Deep Purple | January 29, 1998 | House of Blues | Hollywood, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Deep Purple is a dinosaur that refuses to die. That's the only way I can assess their continued existence. Unlike other bands who have stuck it...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | September 30, 1997 | Humphrey’s By The Sea |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Pretentious. Overbearing. Pompous. These adjectives and many more like them have been used to describe Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) -- the progressive power trio whose...
Neil Young & Crazy Horse | July 17, 1997 | HORDE FESTIVAL | Irvine,...
Review by Kenneth Wait
"Take my advice, don't listen to me..."
Kind words from the headliner of this year's HORDE Festival. But when it comes to Neil Young, diehard fans will...
Grand Funk Railroad | June 30, 1997 | Del Mar Fair | San Diego,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Last year, When I first heard that Mark Farner, Don Brewer and Mel Schacher -- collectively known in the 1970's as Grand Funk Railroad -- were...
Black Sabbath | June 7, 1997 | Star Lake Ampitheater | Pittsburgh, PA –...
Review by Stuart Lynch
East Coast Correspondent
Chased by the Devil, we all need a guide to find our way through Hell. Ozzy Ozbourne seems to be at the right hand...
King Crimson | June 28, 1995 | Copley Hall | San Diego, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
To quote Robert Fripp, King Crimson can "rip out of the boundaries and shred wallpaper at three miles..."
And who is more qualified to describe the potency...
Grateful Dead | May 19-21, 1995 | Las Vegas, NV – Concert Review
Review by Shawn Perry
This review originally appeared in Whatzup Magazine, June 1995
The Grateful Dead have made the Las Vegas trek an annual event that usually falls on a week-end...
Page & Plant | May 13, 1995 | San Diego Sports Arena | San...
Review by Shawn Perry
It had been a while since I'd seen Jimmy Page and Robert Plant together, but not as long as one may think. In 1988, I went...
