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Toronto, Ontario has always been a hotbed of musical talent for decades. In the past, artists such as Rush, Triumph, Max Webster, and Sebastian Bach (just to name a few) have made an everlasting impact on this City, while cementing their legacies as some of Canada’s greatest musical exports of all time.

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 […]

  In honor of The King and what could have been – what should have been – his 87th (!!) Birthday this month, may I suggest one and all hook to your platform of choice to immediately watch Any or All of… Gary Pig Gold’s Top Ten Elvis Movies 1. THAT’S THE WAY IT IS  (dir. […]

All of us have dreams, but in order to make them become a reality, it takes much determination sacrifice and hard work.

  I think we’re more than all in agreement here that something very, very special took place during the middle 1960’s; a magical, monumental something in the air(waves) which gave rise to an undeniably positive socio-artistic upheaval courtesy of bards like Dylan, bands like the Beatles, filmmakers like Kubrick and, if I may push the […]

On the evening of October 19, 1989, More than 900 rabid fans gathered inside Toronto’s legendaryRock ‘N’ Roll Heaven to witness the birth of a musical phenomenon known as Slash Puppet -who would foreverinfluence not only this city’s hard rock / heavy metal scene, but also others spread across Canada. Although Slash Puppet’s career was […]

I had an enjoyable experience interviewing Todd Poole who is the founding member and lead singer of Memphis, Tennessee rock band Roxy Blue who were signed to Geffen Records in the early ’90s. The band originally featured vocalist Todd Poole, drummer Scott “Scotty T.” Tramwell, guitarist Sid Fletcher, and bassist Josh Weil. Many other great […]

  “It’s about us, me and Jerry Garcia and David Crosby, stealing a starship. Hijacking a spaceship. It’s my answer to the ecology problem. We’ll land wherever we want and then take off again. There’s millions of other whole planetary systems. What old Owsley could do is to make a machine that would go that […]

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 […]

  For those still salient enough to peg the launch of British Rock to the evening of February 9, 1964, when four young Liverpudlians appeared as if from nowhere onto the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show, think of this: A dozen years ago, a different U.K. band celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a series […]

  Saturday, September the 13th of 1969 broke particularly warm, bright and sunny over the suburbs of Toronto. Yes, this was to be the day the drummer in my very first (bedroom-over-the-) garage combo agreed to accompany me all the way into the Big City in order that I could buy my very first teen-aged guitar. But! […]

There’s a famous joke that says: “Do you know how to make Italians shut up? Tie their hands.” Italians talk with their hands. It’s a commonly known fact, like the fact that Germans are punctual and the Spanish like to go out at night. So it really wouldn’t be too much of a stretch if […]

  While the Clash were hardly the only band that ever mattered to me, I personally sure owe a tip-o-the ol’ snout to the one, the only Joe Strummer for most vividly helping me see The Light back in that dark, dank cultural wasteland known as the mid-Seventies. It was my first-ever night in London, […]

This trip was quite a long one in the making. I’d been running a group travel page for months for one of the opening bands as we all worked together planning out the hotel, rooming situations, transportation options and of course for the drinkers in the bunch the closest liquor store in proximity to our […]

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. […]

May 2, 2021 is a day that will haunt me forever. On that date, one of the most talented and benevolent people that I have ever known, (let alone privileged to call my friend) Phil Naro was taken from us after a noble struggle with cancer. A much in demand musician, Phil was known as […]

  The single greatest living Canadian since Stompin’ Tom Connors, who loudly and proudly celebrates his latest Date of Birth on July Five, tell us all:   1. “Munsters” or “Addams Family”: Which one’s for you, and Why? Well, Munsters of course, since Lily Munster aka Yvonne De Carlo (R.I.P.) was born in my hometown […]

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 […]

STRUTTER THE HOTTEST TRIBUTE BAND IN THE LAND! STRUTTER is a KISS tribute band from Ohio and billed as the #1 tribute band in North America. They performed a private show this past Saturday, June 19th at Jamestock in Creedmoor, NC. About 400 people enjoyed a beautiful day outside with entertainment by several local bands […]

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, […]

Kore Rozzik Releases Heartfelt Ballad Timelessness  Kore Rozzik is back and ready to show fans a side of Kore they haven’t seen before with an American version of “Timelessness”. The NYC based band that’s been known for their punch you in the face riffs and classic metal sounds shows a sensitive side with this power […]

  Very late one evening in the very late 1980s, my oldest pal Doug and I were dejectedly roaming the Canadian television airwaves when we suddenly chanced upon footage of these two guys playing music out on someone’s porch. Our collective jaws – to say nothing of the remote – immediately dropped. It seems we’d […]

Much like my write-up last month regarding the band Roxy Blue and their triple state mini tour, it was once again a multiple day adventure for those willing to travel around a bit. This months main talent was none other than the Atlanta based national act Kickin Valentina. They began their first night’s performance in […]

The Metal Summit, don’t let the name fool you. This show isn’t just about Metal Music, they are about music of all genres. As far as I know there is no webcast on Facebook Live like them. They are your Island of Misfit Toys, brought together to interview the artists related to the Rock and […]

Ah Spring is in the air and this past Saturday was a gorgeous day under Carolina blue skies with temps in the 70’s. Perfect weather and an equally awesome private outdoor venue in the countryside was host to a mélange of metal bands from all over North Carolina. The bands that performed at the Jamestock […]

  80 GOOD REASONS To Celebrate BOB DYLAN’S 80th BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH   1. His previous 79 years.   2. Most notably, between the hours of 8 and 9pm on the evening of May 17, 1966 in the Manchester, England Free Trade Hall.   3. Chronicles: Volume One.   4. Blonde on Blonde …in MONO, […]

This past weekend brought some much needed live music to several of the Mid-Atlantic States in the Northeast Region of the US with a total of three shows featuring Memphis based hard rock national act ROXY BLUE as the headliner each night. Beginning in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 16th with a Friday night […]

  IMANTS KRUMINS   Above-ardent Fan, Collector and Champion of Good Music (and Credit Risk Analyst for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce by day) born April 6, 1952, Leamington Spa, England died June 9, 2011, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada age 59   Like so many others around the world, my first-ever words with Imants Krumins […]