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Reviews:
The Darkness & Mark Daly – Atlanta, GA – 9/2/2025
When I heard that Multi-platinum rock legends The Darkness were making a stop the week I'd be visiting Atlanta, I did the only reasonable think I could think of - I moved my flight to ensure that I'd catch their show. And, with four-day Prog Power USA kicking off...
The Struts & Dirty Honey – Pittsburgh, PA – 8/19/2025
On Tuesday evening, The Struts were joined by Dirty Honey in Pittsburgh, PA at the Roxian Theater for an evening dedicated to their debut album Everybody Wants which was released a decade ago this year. In honor of the debut, the band performed the the album's reissue...
Stryper – Warrendale, PA – 8/17/2025
Sunday evening kicked off around 7pm at Jergels with local pop rock artist ALLISSA performing in support of headliners Stryper, who took the stage around 8:15 pm to overwhelming applause from the packed house. The band was one of few acts we have ever seen with a...
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...
News:
UGLY KID JOE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF MENACE TO SOBRIETY COMING IN NOVEMBER
In 1995 Ugly Kid Joe released their 2nd full length record, Menace To Sobriety. A heavier and darker album than the predecessor, which fit the time, and Kerrang! Magazine called it "the album of year", yet the album received little to no promotion in the US,...
80s Central Announces ‘Live Aid at 40:’ A Monumental Re-Broadcast with Exclusive Interviews on July 13
80s Central Announces ‘Live Aid at 40:’ A Monumental Re-Broadcast + Exclusive New Interviews with Queen’s Brian May, Larry Magid, Howard Jones, and MTV’s Mark Goodman Full-Day Broadcast to Air Sunday, July 13, 2025 — 40 Years to the Day of the World’s Most Iconic...
Rock for Ronnie Raises $100,000 for Stand Up & Shout Cancer Fund
ROCK FOR RONNIE Fund Raiser Finds New Home at Autry Museum Park and Brings in $100,000 for Ronnie James Dio Stand Up & Shout Cancer Fund Sebastian Bach, Dio Disciples, Count's 77, Kill Devil Hill, Jason Charles Miller, Anita Squeeze and All-Star JamDeliver...
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