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Power Ballad Syndrome

We all know about Lead Singer’s Disease, but I think there is a related illness that we need to explore: Power Ballad Syndrome. We all know what it is… a band has that one smash hit that exposed them to … Continue reading

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I do not think it means what you think it means

I was contemplating going to a Judas Priest show coming to my area. Ticketmaster shows the seating chart of the venue with the areas blocked by the stage greyed out and labeled “unavailable”. For the Izod Center (E. Rutherford) show … Continue reading

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new music coming in 2012

Save your pennies folks: MelodicRock.com reports some awesome new music coming in 2012: new JSS, W.E.T., Seventh Key and Joe Lynn Turner led Sunstorm. It’s gonna be great!

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A Beautiful Mess

Do Queen fans want this? I don’t think I’m interested – then again, I won’t go see cover bands either. I also didn’t watch that reality show that INXS had on a few years back to find their new lead … Continue reading

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Happy 65th birthday Freddie!

Via Google Doodles…

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Jani Lane

May you find peace….

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New Night Ranger

I just got my copy of the new Night Ranger album “Somewhere in California”… but my copy doesn’t have this bonus track. I think they do a great job with it:

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From the shadow of the 14th row…

So, Apple just registered a patent which has the potential to block concert goers from recording live shows with their cell phones. Fascinating. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a big barn concert stadium so I have not … Continue reading

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Golden Gods 2011

What did I learn by watching the VH1 broadcast of this awards show? I learned about Volbeat. Catchy as all hell – this one is more pop, but some of their stuff really slams. I’ll certainly be listening to more … Continue reading

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New Night Ranger!

Wow… the synth walks that line of retro cool and stale. Awesome guitars. This is damn catchy and I can see this being one I’ll crank this summer.

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