BREAKING A MONSTER Exclusively on iTunes starting September 27 “Unlocking the Truth is a Band That Rocks Beyond Its Years” The New York Times LOS ANGELES (Sept. 27, 2016) – On the heels of its strong summer theatrical release, RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) is set to release the acclaimed Black Label Media/SeeThink Films documentary, BREAKING A MONSTER exclusively on iTunes on Sept. 27, 2016, two weeks ahead of its…
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Metal Allegiance – Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NY – August 11th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Metal Allegiance is set to perform at UK’s massive Bloodstock festival on August 13th. As a warm-up for this UK gig, they teamed up with Loudwire for a very special performance in Brooklyn, N.Y. as they wanted to do something special in the city that inducted Deep Purple into…
Steel Panther w Diemonds – Maxwells, Waterloo July 12th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “G-O-L-D D-I-G-G-I-N-G W-H-O-R (awkward pause) E” Sung by EVERYONE in the room at Maxwell’s Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia brought their signature brand of Los Angeles glam metal to Waterloo last night for a sold-out performance of epic sing-along proportions. Waterloo was the first show to…
Interview with Priya Panda of Diemonds – July 5th, 2016
By Mike Bax Lead Image photo by Nikki Ormerod There’s a few bands in Toronto that I consider to be a must-see good time, and I consider Diemonds one of them. A five-piece band almost a decade into their career, I got turned onto the band when they opened a Steel Panther show in Toronto four…
Hollywood Vampires – Casino Rama, Orillia – July 8th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax “This is why we don’t own nice things.” Alice Cooper to the crowd after Joe Perry shattered his guitar over one of the speakers at the front of the stage to end off ‘My Generation’. Named after Cooper’s 1970s musicians drinking club The Hollywood Vampires, Frontman Alice Cooper along…
Kings of Chaos – Casino Rama, Orillia – October 30th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Kings of Chaos are a jam band comprised of core Guns N’ Roses members Gilby Clarke, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. A rotating ‘who’s who’ of musicians join them on the road when their schedules allow, and Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) and Sebastian Bach (Skid…
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…
How To Be A Man (and other illusions) by Duff McKagan book review
By Mike Bax Da Capo Press While technically a follow-up to McKagan’s last book It’s So Easy (and other lies), How To Be A Man is more like an accoutrement to his first book. How To Be A Man (and other illusions) is a lighter, easier read. It’s more observational in places (McKagan looking at…
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