With the tumultuous events of 2020 winding down (please?), music fans are still reeling. What could be worse than a year without live music? Try the passing of some legendary artists (Peart, Van Halen). Any way you look at it, this year has been abysmal. Well Progressive pop/rock stalwarts Marillion are looking to give us [...]
Is rock dead? Several people have claimed it’s on life support in the last few years. If you are a fan of rock and metal music, where do you hear about new stuff coming out? Yes you can find everything online, but sometimes you just don’t know who or what to look for. Below is [...]
One of my musical idols has left us. Neil Peart was the engine that propelled superstars Rush from 1975 onward. Only 67 years old, his passing hit me like a bolt of lightning. Always a private person, no one in the general public was even aware that he had been battling Brain Cancer for the [...]
With the release of Psychotic Symphony in 2017, Sons of Apollo established themselves as one of the premier Supergroups. Consisting of Mike Portnoy (drums), Derek Sherinian (keys), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass), and Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), this is the musical Dream Team. Every member is a virtuoso performer, with a long history [...]
The term “Supergroup” has been, in my opinion, tossed around a little too freely at times. Anyone with a working knowledge of heavy prog and Rock/Metal knows that this is not the case with Sons of Apollo. Consisting of Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Jeff Scott Soto, Derek Sherinian, and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal this is the [...]