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Coheed & Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension

by Brian McKinny

Coheed & Cambria are the pride of Nyack, New York in the Hudson River Valley. They’ve brought a fresh take on the fusion of the post-metal, hardcore, and progressive rock genres. What truly makes them unique is …

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Promoting Your Band … Have No Fear!

by Ray Rocha, editor, Music Insider Magazine

I recently had a conversation with some musician friends about how to go about promoting our projects.  None of us are “rock stars”, but we’ve all been forming, playing, performing and promoting bands …

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Gumshen

Production: DIY – Recorded under the supervision of Rich Hinklin, who was part of the “Seattle Sound”, working under Jack Endino (helped w/ Nirvana, Soundgarden, Gits recordings) and now has been teaching audio engineering at Seattle Arts Institute for many …

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Forrest Day

Attention-deficit-disorder rock in a tragic era
by Teri Doty and Tamara Halbritter, Music Insider Magazine

Ever hear of the Boogaloo Cats? That’s the name of the band that vocalist Forrest Day, bass player John Sankey and guitarist Terrell Liedstrand — …

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10 Years – Minus the Machine

by Brian McKinny

First, off, let me say that I really like these guys. They’ve been flying just under the radar of other similarly styled bands like Chevelle and Shinedown, but not really getting the credit or recognition that …

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Def-Con-One

Def-Con-One’s influences cover a wide variation of music from old school rock to modern metal and proper punk music, Bloodstock Festival actually described Def-Con-One as coming across like a bar fight between Machine Head, Slayer and Pantera so these guys …

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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 …

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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 …

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