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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.
We have been covering music news for more than 25 years, and have attended thousands of concerts locally and around the globe. You can follow us on social channels @ThePureRockShop (or follow us everywhere here now!)
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TPRS Recent Concert Reviews!
L.A. Guns & Red Reign – Warrendale, PA – 4/22/2025
My first of two shows at Jergel’s in Warrendale, PA was to on Tuesday evening in anticipation of the first L.A. Guns show on their “Lucky Motherf#cker” tour. The house was packed with an officially sold-out crowd arriving early for local band performances from Xander...
RockNPod Expo Weekend – Nashville, TN 4/11-13/2025
RockNPod PreParty: Rare Hare - Nashville, TN - 4/11/2025 RockNPod weekend events began on Thursday evening with an artist showcase called Nashville Rock Fest at The Cowan, which I sadly missed due to scheduling challenges. I arrived late Friday morning to start the...
Monsters of Rock Cruise – Nassau – 3/14/2025
With so much happening, the week flew by as it always does, and in a blink, we were starting the final day of our cruise with Aldo Nova in the theater before heading out to catch another Wig Wam show on the pool stage (this time in the sunshine). And for the first...
TPRS Recent Interviews!
Doro Pesch
With a career that emerged from the explosion of heavy metal during the early 1980s, Doro Peach has been tireless in her devotion to the metal cause for four decades. In 2023, she celebrates the past 40 years with two special anniversary shows and a brand new studio...
Wig Wam Frontman Talks New Album, Work Visas and Peacemaker with The Pure Rock Shop
The Pure Rock Shop caught up with Wig Wam vocalist Glam to discuss their recent absence from Rokisland festival, and plans to perform on the Monsters of Rock Cruise in April, as well as other tour plans in follow-up to the band's recent resurgence and growing...
GAVIN EVICK DISCUSSES THE RELEASE OF “FAVORITE SONGS” WITH THE PURE ROCK SHOP
The Pure Rock Shop got the opportunity to catch up with Gavin Evick to discuss his release of the ballad "Favorite Songs," the evolution of his career in the industry he has essentially grown up in and the response from his former high school friends on his unveiling...
TPRS Recent News!
FINNISH ROCKERS SHIRAZ LANE SHARE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “DANGEROUS”
Finnish rock band Shiraz Lane are pleased to unveil their new single and official visualizer video "Bullshit", out now via Frontiers Music Srl. The band will be touring in the upcoming months, performing in Tampere (FI) on April 18th with support from Block Of Flats,...
The Darkness Announce North American Leg of Dreams on Toast Tour
Multi-platinum UK rock legends The Darkness singer/guitarist Justin Hawkins, guitarist Dan Hawkins, bassist Frankie Poullain, drummer Rufus Taylor — announced North American tour dates in support of their new album Dreams On Toast released on March 28th via Cooking...
Canadian Hard Rock Act Helix Celebrates 50 Years with New Best-Of Release
Crown X Recordings, Canada's premier re-issue label, proudly announces the release of Helix 50 – The Best Of, a career-spanning collection celebrating five decades of one of Canada's most legendary hard rock bands. The compilation features an all-star re-recording of...
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