North Jersey Notes Updates: Audio Empire, Steve Brown, Pink Velvet Krush and More! Tim Louie October 15, 2014 NJ/NY My bros from Audio Empire headed into the studio last weekend to start laying down drums and bass tracks for their debut full-length CD, which bassist Roy Brunston says is “long overdue.” It should be prett...
Alter Bridge Continue To Build Their Fortress – An Interview with Guitarist Mark Tremonti Tim Louie October 8, 2014 Interviews Alter Bridge have set out on another U.S. jaunt this month to support their most recent CD, Fortress. This will be your last chance to see Alter Bridge for this year…or so they say anyway. I mean, technical...
North Jersey Notes: Reality Suite, Mother, Madysin Hatter and More! Tim Louie October 8, 2014 NJ/NY When I saw that the band Reality Suite was performing a full set of Mötley Crüe songs on Oct. 24 at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, NJ with my bros from Audio Empire, who will be performing a full KISS set in ful...
Interview with Stryper: Michael Sweet Unleashes The Yellow And Black Attack … Again! Tim Louie October 1, 2014 Interviews 3 When I think about the band Stryper, I think about high school for some reason. I’m not sure why since I typically listened to bands like Mötley Crüe, Metallica and Skid Row, but for some reason I still alw...
Inked Out: New Jersey Tattoo And Music Festival Tim Louie October 1, 2014 Tattoo Every September, one event that I look forward to is Mario Barth’s Inked Out Tattoo and Music Festival. Yeah, the name of the festival is the same as my column, but it is what it is, right? Anyway, it’s one...
North Jersey Notes: Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat, Apathy, Audio Empire and More! Tim Louie October 1, 2014 NJ/NY A couple of weeks ago, I stopped in at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ to see my bros from The Dirty Stayouts perform their second set of the day, plus my bro, Steve “Zipperhead” Murafsky, was promoting...
North Jersey Notes: Craving Strange, Borgo Pass, New Day Dawn and More! Tim Louie September 24, 2014 NJ/NY 1 I was looking at some of the shows coming up within the next few weeks and I noticed that my bros from Killcode were playing at Santos Party House in NYC on Oct. 2, but with the exception of my bros from Lo...
North Jersey Notes: Ironbound, Dead Fish Handshake, Aurin and More! Tim Louie September 17, 2014 NJ/NY 1 One of the most bad-ass guitar players on the North Jersey scene is none other than “Big” Tim Allen, whom I’ve been watching since his days with Tru Smoke Diezel, Split Vision, and A Lesson In Violence. Wel...
North Jersey Notes: Corevalay, Voodoo Terror Tribe, Syka and More! Tim Louie September 10, 2014 NJ/NY One of my favorite bass players on the scene, mainly known to the rest of us as just AJ, recently reached out about this new project he’s been a part of. The name of the band is Corevalay. And since AJ has ...
Inked Out – SallyAnn Salsano – The Queen Of ‘Tattoo Nightmares’ Tim Louie September 3, 2014 Columns A reality TV artist who's been in the middle of reality TV controversy for many years as the executive producer of MTV’s Jersey Shore and Snooki & JWoww, SallyAnn Salsano is also connected to the tattoo...
