East Coast headbangers of a certain time revere Twisted Sister. They will talk at length about the thousands of shows the band’s played in New Jersey, Long Island and Westchester before becoming a huge act nationally via MTV. When the Rock N’ Roll Heaven/Old Bridge Metal Militia benefit for…

The first day of the spring tour for Canadian electro-pop musician Lights coincides with the release of her acoustic version of the 2011 album, Siberia. Properly titled Siberia Acoustic, the new album from Lights isn’t a simple stripped down version, but rather, as she puts it, “an entirely different…

Jon Zazula, better known as Jonny Z, can never be accused of not putting his money where his mouth is. In the early 1980s, Jon and his wife Marsha opened the notorious Rock N’ Roll Heaven record store at a flea market located on Route 18 in New Jersey.…

If there is one main thing that anyone here at The Aquarian could say about the late Chris Barry, it would be that he was extremely passionate. Chris was adamant about the music scene, civil rights issues and freedom of speech. And he never had a “slow down” button,…

This April saw the return of the Atlantic City Beer And Music Festival, more commonly referred to as simply “Beerfest,” to the Convention Center in Atlantic City. Now in its 8th year, the festival has grown to be one of the country’s largest celebrations of beer culture––hence its other…

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and after a long, long opening round, the conference semifinals are underway. I provided you with Out Of Bounds’ official list of “contenders” and “pretenders” a few weeks ago (“Turning Up The Heat”—issue: 4/17/13) and they were 100 percent accurate with the…

Locals, we meet again. The warm weather has finally embraced us, shows are getting booked, bands are recording, and local life is good. This week I am going to rant and rave about some tremendous bands that are on the course of a bright future that you need to…

George Jones died today, April 26, at 81. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure. An argument can be made that he was the greatest country singer of them all. He certainly was the most soulful. I loved this man. And he’s hardly dead in…

One local Jersey band that I am absolutely obsessed with lately is a group called New Theory out of Port Monmouth, NJ. The harmonies, the melodies, and the heaviness of their songs really gave me wood. One of the act’s they claim to sound like is Tool and I…

Iron Man 3

Walt Disney Studios 

Rated PG-13 for intense violence and brief sensuality.

Downey Back As Bon Vivant Billionaire/Smart Aleck Superhero

This film represents the seventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series kick-started by Iron Man 1 in 2008, and since followed in succession by The…