Through a post by a dear friend on Facebook, I, a fellow published book Author, found out about another Michigander who had recently published a book. In my need and desire to support local artists I became very excited and knew I must purchase a copy of this book, even though I didn’t personally know the author. Bethany Greenier, author of Sings With Stars just got published, she has
I have been getting ink done for 16 years and yet I never knew much about the business. Then I started going to Forever Ink, the first place I ever truly felt at home. It was during a recent visit that I decided I wanted to find out more about the shop and the people that work there and those that offer themselves up for the artists to ply
I’ve never been one to go out of my way to listen to Bullet for My Valentine. To be honest, I was actually kind of dreading their recent concert here in Grand Rapids. All I kept picturing were thousands of little teenagers jacked up on Monster and Red Bull, whining about how they would give anything to have just ONE cigarette. While my vision for the evening, of all
I’ve never been one to go out of my way to listen to Bullet for My Valentine. To be honest, I was actually kind of dreading their recent concert here in Grand Rapids. All I kept picturing were thousands of little teenagers jacked up on Monster and Red Bull, whining about how they would give anything to have just ONE cigarette. While my vision for the evening, of all
The Intersection, 27 May 2010 Who needs a sauna when you can go to a metal show? Leaving covered in (what, by that time had to be) mostly other people’s sweat only heightened the experience of the Fear Factory show at The Intersection on May 27th. Kicking off the evening was local openers Page 66. “Brutal” was the word being thrown around all night to describe their set, myself
It’s been quite a while since Grand Rapids has been fortunate enough to see Helmet on stage; 18 years to be exact. Needless to say, fans new and old were more than thrilled when Helmet tore up the stage March 20th at The Intersection. Like any other band, Helmet has had its fair share of setbacks; for only having one of the original founding members in the band, Helmet
The venue was packed. After hearing of how 30 Seconds to Mars tends to sell out in so many other cities, it was no wonder (though this was no sold-out crowd). After some delays in getting my press passes, I arrived inside only to see the first band finishing up. They were a local opener that I was unfamiliar with. Thankfully I had not arrived much later, Neon Trees
How often is it that you hear of a musician having not only one, but three jobs? Those kinds of musicians are certainly few and far between, but the guys from ZO2 make it look easy. Not only is ZO2 the stars of their own reality-based TV show “Z Rock”, but they also work hard making a name for themselves as a professional rock n’ roll band. As if
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