Alice Cooper

When Alice comes out to play, he often invites the audience to enthusiastically witness strangulations, beheadings, beatings, and stabings, but now, with the addition of his latest masterpiece, Brutal Planet (Spitfire),...
Samantha 7

Samantha 7 – Buffalo, NY

In support of their Columbia Portrait debut, Samantha 7 has hit the road to tour the US over two and a half months, after which they plan to tour Europe. TPRS.com...
Def Leppard - Burgettstown, PA

Def Leppard – Burgettstown, PA

Def Leppard is one of the many bands that got huge in the eighties, experimented, and then came back to their roots. Despite internal tragedy and external roadblocks, the band has...

Iron Maiden, Queensryche & Halford

Rob Halford As with Iron Maiden, Rob Halford’s set was not a rehashing of the hits but more a celebration of classic Priest and an introduction to Halford’s powerful “Resurrection” release. “Resurrection”...
Black Label Society – Pittsburgh, PA

Black Label Society – Pittsburgh, PA

A crowd of Black Label Society dwellers of all ages gathered for a night of loud guitars and heavy hitting vocals and BLS certainly delivered. Wylde the one time metal pretty boy kicked...
BulletBoys

BulletBoys – Cleveland, OH

TPRS.com caught up with the Bulletboys (Marq Torien on lead vocals, Lonnie Vencent on bass, and Jimmy D'Anda on drums, and their new guitarist Jason) for a live show full of...
Mike Tramp

Mike Tramp (White Lion) – Akron, OH

Having no intention of touring and being between albums and record labels, Tramp was brought to the road by a request to play a concert in South America. He chose to...
KISS Farewell Tour

KISS, Ted Nugent, and Skid Row

Skid Row They are calling it Skid Row, but I'd like to call it Snake and Scott's Monkey Business. Sure, bands that have been around for decades play the circuit of county...
Union - Bruce Kulick - John Corabi

Union (John Corabi, Bruce Kulick)

TPRS.com caught up with Union on April 18th at Banana Joe's in Pittsburgh, a dance club that has also recently opened their doors for established national acts like Quiet Riot and...
Warrant

Warrant – Columbus, OH

Warrant has hit the road again, this time in support of their Cleopatra release, Greatest and Latest, which was released last fall and includes new versions of their hits along with...
Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach – Pittsburgh, PA

When the original “Youth Gone Wild” hits the stage, the crowd goes wild too!Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Graffiti’s Showcase hosted Bach and his band as they rung in the new year on February...
Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan

Steve Vai – Pittsburgh, PA

Simply oozing with talent, creativity, and emotion, Steve Vai was joined by a stellar line-up featuring Billy Sheehan (bass), Tony MacAlpine (Guitar/Keyboards), Dave Weiner (guitar), and Jeremy Colson (drums) for a...