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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 Dead Daisies & Rock City Machine Co (RCMC) – Nashville, TN – 6/16/2024
Having headed to the airport on just three hours of sleep after seeing Ace Frehley Friday night in Morgantown, WV, I hit the town with friends and caught as much live rock 'n roll music as I could. Unlike my home in the 'Burgh there are plenty of options in the...
Firehouse – Warrendale, PA 6/6/2024
Kicking off the weekend early last night, Firehouse returned to Jergels in Warrendale, PA for the first time following the untimely passing of frontman CJ Snare. Fans joined together to catch the show with American Idol Golden Ticket recipient Nate Peck taking center...
Kamelot, Hammerfall, Ad Infinitum – Pittsburgh, PA – 5/20/2024
It was a metal Monday in Pittsburgh with a triple bill kicking off the week at The Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks, PA. The night began around 7pm with what first began as Melissa Bonny's solo project and eventually morphed into a symphonic metal band entitled Ad...
Interviews:
Philip Lewis from La Guns Interview
Philip Lewis catches up with The Pure Rock Shop on WNJR 91.7 FM to discuss the very recent addition of former LA Guns bass player Adam Hamilton on guitar, to round off the band featuring Tracii Guns on guitar, Shane Fitzgibbon on drums and Johnny Martin on bass, as...
DC Cooper of Royal Hunt Interview
The Pure Rock Shop visits the home and studio of vocalist DC Cooper, the frontman for the Danish band Royal Hunt. Cooper takes time to reminisce about his first solo album and the "still pending" plans for his second solo release, as well as his current release with...
Donnie Van Stavern of Riot V Discusses Their Latest Release Armor of Light
Donnie Van Stavern of Riot V discussed their latest album Armor of Light (Nuclear Blast Records), the legacy of Mark Reale and the future goals of the band with Greg from The Pure Rock Shop recently on 91.7FM WNJR Washington / Pittsburgh. In all, more of a fun...
News:
Lee Aaron Pays homage to Musical Trailblazers with Covers Album “Tattoo Me”
Songs are like tattoos" - the famous first line of Joni Mitchell's Blue – is a sentiment that has always resonated deeply for Canadian rocker LEE AARON. Eighteen albums into her career, AARON has written, recorded, and produced music achieving gold and multi-platinum...
80s POP HITMAKERS ANNOUNCE THE “ABDUCTED BY THE ’80s” TOUR
The 1980s were a unique, fun-filled era of music shaped in no small part by the emergence of MTV and the genre of New Wave. Fans will soon have a chance to step back in time to the electrifying era of the '80s with a music tour that promises a nostalgic journey of...
CHRIS JERICHO’S KUARANTINE HIGHLIGHTS ANOTHER GEM FROM NON-MAKEUP KISS KATALOG
KUARANTINE, featuring Chris Jericho on vocals, have dropped their cover of "Good Girl Gone Bad," a classic, hidden gem from the KISS songbook. Listen here. The song is available on Madison Records via The Orchard. It was the No. 1 Most Added track on the SMR Rock...
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