The Smashing Pumpkins recent performance in a packed Portland, Maine theater shows they can still rock the house some 20 years later as they continue their national tour to promote...
Amanda Palmer at The Paradise Rock Club – Boston
Performing to a sold-out crowd at “The Dise,” Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra put on a fun, raucous show. Palmer was intense, passionate, at times mesmerizing – and...
Fozzy At Ollie’s-Point-NY
My first encounter with Chris Jericho was in the wrestling world. When he entered into the music world I knew he would blow everyone away and he and his band...
Gov’t Mule Jams At The Orpheum – Boston MA
Gov’t Mule Jams At The Orpheum - Boston MA
Rob Zombie Rips Up The Verizon Wireless Center Manchester NH
If you have not seen a Rob Zombie concert, you have not lived yet. This is truly a production of great craft and planning. The colossal stage was setup for...
Journey – Bangor Waterfront Pavilion
First, I'll set the scene. The night of the show was nasty raw, but luckily it didn't pour. Wrapped in wool and rain gear, 10,000 fans packed into the outdoor...
All American Rejects
AAR's alternative/rock/power-pop performance was high energy, fueled by pounding drums, driving bass and guitars. Nick Wheeler's guitar work had an 80's retro feel, with characteristics of The Edge's jangling guitar,...
Jason Aldean: Live Show Review, Take a Little Ride
Ready to party again, the crowd erupted for "Dirt Road Anthem." Strangely appealing to me for a country song including elements of rap, "Anthem" takes me back to all those...
Black Stone Cherry at the RISE ABOVE Fest 2012
"White Trash Millionaire," had everybody dancing, with a rockin solos by Wells and Robertson, overlaid on Lawhon's funky bass lines. Directing everyone side to side,John Fred Young, the drummer, rose...
Buckcherry at the RISE ABOVE Fest, 2012
Buckcherry was out to get us and get us good. They set their guns on stun and kept firing away. "Tired of You," had tall, tattoo'd timber man, Josh Todd,...
Seether Headlines the RISE ABOVE Fest, 2012 – New England Music News
The Meadowbrook Pavilion was alive with anticipation for the headline act of the 2012 Rise Above Festival, Seether. Seether front man, Shaun Morgan, created this tribute event to support the...
Puddle of Mudd at the RISE ABOVE Fest 2012
Wesley shouted to the wildly applauding RISE ABOVE crowd, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we will not be performing at all, unless you get up and stand up and have a good...