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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:
Girl School, Lillian Axe, and Alcatrazz – Pittsburgh, PA – 4/4/2024
The triple bill of Girl School, Lillian Axe and Alcatrazz picked a unique day to visit Pittsburgh. While spring had sprung early, winter weather decided to creep back in as we saw rain, hail, and even snow on the day of the Pittsburgh Pirate's home opener at PNC...
Monsters of Rock Cruise – Day 5 at Sea – 3/6/2024
I most definitely needed the carpet in the elevator to tell me which day of the week it was, but I didn't need anyone to remind me that it was our final day with our cruise family. The fact that we were spending it somewhere tropical and the weather was beautiful,...
Monsters of Rock Cruise – Day 4 at Sea – 3/5/2024
The fourth morning of the cruise began in the sunshine while cruising through the Caribbean and listening to the second of two Rare Hare shows hosted by Tyson Leslie. If you look closely at the photo below you'll see that Tyson is not only holding onto two...
Interviews:
Jack Russell Past, Present and Future
There's certainly a lot of history between Jack Russell and his former Great White bandmates, and it's challenging to avoid the past when talking about the future of Jack Russell's Great White, especially when he's working on new music along with acoustic versions of...
Jeff Pilson Interview
Jeff Pilson discusses Foreigner's upcoming release of "Foreigner with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus," current tour plans including more symphony dates, as well as Foreigner's current tour and this summer's triple bill with Whitesnake and Jason...
Jeff Plate from TSO Talks 2017 Tour and Paul O’Neill
Drummer Jeff Plate of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Savatage took the time recently to provide The Pure Rock Shop with an in-depth interview regarding TSO’s Ghosts of Christmas Eve 2017 tour which you can listen to below: During our interview, Jeff, who has been a...
News:
LOVERBOY TO LAUNCH A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE SHOW FROM 1982 VIA EARMUSIC
The story of Loverboy is akin to a Hollywood movie. They overcame rejection to eventually become one of Canada's most successful rock bands of all time and selling millions of albums in the process, and it's a feel-good story for the ages. On June 7, one of their...
MÖTÖRHEAD LÖST TAPES SERIES FROM DONINGTON’S DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL RELEASED
Cassette tapes. Remember those? Those things with the dual spools and loads of wide brown plastic recording string that’d occasionally unravel and hang out of the shell, requiring a pencil and firm wrist to spin back into place? Yeah, well, once upon a time,...
ZO2 RETURNS WITH NEW RELEASE “BEGIN AGAIN” ON KIVEL RECORDS
ZO2, the powerhouse trio known for their electrifying live performances and T.V show "Z Rock", is back and ready to captivate audiences once again. Breaking the silence with a new release, "Begin Again," the band takes its first steps back into the spotlight with...
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