by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 17, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
The Pure Rock Shop reveled in the chance to see Arkira Takasaki, Minoru Niihara, Masayoshi Yamashita and Masayuki Suzuki of the legendary Loudness on Monsters of Rock Cruise! The band was tight, heavy and mixed up their sets between the theater stage and pool deck...
by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 16, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
Awesome as always, we had the opportunity to see the Winery Dogs twice and Richie Kotzen solo on the Monsters of Rock Cruise last week. Loved Mike Portnoy’s blue beard! Setlist: Oblivion Captain Love Hot Streak How Long Time Machine Empire The Other Side...
by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 15, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
My first experience seeing SteelHeart was at a sold out Akron Agora in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Their musicianship was was precise, crisp and energetic. However, the vocal prowess and mere stage presence of lead vocalist Michael Matijevic commanded the attention of the...
by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 14, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
We rode the elevator up to the pool stage show with Spike from the Quireboys, who jokingly told us that he’d just discovered that Phil Lewis is his dad before he joined LA Guns on stage for a song. We were so impressed with L.A. Guns with Michael Grant on...
by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 12, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
The Pure Rock Shop has seen Jizzy Pearl with Love/Hate, L.A. Guns, and RATT over the years. Sad to see that he’s moving on from Quiet Riot, we really enjoyed their two shows in the theater (especially the “Jizzy’s on a stick” in the audience),...
by The Pure Rock Shop | Oct 12, 2016 | Archived Concert Reviews, Concert Reviews
Pretty Maids were one of the rare treats of the Monsters of Rock Cruise. This was our first getting to see Ronnie Atkins, Rene Shades, Ken Hammer and Allan Tschicaja perform live. Also, I was quite surprised to see Swedish sleaze metal guru Chris Laney playing...
