The Ballbreaker Column

Blame it on rock n roll is a great kick off song for the album it could be live as well. Kickin Valentina are a kick ass unapologetic rock n roll band. This song shows why. Glad they put this great song out. This song could have easily been on the last record. I’m glad […]

It’s almost that time a few days to until M3 festival. If you have never been to the M3 Rock Festival, it is more than an 80’s style of music rock festival. I’m going to give you a lot of good reasons why you should make plans to come next year or this weekend if […]

  Robin Nadji and Natal John sat down for an interview on the metal summit to talk about the new single prisoners, share stories, and talk about the bands Plans for the rest of the year including working on new music for a new album. For now the band is happy to put out the […]

Rock N Pod 2025 is almost here. The event billed as the ultimate weekend gathering for fans of rock music artist, podcasts, and comedians. The event will be held at the fairgrounds Nashville on Saturday, April 12 starting at 10am. It costs $32.72 per person ticket get you access to main stage panel discussions, live […]

  Kingdom in Flames have released the first album of 2025. The debut album Inside the upside down was released on January 1, 2025. Guitarist Rich Davis was on the metal summit on New Years Day to talk about the new album, plans for touring and how the album came together. The album was includes […]

Seattle based rock band Oathbound are hard at work on their debut album, which is scheduled to be released sometime in 2025. The band has been supporting and playing shows in support of their debut EP Until it’s gone. The band’s guitarist Taylor Harper appeared on the Metal summit to talk about the making of […]

Kickin Valentina is bringing star spangled fist fight tour for two shows in California. Kickin Valentina released their latest album Star Spangled Fist Fight earlier this year and recently completed a UK/Germany tour in support of the album with more plans to tour in 2025. These are two rock shows that you definitely don’t want […]

Kickin Valentina is kicking off Star Spangled Fist Fight UK tour on August 29, 2024. The band is touring in support Star Spangled Fist Fight album which was released earlier this year. The band will also be playing two california shows November 7 at the Whisky A go go and November 8 at Fulton 55 […]

World in flames that’s how you kick off an EP with a guitar riff that punches you in the face. The title is a cool definition of the world today. Having cool catchy song titles doesn’t hurt. World in Flames 3 minutes of rock that is timeless.  Your savior kicks just as much butt. Another great […]

It’s almost that time a few days to until M3 festival. If you have never been to the M3 Rock Festival, it is more than an 80’s style of music rock festival. I’m going to give you a lot of good reasons why you should make plans to come next year or this weekend if […]

It’s been two years since Bob with Petro released any new music. This year of course the band is back with a new seven song EP 6 songs with a 7th song bonus track called Stuck on you. Bob spent a better part of last year writing and recording new songs for the EP. The […]

      September 7, 2014, Gene Simmons made a comment that shook the rock world. He made a comment that rock ‘n’ roll is dead. Everyone had their opinion about the topic, and what he meant by it. Rock ‘n’ roll is not dead, but it doesn’t mean that rock n roll won’t die in five or […]

Art of Anarchy is back they are back with a new song vilified that feature actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in the video. They have a new lineup now featuring Jeff Scott Soto on vocals, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal lead guitars, Jon Votta rhythm guitars, Vince Votta drums, and Tony Dickinson on bas . Bumblefoot sat down […]

It is not every day that an opportunity to interview the queen of rock comes up. When the last minute opportunity came up, The Metal Summit could not say no. Doro was a guest on the metal summit. Doro Pesch talked about her latest album Conqueress Forever Strong and Proud  Doro confirmed that she will be out on […]

    It’s almost the end of the year and a lot of people are looking for a great way to end the year on a positive note, especially people that love going to rock shows. Look no further. Rebel Heart Entertainment will be having the year end bash. The year end bash will be […]

Let’s go back to the year 1985 in Philadelphia, PA. Tom Keifer and John Corabi, two of the best rockers to come out of Philadelphia were playing the club scene looking to get signed to a record label both artists taking different paths to getting signed. June 30th Tom Keifer, Winger, and John Corabi came […]

Looking at the calendar this year 2023 I can’t help but wonder it has been 30 years since Poison released the native tongue album. It was a chaotic year with the 80s music genre Motley Crue and Anthrax had new singers, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden didn’t have a singer. Poison had recruited a young […]

How did the song Mississippi way come together?  Actually pretty easy, the riff came first which got me hooked on finishing the song in the first place.  I usually try to finish the guitar parts first.  Then work on the lyrics. Lyrics usually come easy to me well enough to get started to figure out a […]

Bob Dee with Petro has been no stranger to making music videos. The cool thing about a song is that it tells a story where you make a four-minute movie. Bob Dee filmed the second single/video Baby from his latest release Idolmaker. The video was filmed in Brooklyn, NY. I was lucky enough to get […]

The last few years have wreaked havoc on music. Black Rose Rebellion has endured lineup changes and waiting to play live music. Lately the band has been alive and rockin ‘playing music to audiences having a good time doing it. The band is hard at work working on their debut album. The band doesn’t have […]

Philadelphia is going to be rocking Thursday, July 28, Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30. After delays because of Covid, change in city and venue BLE masquerade is finally happening. The masquerade event will feature 30 bands over three days for one low price for a ticket to see this great event for all […]

The M3 festival Is a three-day music event that is held at Merriweather Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The M3 Festival is a celebration of 80s music genre. For many fans this is the one time of the year where they get together with friends to celebrate life and music.  M3 Rock Festival’s Official M3 Kix-Off […]

Paramount Pictures is giving the movie Wayne’s World the 30th-anniversary treatment. The movie was released on February 14, 1992, went on to gross $183.1 million dollars at the box office. The film has become popular and remains one of the most popular comedies from the ’90s. The film is going to be released on a […]

Phil X & Drills to release new album Bon Jovi guitarist and frontman for Phil X and The Drills appeared on the Metal Summit to talk about his career, playing at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, answering fan questions, and giving advice to a young fan who picked up a guitar because of […]

30 years ago David Lee Roth released a little ain’t enough album. In the video for a little ain’t enough we see David Lee Roth doing something no other artist did in those days he made the announcement of his final tour in the best way Diamond Dave could. October 10th 2021 to be exact […]

Thorns Inside released their new single Two Face the song has a memorable guitar riff which is always a cool thing. The album is called for the love of rock n roll. A great title for an album considering how the album showcases how their ability to give fans variety and show they can rock […]

Stone Whiskey has had a busy year. The band released their debut album Rebels of the sun on CD/Vinyl earlier this year and has been playing shows to support their debut album. The band released their latest video for Feels Like Yesterday. Stone  Whiskey is an American hard rock band, based out of Raleigh, NC. […]

Ari Kamin vocalist for Steven Adler will be back at M3 Festival on Saturday July 3 they will be playing 4:25pm-5:35pm time slot. Many fans have gotten familiar with Ari Kamin who performed at M3 Festival two years ago putting on a great performance singing Guns N Roses classics. Ashes2Ashes is a band created by […]

This weekend M3 Festival returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The show is expected to be one of the best ones yet with a must see line up on all three days. If you can’t get enough of rock music this weekend. There is M Pre-party by D-Toxin Productions which starts at 6:30pm […]

Finally rock music has come back to the electric bowery in New York City. This was a hometown show for Sony Music recording artist Bob Dee with Petro and the band put on an electrifying show that was worth the 15 month wait. Bob Dee with Petro was originally scheduled to perform on March 10, […]