Whitesnake

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Whitesnake from Middlesbrough, Cleveland, United Kingdom 1984. That was the year I added Whitesnake’s Slide It In to my Columbia House order form. In typical fashion, the cassette arrived in about 2-1/2 weeks. Ripping the cellophane off I could not wait to see what was in store for me. The […]

Tesla

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Tesla from Sacramento, CA Since 1986 when I bought the very first Tesla album on cassette, I was hooked. Fast forward 33 years later and I was in Columbus (OH) just mere feet from them with camera in hand. Very little fan-boy happens when on assignment, and the time it […]

Baroness

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Baroness from Savannah, GA Hard rock metal. Just the right amount of ultra heaviness for my taste. Baroness has been on my radar for a fairly short amount of time actually. I was able to pick up a signed copy of the Purple album a couple of years back, and […]

Deafheaven

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Deafheaven from San Francisco, CA Black metal. Actually Blackgaze. A sonic mashup of shoegaze instrumentals and black metal guttural vocals. Another dimly lit stage and heavy as hell delivery on stage, I went with the flow of things. Some photos were really dark, but it shows exactly what the fans saw. […]

Zeal & Ardor

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Zeal & Ardor from Basil, Switzerland A very interesting band with an awesome sonic landscape. They have some radio-ready music but did not play any of that during their set tonight. I assume that was to keep closer to the black metal that followed them. bathed in very dark light I […]

John 5

Photo Shoot and Concert Review John 5 from Grosse Pointe, MI Sometimes known as Rob Zombie’s guitarist – John 5 was in Akron (OH) for a show and I got the call from The Rust Belt Chronicles for coverage. I had the date available, and couldn’t say no to get up close to one of today’s prolific guitarists. […]

Gypsy Stew

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Gypsy Stew from Ventura, CA Photoshoot and Concert Review for TheRustBeltChronicles.com at the River Room Lounge in Loudonville, Ohio on January 5, 2019. It’s been a couple of years since I crossed paths with these two. Last time we were in the same place I recorded their live album that was […]

The Happy Fits

Photo Shoot and Concert Review The Happy Fits from Clinton, NJ Photoshoot and Concert Review for Splice-MediaGroup.com at the House of Independents in Asbury Park, New Jersey on December 22, 2018. The Happy Fits. We were here for their Holiday Show. Traveling with my daughter three days before Christmas, this was a monster road trip to see […]

Shoobies

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Shoobies from Bayville, NJ Photoshoot and Concert Review for Splice-MediaGroup.com at the House of Independents in Asbury Park, New Jersey on December 22, 2018. Alright, this was an interesting band right here. With songs out that have varying recording styles I really did not know what we were going to hear. […]

Sonic Blume

Photo Shoot and Concert Review Sonic Blume from Rumson, Fair Haven, and Middletown, NJ Photoshoot and Concert Review for Splice-MediaGroup.com at the House of Independents in Asbury Park, New Jersey on December 22, 2018. It is great to see such young bands that are really good. They have some work to do on stage presence, but […]