Neal Smith | KillSmith & The Greenfire Empire – CD Review

Neal Smith is best known for his innovative drumming and outrageous stage antics with the original Alice Cooper band. His solid skins-handling is the bedrock behind classics hits like...

Bob Seger | Ride Out – CD Review

Bob Seger's 17th studio album, Ride Out, arrives eight years after his previous platinum selling album Face The Promise. This record by the rock icon who gave us "Night...

Sixx: A.M. | Modern Vintage – CD Review

I intended to review the Sixx: A.M. album Modern Vintage without bringing up Motley Crüe. But I find it necessary to make comparisons to both bands since Sixx is...

Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends | Guitars For Wounded Warriors – CD review

Producer, guitarist and composer Brian Tarquin called on a bunch of heavy duty guitarists to help out with a project near and dear to his heart, Guitars For Wounded...

Slash | World On Fire – CD Review

Things seem to be working out for Slash, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Their first full album together, 2012's Apocalyptic Love, fared well with the public, scoring chart success...

Bernie Marsden | Shine – CD Review

We have all, at one time or other, picked up a CD and halfway through the first track, smiled and said to ourselves, "This is pretty damned good." The...

Flying Colors | Second Nature – CD Review

When you look at the members of Flying Colors — guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, ex-Kansas), drummer Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater), Neal Morse (Transatlantic,...

Saga | Sagacity (Special Edition) – CD Review

A Special Edition of Saga's 2014 studio album Sagacity boasts two CDs - the studio album and nine songs from the band's show at SWR1 Rock Arena in 2013....

U2 | Songs Of Innocence – MP3 Review

U2's Songs Of Innocence will forever be known as the album released as a "gift" from Apple, allowing anyone to grab it for free from iTunes for a month....

Ace Frehley | Space Invader – CD Review

The name "Ace Frehley" will forever be synonymous with the three-word phrase, "Former KISS guitarist." Despite his frequent verbal swipes at his former band, I don't think he has...