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Interview with Daniel Oliver of Nothing More – Heavy Montréal, 2015
Daniel Oliver of Nothing More interview Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal – August 7th, 2015 Interview by Mike Bax heavymontreal.com http://www.facebook.com/HEAVYMONTREAL twitter.com/heavymtl http://www.nothingmore.net http://www.facebook.com/nothingmore twitter.com/nothingmorerock
Heavy Montréal – Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal – August 7th, 8th and 9th, 2015
Review by Mike Bax Photos by Tim Snow and Eva Blue The seventh presentation of Heavy Montréal once again managed to deliver on many fronts. While the attendance felt a bit less than last year, I think the festival’s expansion to three days as opposed to two and the fact that last year’s headlining draw…
An Interview with Lita Ford – August 2nd, 2015
By Mike Bax Lita Rossana Ford – a British-American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. A punk icon turned rock icon. The lead guitarist for The Runaways in the late 1970s. Metal queen through the 1980s. Spokesperson against parental alienation. A living legend, really, with 40 PLUS years invested into the medium of rock and roll. With…
Interview with Adam Gontier – Saint Asonia – July 22nd, 2015
By Mike Bax Today, the debut album by Saint Asonia hits the stands. Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace), Mike Mushok (Staind), Corey Lowery (Dark New Day), and Rich Beddoe (Finger Eleven) have composed an album of eleven songs that touch on elements of music one might expect from the band members, along with some music…
Dark Days A Memoir – D. Randall Blythe – Review
By Mike Bax Perseus/DaCapo Books While it’s understood within the metal community that Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested, incarcerated, tried and acquitted for manslaughter in the Czech Republic around the accidental death of a fan at an earlier Lamb of God show – most everyone else in the free world doesn’t really…
Edgefest Summer Concert Series TWO – TD Echo Beach, Toronto – Wednesday, July 29th 2015
Incubus, Deftones and The Bots Photos and Review by Mike Bax Originally just solicited as an Incubus show, Edgefest Series TWO got amped up a month after the concert announcement with the inclusion of Deftones and LA indie duo The Bots to the evening’s bill. No disrespect to Incubus here, but these three bands, along…
Edgefest Summer Concert Series ONE – TD Echo Beach, Toronto – Thursday, July 23rd 2015
Review and photos by Mike Bax Featuring Milky Chance, Elle King, X-Ambassadors (main stage) along with The Zolas, JJ & The Pillars, The Franklin Electric and Mickey Loves Mallory One of the best things about Edge 102.1 has always been their ability to showcase a diversity of up-and-coming talent alongside some of the established great…
Interview with Tommy Rogers, Between The Buried And Me – July 1st, 2015
By Mike Bax Coma Ecliptic, the seventh full length album from Raleigh, North Carolina five-piece noise-meisters Between the Buried and Me, will see its release on the brand spanking new Global Record Release Day – this Friday, July 10th on Metal Blade Records. This album spans numerous musical landscapes over almost 70 minutes, touching on…
Interview with Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice – June 30th, 2015
By Mike Bax Their love really IS cool. When compared to the median age of the members of Wolf Alice, I’m a dinosaur clocking in well past double their years. I say this only to illustrate that I was heavily into the UK shoegazer/guitar music of the early 1990s, and that I find the majority of…
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