 tribute band in North America. They performed a private show this past Saturday, June 19th at Jamestock in Creedmoor, NC. About 400 people enjoyed a beautiful day outside with entertainment by several local bands […]

Finally rock music has come back to the electric bowery in New York City. This was a hometown show for Sony Music recording artist Bob Dee with Petro and the band put on an electrifying show that was worth the 15 month wait. Bob Dee with Petro was originally scheduled to perform on March 10, […]

Kore Rozzik Releases Heartfelt Ballad Timelessness  Kore Rozzik is back and ready to show fans a side of Kore they haven’t seen before with an American version of “Timelessness”. The NYC based band that’s been known for their punch you in the face riffs and classic metal sounds shows a sensitive side with this power […]

  Very late one evening in the very late 1980s, my oldest pal Doug and I were dejectedly roaming the Canadian television airwaves when we suddenly chanced upon footage of these two guys playing music out on someone’s porch. Our collective jaws – to say nothing of the remote – immediately dropped. It seems we’d […]

Much like my write-up last month regarding the band Roxy Blue and their triple state mini tour, it was once again a multiple day adventure for those willing to travel around a bit. This months main talent was none other than the Atlanta based national act Kickin Valentina. They began their first night’s performance in […]

The Metal Summit, don’t let the name fool you. This show isn’t just about Metal Music, they are about music of all genres. As far as I know there is no webcast on Facebook Live like them. They are your Island of Misfit Toys, brought together to interview the artists related to the Rock and […]

Ah Spring is in the air and this past Saturday was a gorgeous day under Carolina blue skies with temps in the 70’s. Perfect weather and an equally awesome private outdoor venue in the countryside was host to a mélange of metal bands from all over North Carolina. The bands that performed at the Jamestock […]

  80 GOOD REASONS To Celebrate BOB DYLAN’S 80th BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH   1. His previous 79 years.   2. Most notably, between the hours of 8 and 9pm on the evening of May 17, 1966 in the Manchester, England Free Trade Hall.   3. Chronicles: Volume One.   4. Blonde on Blonde …in MONO, […]

This past weekend brought some much needed live music to several of the Mid-Atlantic States in the Northeast Region of the US with a total of three shows featuring Memphis based hard rock national act ROXY BLUE as the headliner each night. Beginning in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 16th with a Friday night […]

  IMANTS KRUMINS   Above-ardent Fan, Collector and Champion of Good Music (and Credit Risk Analyst for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce by day) born April 6, 1952, Leamington Spa, England died June 9, 2011, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada age 59   Like so many others around the world, my first-ever words with Imants Krumins […]

Singer, songwriter, real world season 1 and real world homecoming: New York cast member Andre Comeau made an appearance on The Metal Summit this past Wednesday. He was on the show to promote his EP and talk about his upcoming new album Clean Break which will be released via EMP Label Group later this month. […]

He is probably one of the most humblest musicians and quietest talents on earth but we caught up with Ronnie “Dawg” Robson, who is a professional session bass player from Toronto Canada, on what he has been up to lately.   For those who have never heard of him, Ronnie has a great bass resume […]

  Throughout that wild and wacky A.D. 2020, one disc seemed to somehow find itself repeatedly, and most happily so, upon the ol’ Pig Player. A disc which via a mere 21 tracks in under 69 minutes presents an ideal, not to mention idyllic picture of two musical careers which, cannily overlapping more often than […]

  In my latest interview with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, he talks about his new album and touring plans. Stephen Richard Hackett is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Angel Alamo:   How did the idea for […]

  Quote: “The best goll-darn singer you’ve never heard came from the same country as Celine Dion and Drake.” “Yeah, right,” I can somehow see you all sneering right about now: “What the hell good has ever come out of Canada?!!” Well, besides the (very early) Guess Who, SCTV, and of course Young Neil, there […]

A jam-packed weekend revealing that revenge isn’t always a dish best served cold. Especially when you get a bunch of bands, a traveling mob of die-hard fans and two smoking hot cities to showcase the release of a 3rd full-length album titled “The Revenge of Rock.”  US hard rock band Kickin Valentina calls this their […]

INXS may have given fans their final show in 2012. The music continues to live on. KICK The INXS experience gives old fans a chance to hear the music again for new fans who are now discovering the band is an opportunity to walk into a venue and experience the songs live. The live experience […]

Do you remember the days of buying an album, reading all of the credits, listening to the record from the first song all the way through to the very last note on the record then going back to listen to it because there was a cool guitar riff, solo, or bass line that made you […]

Legendary musician Bill Champlin has had a career that is worth mentioning as legendary. Even after so many years writing and touring. He continues to work on a variety of projects with no signs of slowing down. It should be no surprise that he is not coming out with a 14 song album Livin’ for […]

For those who arrived at the party rather late – meaning the first new Stones record you ever bought had a big red tongue splayed across its label – the five years and ninety-nine minutes contained within Chrome Dreams’ Rolling Stones: The Mick Taylor Years will serve as a more than welcome 72nd Birthday tribute […]

  Tommy Lee Flood has been busy making the media rounds supporting a remastered version of his solo debut album Flood. Tommy Lee Flood took time out to appear on The Metal Summit where Tommy spoke about the solo project, his former band Banshee.              Tommy Lee Flood took questions from the fans who joined in, […]