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ACCEPT While Blind Rage isn’t as dynamite as Blood of The Nations, it does improve upon Stalingrad, itself an excellent album. Of this new bevy of classics, Blind Rage most recalls Accept’s (first) heyday with riffs and choruses reminiscent of Restless And Wild and Metal Heart material. After “Stampede” appropriately opens the album, bulldozing […]
Age makes no Difference when it comes to a Kenny Loggins Show! With Caddyshack being a favorite of mine, I was introduced to the music of Kenny Loggins at a young age and every time I hear the sentence “I’m alright” I can still envision that gopher dancing around. But Kenny Loggins isn’t just […]
TO HELLION AND BACK Hellion, originally formed in 1982, is no stranger to the heavy metal scene. After a decade of silence, the roar of Hellion is back and stronger than ever. Founding member/vocalist Ann Boleyen reformed Hellion with a new lineup in late 2013. In April 2014 the band released a two CD anthology, To […]
PET SHARK By JIM MCCLUNEY / BackStage360.Com Pet Shark is a power trio of diverse and talented Orange County based musicians, lead by the gifted song-writer Keith Moreland on Guitar. Band mates include Ted Morton on Drums and Russ Reshaw on the Bass guitar. Having only heard of this bands reputation as a live act […]
Heart – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA Eric Savoie / BackStage360 I walked into the Comcast Center a minor Heart fan. It’s hard to deny the power of the songs that have become ingrained in the collective subconscious over the last thirty-plus years. But I have to admit that even though I knew the songs […]
PAT BENATAR and NEIL GIRALDO BY : Annette Higby / BackStage360 Pat Benatar with her husband, Neil Giraldo, was the middle portion of the first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, appropriately beginning with their hit “All Fired Up”. The drummer […]
LOVERBOY by: Annette Higby / BackStage360 Loverboy kicked off the first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert with their hard-hitting lyrics at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, beginning with their hit “Queen of the Broken Hearts”. The crowd joined in the second song, “Loving Every Minute of It”, followed by […]
Journey by: Annette Higby / BackStage360 After another extremely fast and efficient stage equipment change, Journey began their first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, with an introduction of “Majestic” followed by “Never Walk Away”. The back drop of the amphitheater stage was a […]
The Mike Reilly Band Carlsbad Village Theatre, Carlsbad, California By: Annette Higby / BackStage360 April 21, 2012 The Mike Reilly Band performed at the historic Carlsbad Village Theatre recently, which was fitting as the concert was presented along with a historical pictorial review of the band’s history. You couldn’t have asked for a better […]
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