TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting PROGPOWER USA XXI Lineup for Day 2 (Episode No. 31)
“It’s getting really hard to book headliners,” laments ProgPower Festival Day 2 honcho Milton Mendonça… so the motherfucker booked TWO. Tease that he is, ou outro…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Recap of PROGSTOCK Festival 2019 (Episode No. 30)
A month ago hundreds of progressive rock fans gathered together at New Jersey for three days of music and friendship. For a festival younger than…
DAVE KERZNER and NICK D’VIRGILIO Remember KEVIN GILBERT and GIRAFFE on the Anniversary of Their Performance of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY: “This Show Changed Our Lives and Careers.”
In the fall of 1994, multi-talented musician Kevin Gilbert had an idea. He and some friends would perform the Genesis classic The Lamb Lies Down…
The Man Who Kick-started A Metal Genre: JON ZAZULA’s “Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness” Is The Thrash Metal Genesis Chapter
In every man’s life, there are certain life altering moments that will stay in one’s mind forever. For Jonathan Zazula, aka Jon Zazula, such pivotal…
LOST IN THE ICE: A Look at KING DIAMOND’s Landmark Album “Abigail”
Today is Halloween’s Day and this month is especially significant in the King Diamond’s universe: His 1990’s album “The Eye” was released a day like…
20 Years Ago: DREAM THEATER Redefines Progressive Metal Landscape with Magnum Opus Album “Scenes From A Memory”
Dream Theater’s “Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory” turns 20 years old today, and while a lot has been said about this album through…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting Opeth’s “In Cauda Venenum” / Satan And Rainbows Podcast / Summer Concerts Retrospective (Episode No. 29)
The Swedish progressive band Opeth released their thirteenth studio album, “In Cauda Venenum,” on September 27. Widely hailed as a more focused and biting effort…
World Class Keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN Reflects On His 30 Years Career: “It’s Pretty Wild to Think I’m Still Making Relevant Music After 3 Decades, and I Hope for 30 More Years”
Most music fans got to know Derek Sherinian when he joined Dream Theater. However, he already had a rich history in music when these American…
DAVE LARUE Talks New FLYING COLORS Album: “I Think This Is the Best Album We’ve Done and I’m Happy to See the Band Continues to Grow”
One of rock’s premier bass players, Dave LaRue has become known most prominently through his memberships in The Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs. He…
From TRANSATLANTIC to THE FLOWER KINGS: A Day In the Life of ROINE STOLT
Although he is credited with helping to initiate prog’s resurgence in the 90’s with his band The Flower Kings, Roine Stolt first made his mark…
VIDEO PREMIERE: Gothenburg’s INTOXICATE Press The Thrash Metal Pedal with “Retention Rumba”
Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden and formed in 1988 as one of the first thrash bands in this area INTOXICATE is returning to the metal music…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGPOWER USA XX Retrospective – Days III and IV (Episode No. 28)
The second and final part of the two ProgPower postmortems podcasts (you can listen to the first one here). Early September really is the most…
