Reviews

M3 2021 Festival Review

Published

3 years ago

July 9, 2021

Ron

Photos: Shane Gardner aka Rock N Roll Socialite

M3 The worlds most bad ass festival for all things 80s rock and roll. This year M3 celebrated with the nation on the nations birthday the Fourth of July weekend. You know there’s gonna be killer tunes and lots of hair when you come to Maryland for M3.

Friday started off with The Iron Maiden’s kicking off the festival. If you haven’t seen The Iron Maiden’s you’re missing out, it’s the best of both worlds, kick ass Iron Maiden songs with kick ass females rocking out the tunes. This was an amazing way to start off the weekend.

Next up was Tokyo Motor Fist which has Ted Poley of Danger Danger and Steve Brown of Trixter. Mixing up the setlist with original songs and a few of the songs from each band like “Bang Bang” from Danger Danger and “Give it to me good” from Trixter.

Slaughter was next on the stage, I’ve heard some say that they felt that Marks voice was off that night but I felt that he sounded great. I think the sound guy had some of the vocals way to loud the first night. Slaughter killed it on stage with songs like “Mad about you” and of course “Up all night”.

Since this was the first night of M3, you know that it has to end with Kix, but before Kix hit the stage since it was the Fourth of July we had to have some fireworks. Then Steve Whiteman and the guys from Kix ended the night like they always do with bad ass tunes that make not only you dance but get Steve moving and a Groovin on stage. Kix pulled out some deep cuts this time along with the songs like have been a stable for Kix.

Also on Friday I got to help my boys in The Metal Summit, talk to Hurricane a little that day, Hurricane would be playing the next day. But all in all Fridays M3 was great, I think people were excited about having live music back and being able to hang out and see old and new friends.

Saturday started early in the afternoon. With our boy Chip and Enuff Z’Nuff opening up the day. Hurricane who we interviewed the day before were playing today as well. The Original BulletBoys killed it not only onstage but also in the interview that I helped with The Metal Summit guys. It was great to see the band back together and they sounded amazing and really truly felt the friendship and togetherness backstage with them as well. Another highlight of the day was Steven Adler and his band. Singer Ari Kamin is such an amazing frontman and the band that’s in front of Steven is amazing. Accept and Queensryche killed it and stole the night away. I only got to hear about 2-3 songs of Accept before going to the double tree hotel to help Metal Summit interview Scott Griffin from Riley’s LA Guns. Accept from what I hear destroyed the stage, The little bit that I heard sounded bad ass. Unfortunately the clouds opened up and it staring to rain during Queensryche which made lots of fans leave early to get out of the downpour.

Sunday at M3 I feel was the best day of the festival, the lineup was stacked and good old friends and new friends were aligned. Little Caesar opened up the day with their style of gritty/dirty rock and roll. Little Caesar was one of 4 interviews that myself and the Metal Summit would be doing this day. Now in my opinion the best band was Pretty Boy Floyd. I might be a little bias because behind the man Steve Summers his band was backed up with my friends. Eric Griffin (murderdolls) Ashes(DevilDriver) and Nick Mason (Living Dead Drummer). Again myself and the Metal Summit interviewed Ashes and found out that they only had 3 days to practice with this lineup, but it was super tight and like I said was my favorite set of the whole festival. Pretty Boy Floyd played “Leather Boys with Electric Toys” album in entirety. This day had so many killer sets from Faster Pussycat, to Lita Ford who still sounds and looks amazing. Lita got me happy because I got to hear “Cherry Bomb” and “Close My Eyes Forever. To Great White, Warrant, which they did a tribute to the late Tawny Kitaen and Night Ranger ending off the amazing festival. We ended up hanging with Ari who came out to sing the National Anthem for the 4^th. Myself and Metal Summit sat down with him and talked a little. M3 was also blessed to have Mark “Weissguy” Weiss who’s hands down one of the best rock photographers ever, working with anyone and everyone from the 80s.

Overall the festival was bad ass and rocked so much. It’s what everyone needed from dealing with 2020. The sun was out and the heat was coming from both on stage and from the sky. It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The fans were happy and exited, the staff were happy and friendly. It was a great experience and can’t wait for next year’s M3 to come back and be even more bad ass. Eddie Trunk was a blast as always to see and hear from this time bringing both Jim and Don with him from That Metal Show.

