Concert Reviews

For as long as the Legions of Metal festival has been a thing, I’ve been there. Matter of fact, I had weekend tickets to the […]

It was a roughly a month and a half ago when my girlfriend surprised me with a daytrip to Wisconsin’s Summerfest. For those outside of […]

In the 11 years since Ronnie James Dio’s untimely passing, there have been various projects put together to celebrate the Man on the Silver Mountain’s […]

Monday, September 20, 2021 will go down in history as a legendary evening for heavy metal in Chicago. Besides some 80s thrash band playing a […]

The late 1980s: An era dominated by big hair and big riffs. That’s exactly what was in store for the hard rock hungry crowd at […]

Much has changed in the 18 months since I had last been to the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois (conveniently documented here). For one, […]

I know what you’re thinking. BÖC, Mark Farner, AND The Fabulous Thunderbirds? That reads like a World Series of Rock lineup circa 1979. Indeed it […]

The older I get, the stronger my affection for the blues grows. In particular, I’m talking about the stylings of guitarists like Gary Moore, Johnny […]

When I started Defenders of the Faith in January of last year, I fully intended for it to be an all you can eat buffet […]

If you had told me in mid March, when the fever dream that is 2020 kicked into overdrive, that I’d see another live show before […]