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POP EVIL | ONYX
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 …
The Show Must Go On
Diffusing the chain reaction bomb
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine
The thought process leading up to this article has somewhat pained my mind to say the least, almost dreading the idea of putting words into text.
Band drama …
Lorelei McBroom: Women in Rock
We could accomplish anything in the world…that included outer space
By Stephen Stern, Executive Editor, Music Insider Magazine
Dr. Marcus McBroom got into the heads of many Hollywood celebrities. But it was his daughters’ voices that he kept locked inside …
Eva Gardner: Women in Rock
Fender gives birth
by Stephen Stern, Executive Editor, Music Insider Magazine
Eva Gardner was born with a silver spoon shaped as a bass guitar. Not out of privilege, but by right of musical passage. By second grade, the pig-tailed, green-eyed …
Lori Otelsberg: Still Groovin’ to the Music She Helped Provide
by Stephen Stern, Executive Editor, Music Insider Magazine
Lori Otelsberg didn’t know Diddley squat about the entertainment business when she began negotiating deals, but she did know Bo. More important, the industry knew her father, Marty — the agent turned …
Young Vinchi
There’s No Question, “It’s Me” Shows Exactly What Young Vinchi Can Do
You know the drill when most unsigned new artists drop a mixtape: disappointing generic-sounding music, tired themes, lame lyrics, fake bravado on the visuals. But then, every so …
Six Degrees of Ronnie Montrose
Truly loved and forever remembered
by Gene Baker, Mean Gene Band
Since we last left, the Mean Gene Band was headed off to San Francisco to take part in a memorial tribute to legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose. It was a …
SHINEDOWN
Amaryllis [Atlantic Records]
FM radio rockers Shinedown return with their fourth studio album in almost a decade of existence, Amaryllis. While little has changed about the band’s user-friendly, hard rock sound since that 2003 debut, their newest effort shows exactly …