Cage Match: Benatar vs. Blondie

Man, look at that subject line – TOTAL 80’s awesomeness right there. You’d think that I’ve probably been waiting weeks for the chance to drop it on unsuspecting ATV readers everywhere. And you’d be completely wrong. Mel got in touch with me mid-last week and suggested that this would make for a perfect Cage Match […]

Metal Horns Up: Talkin’ Testament

Bay Area metal gods Testament return to Cleveland on Sunday night with the fan favorite lineup of singer Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer, etc.) Armed with additional artillery in the form of openers Lazarus A.D. and Unearth, the ingredients combine for another must-attend Cleveland […]

Blow Your Face Out!

What if Peter Wolf and the J. Geils Band were to decide to come to Detroit and play a couple of random rare shows on a weekend? That would be awesome, right? My friends, it certainly was. I finally got to cross another band off of my list of “concert regrets” – bands that I […]

Here’s a rock and roll tour for ya – Bob Dylan + John Mellencamp + Willie Nelson

Bob Dylan is once again revisiting his highly successful summer tour of minor league ballparks, which inspired similar tours featuring Def Leppard and Bryan Adams, and Counting Crows with Live and Collective Soul. Dylan grabs fellow veteran ballpark traveler Willie Nelson and adds John Mellencamp to the bill. Dylan was so-bad-that-I-walked-out awful a few years […]

The Great Metallica Debate

As a publicity whore, I was happy when Scene Magazine got in touch and asked if I’d be interested in debating various Metallica topics, leading up to their pending induction on Saturday night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Brian and I will be in attendance for the induction ceremonies, and I think […]