Earlier this year we had a chance to catch the Led Zeppelin tribute band, Lez Zeppelin, crank out some heavy Zep riffs at the State Theater in Virginia. And they rocked the house, garnering standing ovations, pumping fists and Zep fans singing along throughout the show.
Bret Michaels of Poison screamed to the ravenous crowd at the Newark Prudential Center on July 11th when they Def Leppard thundered into town.
Did you know if you looked up the word “Arena Rock” in the dictionary, there was photo of Def Leppard?
The Scorpions played PNC Arena on Friday night in New Jersey for what could possibly be the final leg of their Farewell Tour – The Final Sting. A bitter sweet evening if true!
The show had been advertised on local classic rock radio for months and die hard fans were at the venue hours before hand, awaiting the entrance gates to swing open.
The face of the music industry is changing. CD sales are on the wane, and high street record stores are either closing their doors, or devoting their floor space to merchandise, DVDs, MP3 players and video games.
Primal Rock Rebellion is the brainchild of Adrian Smith, guitarist for the legendary Iron Maiden and vocalist/spoken word maestro Mikee Goodman of SikTh.
The jacaranda tree is indigenous to several multicultural, musically diverse global regions, including South Africa, where legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and award winning esteemed film composer, Trevor Rabin was born and grew up, and where he absorbed, and was both informed and influenced by, many diverse music styles.
Bryan Dunn does not have a typical musician’s background. After spending time in the U.S. and U.K. as a kid, Dunn ended up in the vibrant musical mecca of Austin, Texas while working on his PhD in Physics at the University of Texas Austin. Though there are some musicians that make the transition from music to physics, such as Queen’s Brian May, few come to music from the realm of the sciences and have had the success that Dunn has experienced in recent years. Having already released one well-accepted album, and sharing the stage with the likes of Ben Folds, The Killers and Lady Gaga, Dunn is ready to release his next full-length record, Sweetheart of the Music Hall, which will be launched on April 3rd, 2012 worldwide.
There are bands that have been around for years, kept the same original lineup, and continued to make great music without any internal changes or turmoil. But this doesn’t seem to be the norm in the rock music world. Instead, bands are more than likely to change band members, change their image or even change their names as they grow and develop as an artistic unit. Chicago based Vintage Blue is just such a band.
