The Both – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto – August 15th, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax Aimee Mann could show up in Toronto playing a dedicated set of music that I outright don’t like, and I would probably STILL attend. I’m that guy. Aimee is one of my very favourite singer / songwriters, and I’d support pretty much anything she attempts. This evening’s performance of…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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