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Ron

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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W.A.S.P. Album One Alive 2024 US Tour

Published

4 months ago

August 21, 2024

Josh Drespling

Hollywood, CA (August 20, 2024) — It is 2024, and W.A.S.P. is celebrating 1984! 40 years ago, the landmark debut album from W.A.S.P. was released on August 17, 1984, and the metal world was knocked on their ass!

The W.A.S.P. “Album ONE Alive” Tour celebrates the debut album by playing the album in its entirety, from start to finish.

To give the fans something every week to celebrate W.A.S.P. is giving away…

• 10 pairs of tickets a week for the length of the US tour.

• Silver Award – Blackie is also giving away each week of the tour two personal meet and greets in his dressing room. In HIS dressing room!

• Gold Award – One lucky fan will win Blackie’s personal certified RIAA award for the debut album.

• Platinum Award – And the Grand Prize, one fan and a guest will be provided airfare and a luxury Hollywood hotel to the final show in Los Angeles, meet the band and stay for the after show, end of tour party.

W.A.S.P. can only celebrate 1984 once and they want to do it big!

To enter all you have to do is visit and enter your email address:
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It was recently announced that Armored Saint will be replacing Death Angel on the tour. W.A.S.P. issued the following statement: “W.A.S.P. is pleased to announce that Armored Saint will now be joining the “Album One Alive” Fall 2024 U.S. Tour. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Death Angel will no longer be able to be a part of this tour. We all wish them the best going forward.”

Tickets and VIP packages available at WASPnati on.com/tour

THE ALBUM ONE ALIVE WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

10/26/24 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater*

10/28/24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

10/29/24 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

10/30/24 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre

11/01/24 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre

11/02/24 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory

11/03/24 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

11/04/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

11/05/24 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre

11/07/24 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore

11/08/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/09/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/10/24 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

11/11/24 Toronto, ON @ History

11/13/24 Montreal, QC @ MTELUS

11/14/24 Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Capitole

11/15/24 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

11/16/24 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center

11/17/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

11/19/24 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theater

11/20/24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

11/21/24 Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater

11/22/24 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/23/24 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

11/24/24 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live

11/26/24 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

11/27/24 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

11/29/24 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues

11/30/24 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre

12/01/24 Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum

12/03/24 Little Rock, AR @ The Hall

12/04/24 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion

12/06/24 Albuquerque, NM @ REVEL

12/07/24 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre

12/09/24 Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre

12/10/24 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues

12/11/24 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino

12/12/24 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl

12/13/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

12/14/24 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

* No support acts.

About W.A.S.P.

Few bands in the history of rock n roll have ever incited the love, the hate, and the raw emotional effect this band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles, California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the band’s unique style of shock and rock caused religious organizations, local city councils, parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.

The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social, and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold-out shows across the globe for 4 decades.

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Josh Drespling

Josh is the Publisher and creator of Empire Extreme and it’s sister publication Kingdom Extreme Magazine. He is an accomplished writer, photographer and graphic designer. He is always conjuring up new ideas and has a amazing passion for the music industry and all the things that surround it.

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CD Reviews

Them Damn Kings “Shown With A Fist”

Published

7 months ago

May 20, 2024

Ron

Them Damn Kings from NJ just released a new single “Shown With a Fist”.
If you like your music in your face with a touch of old school rock and roll this is the band for you. It’s got gritty vocals and pounding drums adding in some killer guitar shreds.
It’s a song that you listen to when you want to get into a bar fight or want to drive your car really fast down the highway.
It’s worth a listen, check out the lyric video below with a little bonus guitar mortal kombat shred off.

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Ron

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CD Reviews

Ashes to Omens “Feed Me More”

Published

8 months ago

May 8, 2024

Ron

Ashes To Omens are a band from Georgia who’s latest single “Feed Me More” has a great sound to it. It reminds me of bands around the mid to late 2000s. They have a good mixture of sound. The song is a perfect blend of hard rock and metal with the vocals very crisp and delivered with passion.

The song “Feed Me More” has a great melody and works well with the bands style and genre of music. It also is a great title to a song because after listening to it I wanted more of the band.

Some will say that it’s very radio rock/metal and sometimes I do have issues with that but I felt that this song even though it does have that feel to it, isn’t just a radio rock song for the sake of being a radio rock song. I think this single is worth a listen to and could possibly be a track that might make your playlist.

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