A Stone Sour Sold Out Start

What a way to kick off the 2014 New Year for Hard Rock fans. Stolen Babies, Pop Evil & Stone Sour started their state-wide tour at the House of Blues in Orlando this past Tuesday and if this is an example of what’s in store for the rest of the year, we will continue to […]

Storytellers at the State Theatre with Jon Oliva

JON OLIVA CLOSES THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE

STORYTELLERS TOUR IN TAMPA, FLORIDA

Blood, Sweat & Megadeth

December 8th will live in infamy if you are a music fan. This is the day when both John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell Abbot were murdered in cold blood by their “fans.”  Lennon was shot by a man after earlier in the day providing him with an autograph, and Dimebag was shot in cold blood […]

Look what the Cat Dragged In: Pitbulls and Poison (Kinda)

The Bret Michaels Band rocked a full house at The Palladium in downtown St. Petersburg on November 15th.  Hundreds of fans, both young and the young at heart, were packed inside The Palladium waiting for entry into Hough Hall. While the show was originally scheduled to start at 8 p.m., apparently the Bret Michaels Band […]

Kanye, Chris Brown and Steve Nash

Only Ott could work these three in a segment: Kanye, Chris Brown and Steve Nash… You’ll LOVE this one…

Playing Ball

  There are a lot of new bands in the rock/hard rock genre, but there are only a few that are establishing themselves as contenders with staying power. Pop Evil is one of these few. Non-stop recording and touring for the last ten years, Pop Evil has been playing all the latest rock festivals and […]

Reigning Metal at the Amway in Orlando

Move over Magic! The Deftones and Avenged Sevenfold rock the Amway Center in Orlando, article and photos by Travis Failey

Butchers, Hippies, Horses & Misfits

Danzig, Butcher Babies, Texas Hippie Coalition, A Pale Horse Named Death. On Wednesday October 9th, 2013 it was my first time attending a show at the Cuban Club in Ybor City, which is right outside on the street, located on the corner of 9th and Palm. We arrived early to pick up our credentials and […]

Fozzy Rides the “Sacrifice And Sin” Tour Through Houston

If you’ve been following the evolution of Fozzy, you know this group has made massive strides from their inception as a tongue-in-cheek cover band put together by members of Stuck Mojo. If you haven’t been following the evolution of Fozzy, now would be a great time to start. I caught up with the Sacrifice and […]

Lead Females

Female lead singers, they tend be overlooked when people make “Best of” lists so I decided to make a top 20 female lead singers list myself.  One thing they all have in common is…they are totally bad ass musicians. Without these ladies music would suck, without these ladies we would not have some of the […]