Destined for success
by Brian McKinny, senior editor
The Winery Dogs are the latest power-trio from California to make a big splash with their eponymous debut album on Loud & Proud Records. With the infamous Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, UFO, …
by Brian McKinny
EMPHATIC is a band from – of all the places – Omaha, Nebraska. When one thinks of new rock music and its origins, one doesn’t naturally think of Omaha as a burgeoning hotbed of new rock bands …
Most people don’t know that Dave Pirner started his career as a drummer in a punk band. A native of Green Bay, Wis., he moved to Minneapolis, Minn. as a teenager. By age 20, he had started playing drums in …
by Brian McKinny
Since they released their last album, War of Angels in 2012, POP EVIL has undergone a couple of serious personnel changes, with the departure of lead guitarist, Tony Greve and drummer, Dylan Allison. The addition of lead …
by Brian McKinny, senior editor
Michael John is a working-class guy who dreamt of writing his own music and playing it for anyone willing to listen. Born in the U.K., his family moved to New Zealand when he was very …
Devour the Day
by Brian McKinny, senior editor
Devour the Day was created from former band Egypt Central, a Memphis-based alternative metal group, founded in October 2002. After playing only eight local gigs, Egypt Central managed to gain the interest …
by Brian McKinny
Josh Homme is one of those personalities that attract the weird and wonderful, the irregular, and the outcasts. It’s that kind of spellbinding attraction that QOTSA has bestowed upon their listeners. When someone hears their music, they …
Rhythmus Divinum
by Brian McKinny, Senior Editor
Underneath the cool façade of Johnny Rabb — one of the hottest, most-talented drummers in the world — is a heart that beats like a metronome on fire. The first person to break
by Brian McKinny
I am going to come right out and say it. This is not the Megadeth of old. This album doesn’t belt out every riff at gazillion miles an hour, but that’s not to say for one second …
