The evening of Sunday May 13 was a really foggy night in Warrendale, Penn. It was also the night when Texas Hippie Coalition, Kobra And The Lotus, Brand Of Julez and Granny 4 Barrel were in town to rock your asses off. It was four bands, each with distinctive personalities who were all set to...

Stryper is a band that has been through the ringer lately. Their longtime bassist Tim Gaines caused quite a bit of disruption in the band which led to his dismissal and was replaced by longtime Firehouse bassist Perry Richardson who has somehow lit a fire in the rest of the band. Despite all...

There aren’t many bands out there today that can say they have had pretty much the same line-up since their inception. Sevendust is that rare band that can and since 1994 the line-up has stayed pretty much the same; For almost the last 25 years it’s always been Lajon Witherspoon vocals,...

Light The Torch is a band with a somewhat checkered past. They started out as Devil You Know, releasing two albums before a long drawn out legal fight with their former drummer John Stankey forced the rest of the band to move on without him. They changed their name to Light The Torch and have...

Every now and again you really get excited about something you are about to review. That was the case when it came to the newest effort by W.E.T. entitled Earthrage. This is the third release by these melodic masters and judging on how good the first two albums were I knew that this one would...

Stryper, have just released their 10th studio album entitled “God Damn Evil.” It comes hot on the heels of their newest shake up in the band. Welcoming former Firehouse bassist Perry Richardson, for the first time in a very long time, the band seems at ease and are rocking like they never...

It was on the eve of the biggest snowstorm to hit Pittsburgh in a long while that Chris Daughtry was set to play. As the snow came down you might have thought that in would turn people away, but much to my amazement the show, which was sold out, was truly sold out and everybody that braved the...

Nightwish is currently out on the road supporting their newest release entitled “Decades.” It is a retelling of some of their greatest hits, complete with all three of their vocalists. It is a chance for current singer Floor Jansen to put her mark on some of their best songs to date. The...

Kings, queens, dragons, wizards and medieval knights, it sounds like you are just about to read an ancient tale of lorn, but it is in fact the newest release from Axel Rudi Pell in Knight’s Call Just like every album that has come before it tells a little tale of ancient legends and...

Since Accept got a new vocalist that’s not half bad, I was very excited to hear that original Accept singer Udo Dirkschneider was going to be playing with his solo band at the Rex Theater in Pittsburgh. What better way is there to hear Accept classics plus all his solo material? Joining Udo...