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Category Archives: Reviews
Review: Tool (Blue Cross Arena, Rochester NY. May 30, 2017)
Cutting-edge lighting? Check. Laser array? You bet. State of the art animation? Of course. And overzealous security guards? Oh, go on if you must.
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Tagged Adam Jones, Danny Carey, golem, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
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Review: Ghost (Main Street Armory, Rochester NY; September 16, 2016)
Heard the one about the Episcopalian who went to a Satanic metal show? He wasn’t excommunicated, his head didn’t rotate 360 degrees and he wasn’t even turned into a newt.
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Tagged concert reviews, Ghost BC, Nameless Ghouls, Papa Emeritus III
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CD Review: DIAMOND HEAD – Diamond Head (Dissonance Records, 2016)
Diamond Head’s first album of new material in almost ten years has been greeted with nearly unanimous favorable reviews, and it’s not hard to hear why. New lead vocalist Rasmus Bom Anderson has breathed new life into the band, banishing the … Continue reading
Review: Iron Maiden (Molson Amphitheater, Toronto ON. July 3, 2010) (From the Archives)
To celebrate the opening of Iron Maiden’s 2016 Book of Souls tour, here’s a flashback to 2010 and The Guv’nor’s review of their appearance at the Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, on The Final Frontier tour.
Review: Steven Wilson (The Egg, Albany NY. May 21, 2015)
Last night, I dreamed that a skinny Englishman with long, lank hair, nerd glasses and an awkward stage presence took every riff I ever loved from every band I worshipped as a teenager and seamlessly wove them together into an … Continue reading
Review: Jack White (Madison Square Garden, NY. January 30, 2015)
Toward the end of his show at Madison Square Garden, Jack White announced to his New York audience that “the mud on my shoes is from Robert Johnson’s and Charley Patton’s graves. It’s still on my shoes right now as … Continue reading
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