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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:
Quiet Riot – Warrendale, PA – 9/18/2022
When the band that delivers the stadium anthem that we hear at local Steelers' games comes to play Jergel's on Slade Lane, you'd expect a big crowd, except when it is the same day of the local home opener. While smaller than anticipated, those in attendance were loud...
Monsters on the Mountain – Gatlinburg, TN – 8/19/2022
Monsters on the Mountain returned to Tennessee this year at a new venue in Gatlinburg on August 19-20 with a pre-party on Thursday. While not far from last year's Pigeon Forge location, a few miles made a world of difference in the atmosphere. When we drove in on...
The Stadium Tour: Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett and Classless Act – Pittsburgh, PA – 8/12/2022
Who would have thought this day would finally come? I admit, I was a skeptic. I wasn't sure we'd ever see concerts as we knew them again, and certainly didn't think a Stadium tour featuring Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett would ever happen...but as we...
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News:
TEMPT PUTS THE ROCK BACK IN CHRISTMAS WITH JOYOUS COVER OF BILLY SQUIER CLASSIC
"We want to put rock and roll back into everyone's Christmas playlist and this gem of a song does that. It captures the Christmas spirit in a sincere, emotional yet fun way and doing it with the band gave it the right vibe and energy", said TEMPT lead guitarist...
ROKISLAND FEST RETURNS JANUARY 17-21, 2023 IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA
The Pure Rock Shop is excited to bring you full coverage of the second annual RokIsland Fest in January. Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil returns to join previously announced performers Styx, Tesla, Loverboy, 38 Special, Queensrÿche, Extreme, Stephen Pearcy the voice...
TSO BRINGS THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS EVE, THE BEST OF TSO, AND MORE THIS YEAR
As always, The Pure Rock Shop looks forward to covering the Pittsburgh Performance of the multi-platinum, progressive rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), which will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The highly anticipated 2022 winter tour is well...
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