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The Pure Rock Shop (TPRS.com) is your source for hard rock and melodic metal news, interviews, reviews, photographs, and more.
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Reviews:
The Mountain Music Festival, Day 1 – Gatlinburg, TN – 8/24/2024
Well, I've got to say, it was an effort to get moving early after our bear encounter early that morning, but I powered through and enjoyed helping with a much slower VIP line for early entry rockers. It seemed that the majority of the crowd had arrived early on Friday...
The Mountain Music Festival Pre-Party – Gatlinburg, TN – 8/23/2024
The Mountain Music Festival is a semi-annual event held in the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee that had been previously known as Monsters on the Mountain as it is brought to fans by the same people who host the Monster of Rock Cruise. The Monster family...
Zebra and The Gavin Evick Band – Irwin, PA – 9/7/2024
The Lamp Theater, a non-profit venue in Irwin, PA just east of Pittsburgh, which hosts many tribute bands and national recording artists. The venue offers up movie-theater-style seating, an elevated stage, and professional sound and lighting, while keeping fans...
Interviews:
Tony Cardenas-Montana Announces New Music from Shadow and The Thrill
Tony Cardenas-Montana caught up with The Pure Rock Shop on 91.7FM WNJR to give us an update about his new project with Brentt Arcement entitled Shadow and the Thrill. Listen to the interview here to learn when fans can expect to hear the new single "Misery" from the...
Steve Whiteman discusses Fuse 30 Reblown and What’s Next for KIX
Steve Whiteman from KIX caught up with The Pure Rock Shop on 91.7 FM WNJR to discuss the band's current focus on the 30th Anniversary of their platinum album, Blow My Fuse, and how fans can hear the evolution of the music with the release Fuse 30 Reblown which...
Erik Martensson Discusses Second Coming of Nordic Union
Multi-Talented artist Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T., Ammunition, Nordic Union) talked with 91.7FM WNJR Washington / Pittsburgh and The Pure Rock Shop about the latest Nordic Union release titled Second Coming. Erik talks about working with legendary vocalist Ronnie...
News:
SHAWN PERRY Releases Debut Album ‘All American Heartbreak’
Hot on the heels of Shawn Perry's debut album All American Heartbreak, The Pure Rock Shop caught some live action during his supporting performance of Mr. Big last night at Cleveland, Ohio's Agora ballroom. As he announced the new album and new single "Hookin' Up"...
Release of heartfelt memoir from heavy metal pioneer Geezer Butler on June 18
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "the Beatles of heavy metal" and ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band of All Time," Black Sabbath not only dominated the genre— they helped create it. Founded in 1969, the band's distinctive heavy riffs, tuned down guitars, and...
Lita Ford to Play & Auction Custom DIO Guitar at ROCK FOR RONNIE on May 19
The ROCK FOR RONNIE “Year of the Dragon” Concert Celebration, an afternoon of rock music and fun for the entire family, will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2024, 11AM to 6PM at the Lou Bredlow Pavilion at Warner Center Park in Woodland Hills, CA. Headlining the ROCK...
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