Concert Reviews

BlueRidge Rock Festival 2022: Review

Published

2 years ago

September 22, 2022

Ron

Another year has passed along with another BlueRidge Rock Festival. Most of the media and personal accounts of this festival are going to on how horrible it was and all the missteps of the promoter, management and the festival as a whole. Do some things need to be changed for next year: absolutely yes? Do us Photographers and media need to be treated a little better: once again yes.

Remember we are the eyes and ears of the people who are on the outside looking in and the sounding board for those who were there. We are essentially a part of your staff and your promotional machine. that are not getting paid and control the media world, with our voices we can make or break things very easily)

That’s enough of all the negative vibes, except one last thing: Fuck that Hill (aka Kate Bush). That hill of death put a huge damper on how many bands I was going to cover this year because I myself am not an Olympic walker/hiker/mountain explorer.

Instead of going into all details about each day and every band I saw and all that normal blah blah blahs. I figured I would do something a little different. They say a picture is better than a 1,000 words: I took well over 4,000 photos and covered 44 bands in 4 days and walked about 30 miles in those 4 days. I’m sure you get that picture.

Some of the highlights for me were 100000% the following: Kittie, Shadows Fall, Ice Cube, Tenacious D, Alice Cooper and getting to see Mushroomhead during the daylight, althought it rained on us during their set. There were so many bands from different genres and all kinds of different strokes for all those folks. That is one of the main reasons I love this festival. It offers such diversity with the selection of artists. It did kinda suck not being able to photograph STP or Slipknot (this years Five Finger Death Punch) but “What you gonna do brother?” (sorry a little Hulk Hogan came out of me)

I’ll would like say this now and hold myself to it. I would love to and keep supporting this festival and cover it every time they need me to (with some tweaks, hopefully). Despite the weather change from too much sun, to too much rain, long walks, not enough water/food provided for us, I had an amazing time. I got to see some killer bands and watch a few sets of some old friends, and made some new ones too. That’s one of the most endearing qualities of the metal community. It’s all about taking adversity and making it work for them, however I’m just one guy who’s opinion will most likely ge lost in the echoes of “woke” culture. I’ll end with a poetic quote from a modern day renaissance poet, Mr Corey Taylor.

PEOPLE=SHIT.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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Concert Reviews

King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

Published

3 days ago

November 2, 2024

Ron

King Diamond who’s on tour now with Overkill and Night Demon.

Overkill always puts on a great show and shows that face pace thrash metal is still kick ass. Led by NJ’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth Overkill has that distinctive sound with Bobby’s high pitched and raspy vocals. With songs like “Scorched”, “ Rotten to the Core” and “Hello From the Gutter”, Overkill got the crowd into a frenzy and warmed up the stage before the king.

You know it’s gonna be a good night when it’s 3 days before Halloween and you get to see a kick ass set from King Diamond. King Diamond who’s 68 right now still commands that stage and sounds amazing with his insanely falsettos. The stage show at a King Diamond show is always such a great sight to see. With a multilayer setup of stairs and little pieces of elaborate set all over it’s such a great view and perfect setting to watch a King Diamond set.

The set list was amazing too we got to hear songs from such a great career like “A Mansion in the Darkness”, “Halloween “, “Spider Lilly”, “Welcome Home”, and “Eye of the Witch” and of course ending the night with “Abagail”.

If you’re a fan of King Diamond or just a fan of great music that adds that Halloween haunted asylum themed stage performances then you need to go out and check this tour now. King Diamond never disappoints and always puts on one hell of a show.

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ITS TIME TO GET YOUR BODY BEAT AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW

Published

1 week ago

October 29, 2024

Ron

Combichrist came into Lovedrafts in Mechanicsburg with an old school electronic set and the return of PA’s own DeathMaschine.

Combichrist took the dark stage armed with Eric on the synths/sampler and Andy on Vocals and an open stage to rampage on. I got to hear some killer kick ass songs I haven’t heard in a while like “Today I woke to the rain of blood”, “This is My Rifle” and This shit will fuck you up”.

The crowd were super excited to watch the set and everyone was having a good time, dancing to the beats, and singing all the songs and having an amazing time. I’ve been wanting to see Combichrist do these old school sets and have always loved that era of the band. We also got to hear “Like to Thank My Buddies” and “Shut up and Swallow”. We also got a super rare treat for an encore Andy went back even further in his musically roots and pulled out an Icon of Coil song “Dead Enough For Life”, which got the crowd in a frenzy.

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LUDACRIS : THE HALL AT LIVE

Published

2 weeks ago

October 21, 2024

Ron

ATL IS IN THE HOUSE.

Ludacris came into Maryland at the Hall in Live Casino and brought with him the masses that were ready for a good time, good fun and good tunes.

Ludacris said it’s been a long time since he’s been back to Maryland and DC area. I loved that he just came out with his dj and his hype man and himself nothing else was needed when you entertain like Ludacris does. Whether you’re a fan from back in the day or a fan of his movies, Ludacris made everyone happy and made sure they were fully entertained.

Of course Ludacris played some of his hits songs like “Act a Fool”, “Move Bitch”, “What’s your fantasy”, “Get Back” and “Area Codes” but he also played some old school tracks and a few covers like “Holiday Inn” and “Yeah”. The crowd was hitting that good weed as well and threw some blunts up to the stage during “BlueBerry Yum Yum”.

Ludacris made a statement that his first album came out in 2000 and this next year is the 25th anniversary of the album. It was a great night and a great time, Ludacris knows how to keep the fans engaged and entertained all night. He’s very fan friendly and charismatic which makes sense that he’s also a great actor.