In Conversation
Steve Riley
LA Guns
Interviewed 2020
By: Joseph Suto
LA Guns released their latest album Renegades near the end of 2020. We were able to chat with drummer Steve Riley and discussed the album among many other topics.
Interview
Cowboy Mach Bell
Joe Perry Project
Thundertrain
2021
By: Joseph Suto
We recently sat down via zoom with none other than “Cowboy” Mach Bell who sang with the Joe Perry Project from 1982 until its untimely demise in 1984. That was of course when Joe Perry decided to rejoin Aerosmith. Mach kept a diary with great detail about his time in the Project. Mach also recently released the audiobook version featuring a few more stories not in the actual book as well as some special guests such as JPP bassist Danny Hargrove and former JPP singer Charlie Farren. Continue reading
CD Review
Kiss Tribute
Buffalo Rock City
WNY’s Tribute To Kiss
Now available on CD, all digital stores and streaming media, is the best KISS tribute album ever made: “Buffalo Rock City”! The recording’s proceeds are geared to help the Compass House Foundation, a charitable organization which helps the homeless youth in Buffalo, New York.
Lifelong KISS fan and tribute band, KISS THIS! founder and guitarist, John Jeffrey, assembled the album. He felt it important to have a quality, KISS related release, which was large in part, represented the Western New York music scene. Continue reading
News
Sad news to report as Children of Bodom leader Alexi Laiho passed away in his home in Helsinki, Finland last week. Laiho was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band. He was widely regarded for his guitar skills landing on many lists of being one of the top guitarists on many international lists and polls. Here are some photos we took from the Rockstar Mayhem Festival that took place in 2013 at the Darien Lake PAC. Continue reading
Retrospective
By: Joseph Suto
To say 2020 was a bad year for many is the understatement of the century. Live music came to a complete halt hurting not only the artists and their crew but venues across the world. Putting on a show involves many other businesses such as catering, security, lightning and sound etc. To make matters worse we lost some really great artists this past year. Here is the list of these artists that are now gone but far from forgotten. Continue reading
Top Concerts From 2020
Annual Countdown
By: Joseph Suto
The year 2020 started off very good with a slew of great concert announcements. Fans looked forward to spending their summer at their usual hot spots of amphitheaters, arenas and for many great festivals and outdoor events. But once March hit things took a turn for the worse when the pandemic roared in full force, putting an immediate end to many planned summer tours. Every few hours it seemed Live Nation was sending out press releases announcing postponed or cancelled tours. Continue reading
