Hard Features

The American post-grunge, an alternative metal band from Louisville, Kentucky formerly known as three-quarters of the group Days of the New reformed as Tantric in 1998. Barely out of their teens when Days of the New was formed in Jefferson, Indiana, these bona fide rock stars experienced band brawls and cancelled tours with singer/songwriter Travis […]

Wow…The Troggs are still goin’??? That’s a reply I get very often when I send out my info, which has the facts about their recent activities. Well, that was exactly my reaction when I found a new release by the band in 1992. I just went through the one TROGGless period of my life. The […]

One listen to this new LP by Lacuna Coil and I can simply say “Brilliant.” The band captures the sensuous, melodic, dark rock that the band Darkseed brought to you a couple of months ago. The beautiful vocals of Cristina intertwine with the music excellently. “The Secret,” which is the second track, lets you hear […]

I caught a Bret Michaels show in Berwick, Pennsylvania at a place called Pepper’s. I was supposed to be on the guest list. But, after standing in line for about 30 minutes, my name was nowhere to be found on either list that they had at the front door. Not a good way to start […]

Dio’s August show in Detroit at the DTE Center was stellar as usual! Even though they were again limited by time constraints due to their opening slot on the recent Iron Maiden tour, they still packed a punch and made the very most of their set. Dio has again made the wise decision of signing […]

It was the summer of 1990. I was a soon-to-be junior in college and working in a restaurant, bussing tables, doing dishes, waiting on tables, cashiering – – I did anything but cook. A co-worker, a punk reject who quit school between 8th and 9th grade, came in to work with a casette version of […]

DIO ( The Man! The Band! )Live June 13th ’02DTE Energy Center-Detroit Michigan Dio (the man and the band) has proven year after year and decade after decade to be one of the true giants in the world of metal. This was proven yet again here in Detroit Michigan on June 13th at the DTE […]

King Diamond is a man who needs no introduction. His career as a solo artist and with Mercyful Fate is legendary. The music that he has created over the years has never been duplicated. He is truly one of the most unique individuals, both as a person and as a musician, that has ever graced […]

The road to ruin…that’s what I would call this trip, which would take us, roughly, 250 miles from home. It all began on Friday night at two in the morning…that’s when we hit the road. It was a five hour drive to Tune Town Arena in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where eleven different bands were waiting to […]

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Share Pederson from Vixen, Bam from Dogs D’amour & The Wildhearts,
Brent Muscat from Faster Pussycat & LA Guns, Ballbuster’s Jym Harris,
and Dino Everett from Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs

Could it get more perfect than this? An anti-cultural icon at the forefront of rock and roll theatrics and all things evil, silly and grotesque was making his first overdue appearance in these parts for quite some time. And so what would Halloween night truly be without the likes of one Alice Cooper to kick […]

All Photos Courtesy of Troy Welles Well, even with the crazy LA freeways, our accidental trip through Compton at 11 PM, and basically being lost for far too long, I must say this show was worth the 30-hour road trip. Saturday was spent on Huntington Beach (where do these women come from???), cruising down Sunset, […]