In recent days rumours about the future of legendary hard rock band AC/DC have been racing about the internet. All the buzz was about them retiring and giving up on making new music and no more tours. The basis of this was that founding member Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar) is suffering a serious illness and…
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These Boots Were Made For Rockin’ 2013
In regards to live music, 2013 was a great year for me. The year started out with some gigs in Australia then when I came back to America I saw shows all over the country and even popped up to Toronto in Canada to catch some shows. The following are the major acts I saw…
Metal swarms on Toronto \m/(>.<)\m/
Now I know in my last blog I said Ottawa was next on my travels in Canada and it was, but wow what a week for heavy metal music I have just had in Toronto, Ontario Canada! From New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) legends Raven to German power metallers Helloween and a swag of local…
Airbourne – Rocked Baltimore Hard, Aussie Style
A little while back I got to see Aussie hard rockers Airbourne shred up the stage during a brilliant set in Baltimore, Maryland. The band made up of Joel O’Keeffe guitars/vocals, his brother Ryan O’Keeffe on drums, guitarist David Roads and Justin Street on bass, formed in 2003 and hail from the country town of Warrnambool in my home state…
Adam Ant – Blue Black Hussar Tour 2013
Originally posted on Deano In America:
Adam Ant in the 1980’s I was sitting there last night wondering where Adam Ant was currently touring in the US (as you do!) and discovered he was playing in 15 minutes just around the corner from me in Boston at the Royale! I quickly raced around there, got a ticket…
In the footsteps of The Blues Brothers
One of my favourite movies from the 1980’s is the cult classic The Blues Brothers. The movie was directed by John Landis and starred John Belushi as “Joliet” Jake Blues (John was born in Chicago in 1949. Sadly he died in Hollywood in 1982. Far too young at just 33) and Dan Akroyd (a Canadian…
Black Sabbath – North American Tour 2013 (Austin, Texas)
What better place to see the most influential heavy metal band in music history, Black Sabbath play than Austin, Texas aka “Music City“? The current North American tour line up is Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi (guitar legend), Geezer Butler (the bass players bass player!) and Tommy Clufetos (drums – he normally plays in Ozzy’s solo…
Twisted Sister and more at the Old Bridge Metal Militia Reunion in New Jersey, USA
Old Bridge is a town in New Jersey that was the heartland for the metal scene on the east coast of the USA in the 1980s. The Metal Militia helped out up and coming metal bands back in those days. They would give them a place to stay and get them to play gigs in…
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters
Robert Plant is a legend in the music world. The former frontman of the famed British rock band Led Zeppelin (1968-1980) has amassed a long careers worth of songs and I was lucky enough to see him play this week on the Sensational Space Shifters tour in Melbourne, Australia (his first show here in 17 years). His voice is strong and when…
Sabaton – Swedish Empire Tour of Australia 2013
Sabaton deliver power metal Swedish style with a key focus on military history, especially World War One and World War Two (whilst singing from the point of view of both sides). On January 13th, 2013 I saw them perform on their first ever headlining show in Australia at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria for their Swedish Empire Tour. Sabaton formed in Sweden…
Rose Tattoo – Young As You Wanna Be
Growing up in Australia in the 1970’s and 1980’s there were two main Aussie hard rock bands you would hear on the radio and see on music TV shows – AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Many of their songs were the signature rock tunes of that time and are still as popular as ever. Although Rose Tattoo has stopped…
Paul Di’Anno vs. Blaze Bayley Australian Tour 2012
Two former vocalists of Iron Maiden – Paul “The Beast” Di’Anno and Blaze Bayley on stage together for one night of old school Iron Maiden classics. I could not miss this gig at the Hi Fi Bar in Melbourne! Paul Di’Anno sang on the Iron Maiden debut and second album “Iron Maiden” (1980) & “Killers” (1981) and was…
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