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The Winery Dogs – Monsters of Rock Cruise

Awesome as always, we had the opportunity to see the Winery Dogs twice and Richie Kotzen solo on the Monsters of Rock Cruise last week.  Loved Mike Portnoy's blue beard!Setlist:Oblivion Captain Love Hot...
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L.A. Guns – Monsters of Rock Cruise

We rode the elevator up to the pool stage show with Spike from the Quireboys, who jokingly told us that he'd just discovered that...
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Quiet Riot – The Monsters of Rock Cruise

The Pure Rock Shop has seen Jizzy Pearl with Love/Hate, L.A. Guns, and RATT over the years. Sad to see that he's moving on from Quiet...
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John Corabi – Monsters of Rock Cruise

John Corabi has such a selection of great songs (and bands) to choose from there is an unwritten rule for me when it comes to...
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Black N Blue on the Monsters of Rock Cruise

Black 'N Blue were once again a welcome "Sight for Sore Eyes" (and ears!) on the Monsters of Rock Cruise. The ever-smiling Jamie St. James, Young...
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The Iron Maidens

Finally, a tribute CD that is smokin' end to end and essentially captures the aura of the band being heralded, in this case the...

Kip Winger – Songs from the Ocean Floor

Being a child of the seventies, Kip Winger says that he considers good musical elements to be diversity, depth, and a musical variety, as...
Lillian Axe – Live 2002

Lillian Axe – Live 2002

Considering the number of cash-in live releases that have circulated the last few years from melodic hard rock bands that were first signed over...