Black Label Society: True Sonic Brew Jessica Guica May 1, 2019 Features, Interviews 1 When Ozzy Osborne chose Zakk Wylde to be his right-hand axe man in 1987, one could wonder if he’d predicted how wildly multi-faceted his talented young player would become. Though he’d spend some twenty years w...
Halestorm: Joe Hottinger Talks New Album and Hot Moments Jessica Guica August 1, 2018 Features, Interviews 1 The first time I’d attended a Halestorm show was a decade ago in their home state of Pennsylvania. In a packed club painted black, this young band drove through songs with unabashed confidenc...
Ethan Brosh Unleashes Conspiracy Jessica Guica June 6, 2018 Features, Interviews Ethan Brosh’s new album, Conspiracy, is anything but suspicious. In fact, it plays to truth more precisely than most music of the day (or decade) dares. An ambitious follow-up to his previous studio albu...
Blues And Beyond: An Interview with Jonny Lang Jessica Guica August 22, 2017 Interviews 1 Jonny Lang was a blues prodigy long before kids were showing off insular riffs via YouTube videos. In fact, his chops were learned and honed on stage with the likes of B.B. King. As the Grammy-winning guita...
Coy Bowles Talks Life On (And Off) The Road With The Zac Brown Band Jessica Guica July 5, 2017 Interviews Zac Brown Band fans gear up for one helluva party whenever the band hits town. They’ve memorized all the lyrics to “Chicken Fried.” They recognize the next song within two beats of the intro and feel a spec...
An Interview With Colossal Street Jam: Colossal Street Jam Find Their Groove with ‘Living Free’ Jessica Guica April 26, 2017 Interviews 1 In this competitive music scene of ours, certain criteria determine which bands will endure. One element is, of course, exceptional musical ability while another is a bit more nebulous, felt rather than see...
Blues To The Bone: Anthony Krizan Arrives With Debut Solo Album, Dust and Bone Jessica Guica January 11, 2017 Interviews (Photo by Estelle Massry - COUCOU Photography) On Dec. 4 at Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse in Dunellen, New Jersey, former guitarist for Spin Doctors and Lenny Kravitz (to name a few), Anthony Krizan shifted...
An Interview With Stryper: Michael Sweet Gets Honest On Stryper And 30 Years Of Rock Life Jessica Guica November 16, 2016 Interviews Photo taken in Boston on 04/13/15. Thirty years ago, back when MTV played music videos and bands stockpiled Aqua Net, Stryper dominated the hair metal scene. Donning their signature black and yellow leather...
Steve Vai’s Passion Still Burns (25 Years Later): An Interview With Steve Vai Jessica Guica November 9, 2016 Interviews In 1985, Hollywood sought out Steve Vai to play the guitar-shredding contender who duels with the devil in Crossroads. As skillful a player in real life as his prodigious character in the cult film, the Gra...
Buckcherry Brings Back 15 and Rock ‘N’ Roll: An Interview With Josh Todd Jessica Guica September 21, 2016 Interviews 2 Emerging at a time when rock music began to feel homogenized and bands were resigning to the pressures of pop culture, Buckcherry said f*ck all that and did their own thing. The punk-rooted band from Los An...
