My favorite North Jersey acoustic twins, HelenaMaria, were recently on The Today Show modeling popular looks for hair from the recent Spring 2009 fashion shows. I hope that my friend Kathie Lee Gifford was extra nice to this dynamic duo! Anyway, these always-busy twins didn’t stop at just modeling a…

A couple of weekends ago, my bros from Gotham Rocks Entertainment put on a killer line-up down at Sullivan Hall in NYC consisting of Killcode, Diablo Royale, and Black Water Rising, but one of the big draws that night seemed to be a band from Sellersville, PA. Yes, I had…

I’ve been getting bombarded with emails lately from a band called Martyrd—they seem to be getting on some pretty big metal bills lately. They’ve opened up for Testament at B.B. Kings in NYC and recently opened for metal gods Raven at L’ Amour in Staten Island, NY, they’re opening for…

I was surfing the net this week to find a band to feature. Wait a minute! Does anyone “surf” the net anymore? Or is that a ‘90s term? Anyway, I noticed that the “Once Bitten, Twice Shy,” Great White is playing at Dexter’s in Riverdale, NJ, this Friday night, Sept.…

As of late, I’ve been noticing some incredible ink on some of my friend’s arms, legs, backs, etc. And one name that seemed to be constantly coming out of their mouths when I asked them who did it was Paula Higgins-Clark from Ground Zero Tattoo Studios in Haledon, NJ. Paula…

I’ve been contacted by the boys of Endall for months on end to check out their band. I mean, this was borderline harassment! Just kidding, fellas! Anyway, I finally checked out their e.p.k. on sonicbids.com, and I thought that their music was pretty good. They claimed to be a metal…

Ok, so I recently got a weird text message from Pete Wells of the band Apathy, and I wasn’t sure how to respond. The text read, “Apathy signs a distribution deal! Album goes worldwide in spring of 2009. A promising label is considering as well!” Kind of vague, don’t you…

When you think of “The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band,” Mötley Crüe, it’s Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, or even Vince Neil who come to mind. Though, everyone loves his trademarked bluesy slide guitar playing, Mick Mars has kept a low-profile— comparatively, anyway—in Mötley Crüe, but it was Mick, however, who…

I was down at my rehearsal studio, Factory Studios 2, in Clifton, NJ, the other night and I heard a band that I haven’t heard before, but their music made sense and their singer had a set of pipes on her. She was almost Joplin-like. The name of the band…

Last weekend, my band Hostel Inc. got to play with a heavyweight and a national heavyweight. We got to open for Dokken at Dexter’s in Riverdale, NJ, but sandwiched between us and Dokken was a band called TNA, a.k.a. The Noise Addiction. Some of you that are my age might…