All photography credit: Ken Schuler
(TRR) Honestly, there is not better way to spend any evening than with the legendary Alice Cooper and truly he is showing no signs of slowing down. When we attend a concert we are looking to see a show and that is exactly what Cooper and his band (bassist Chuck Garric, guitarist Ryan Roxie, guitarist Nita Strauss, Tommy Henriksen and drummer Glen Sobel) provide. Cooper has more than earned his …
Images and words by Johnnie Crow
Rock chart-toppers Fozzy featuring Chris Jericho and Through Fire played the House of Blues in San Diego on March 9, 2018. The tour joined up with metal veterans Iced Earth celebrating their 30th anniversary, along with Sanctuary and Santa Cruz. It was a night showcasing several hard rocking styles, all of which entertained the active crowd.
Through Fire blazed through an opening set, revving up the crowd and leaving …
Images and Words by Johnnie Crow
Act of Defiance kicked off their spring headlining tour at the Brick By Brick in San Diego, California on March 1, 2018. If you don’t already know, Act of Defiance is a Los Angeles metal band made up of former members of Megadeth, Scar The Martyr and Shadows Fall. They have produced two outstanding albums full of aggression and dynamic flourishes, “Birth and the Burial” and “Old Scars, New …
Images and Words by Johnnie Crow
Killswitch Engage and Anthrax returned to the House of Blues in San Diego, California on February 13, 2018 as part of their co-headlining Killthrax tour. The venue was sold out and completely full of passionate metal fans. Havok opened the show, the perfect aggressive band to kickstart the crowd into a night-long frenzy.
On this night, it was Anthrax up next and they never disappoint. Charlie Benante’s beats are …
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LAS RAGEOUS Music Festival Announces Updated Performance Lineup Otherwise & New Years Day Join KOMP-FM & Smash Magazine Launch |
Sin City’s premier rock and metal festival, Las Rageous, has released an updated performance |
An Early Bird ticket sale is now underway for the 5th annual Louder Than Life, to be held Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Champions Park in Louisville, KY.
During the Early Bird sale, a limited number of General Admission weekend tickets are available for only $94.50 (the same as the …
All Tickets & Packages On Sale Now
Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, A Perfect Circle and Alice In Chains lead the incredible lineup for the fourth annual Northern Invasion, Saturday, May 12…
Ozzy Osbourne, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Stone Sour, Shinedown, and Breaking Benjamin lead a powerful talent lineup for …
After a successful debut in 2017, which drew rock and metal fans from around the world with sellout crowds of 10,000 each day, Las Rageous returns for its second year on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. The two-day music festival created by Live Nation will …
Fronterizo Fest 2017
Images and Words by Johnnie Crow
The first annual Fronterizo Fest thrashed the grounds of Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico on October 26, 2017. The festival organizers knocked this out of the park on their first try, pulling together acts from across North America to the border town just across the border from San Diego, California. The opening act was Deadly Apples, representing Montreal, Canada with an artistic industrial sound. Next up …
Day two of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017 belonged to the “maggots”, the fans of Slipknot who showed up en masse despite Slipknot being absent from the lineup. Corey Taylor’s “other band”, Stone Sour, anchored the main stage, centered between the cholo goth of Prayers and the return of metalcore Eighteen Visions on one end, and the grand theatrics of Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie on the other.
Ozzfest was hot during the day on the …
