NJ/NY

NORTH JERSEY NOTES UPDATES: Huge congrats to my brothers from Voodoo Terror Tribe, who have signed a deal with EMP Label Group, which is owned by Megadeth’s Dave Ellefson and run by A&R Director, Thoma... Read More...

METAL LIFE CRISIS—Belmar, NJ This week’s feature band is a band that I became familiar with when my band Rahway performed with them at the The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ last spring. I thought their music ... Read More...

PINE BARONS—Shamong, NJ I was driving home from work the other day and listening WMMR, a Philadelphia rock radio station, and on their “Local Shots” segment, they featured a band called Pine Barons from ... Read More...

TRIPLE GODDESS—Hammonton, NJ My brother, Smitty from Zenergy Entertainment, turned me on to an amazing band from my neck of the woods down here in Piney land. The name of the band is Triple Goddess and t... Read More...

SYMETRIA—Flemington, NJ So my brother, Tim McMurtrie from M.O.D., Full Scale Riot, Rhythm Trip, Murder League All-Stars, etc.-fame hit me up a few weeks ago to tell me about a new metal band that he sign... Read More...

THE SHADY STREET SHOW BAND—Red Bank, NJ Well, this is not the typical band I would normally write about, but for some reason I’ve found myself obsessed with this band from Red Bank, NJ. Not as North Jersey... Read More...

THE MARQUEE—New York, NY I was just trolling a few band pages on Facebook to feature here this week and somehow came across this alt-rock band out of NYC, who caught my attention with their music video a... Read More...

VELVET ROSE—Succasunna, NJ Well, for the second week in a row, I have a chance to feature another young band out of North Jersey. I love that these bands are young and full of raw talent. The name of the... Read More...

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to actually feature a band out of North Jersey here in my “North Jersey Notes” column, but I finally found a band that was worthy. What happened to this music scene? W... Read More...

I was wondering what happened to SYKA guitarist Gregg Sgar after the band seemed to disappear after having a nice run. The last time I heard anything about Gregg, he was playing guitar for my buds, One Hund... Read More...