TALKING ABOUT EXTREME WITH BASED GUITARIST
With the re-emergence of Extreme this past year, I had the chance to talk with the biggest fan of the band that I know, my friend Based Guitarist. After the…
JUDAS PRIEST TALK WITH LAGUNA MUNTA
A couple of weeks back I had a good discussion with the one and only Laguna Munta where we covered the new Judas Priest single “Panic Attack” among other topics.…
STEVE RILEY 1956-2023
Steve Riley of LA Guns, W.A.S.P. and Keel, among other bands, passed away on Tuesday October 24th at the age of 67. LA Guns is a band that I have…
TESLA LIVE IN LAS VEGAS…AGAIN
Tesla gave us another reason to spend a weekend in Las Vegas when they finished their second House Of Blues residency of 2023 on Saturday, October 7th. As with the…
38 SPECIAL, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, MOLLY HATCHET LIVE
On Friday September 22nd, 38 Special rolled into town with the Marshall Tucker Band and Molly Hatchet for a night of Southern rock at the Warnors Theater. These days, I…
EPIC RUN: SCORPIONS
Lovedrive To Love At First Sting Here’s a look back at a string of records in a band’s career that came out back-to-back where the band was on a roll…
ON THIS DATE: VAN HALEN 1982
September 5th, 1982 was a glorious day in my concert-going history as I was able to see Van Halen at Selland Arena in Fresno, CA on the Diver Down tour.…
GUNS N’ ROSES – 1987 TO PERHAPS
Guns N’ Roses released a new single, “Perhaps,” a few days ago and it got me to thinking about the long journey for this band since I first heard of…
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH APPRECIATION
Van Halen’s last studio album, A Different Kind Of Truth, came out in 2012 it didn’t have the impact that the pre-Van Halen 3 records had, for a number of…
MR CROWLEY – THE OZZY OSBOURNE EXPERIENCE
On Friday July 14th, Fulton 55 in Fresno hosted an Ozzy Osbourne tribute band known as Mr. Crowley – The Ozzy Osbourne Experience. The more time that goes by, the…