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Reviews:
Firehouse – Pittsburgh, PA – 09/21/2018
Firehouse hasn't visited the Pittsburgh area for a while, but it was quite apparent that their fans haven't forgotten about all of those hits from the early nineties as the sold-out crowd packed in close to the stage on Friday night at Jergel's. Fronted by CJ Snare...
Interview with Bill Leverty of Firehouse
The Pure Rock Shop caught up with guitarist Bill Leverty from Firehouse to discuss the band's current tour schedule, including an upcoming show at Jergel's in Warrendale, PA on September 21st, and work towards his next solo album including "Love is Like a Song" and...
Grand Rocktember VI – Hinkley, MN – 9-8-18 (Day 3)
The final day of Grand Rocktember kicked off with Minnesota-based Hericane Alice, which many will recall from the 1990 release Tear the House Down. Still fronted by Bruce Naumann, Hericane Alice features Johnny Holiday on guitar, Johnny (Super J) Keyte on bass, and...
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News:
Mr. Big to Release Live From Milan on July 13th on Frontiers
Following the release of their 2017 album, “Defying Gravity”, Mr. Big set out on a trek that took them all over the world to promote the new release in a live setting. Anyone who has ever had the distinct pleasure of seeing the band live knows that the virtuoso...
REFUGE Releases Solitary Men
Peavy Wagner, Manni Schmidt & Christos Efthimiadis released five critically acclaimed albums as one of the most successful line0ups of the German metal band RAGE and have now reunited under the name REFUGE to carry on the sonic assault they started back in ’87....
VELVET VIPER – ‘Respice Finem’
In 1985, German singer Jutta Weinhold founded Zed Yago, a band whose music and concept were intended to break away from run-of-the-mill rock and metal. This was the creation of “dramatic metal,“ complete with lyrics based on literature, poetry, mythology and fantasy,...
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