I know this review may be a bit late, but for that I blame no one but Chevelle. Every day since that one cold, frozen, February night of the 25th I have been living. Something woke up inside of me that night. Something that I had somehow, in someway, forgotten and it was like 2002 all over again when “Wonder What’s Next” was the only CD in my car’s
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About to start their tour and barely a month away from releasing a new album, Janus bassist Alan Quitman took some time to answer a few questions for Flocked. This Chicago-based metal band has an upcoming tour planned with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut which kicks off in Grand Rapids at the Orbit Room on February 24; their second album Nox Aeris is set to release on March 27,
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I arrived fashionably late to the Orbit Room due to the vast amount of people waiting in line and the openers were not widely publicized so it was hard to prepare for them entirely. I arrived just in time to experience a semi-familiar band to me: The Architects. I was immediately intrigued by this band; even going so far as to purchase their record from the merch booth during
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When I saw that Wanda Jackson was making her way to the Orbit Room here in Grand Rapids, I was jumping at the opportunity to sit down and talk to her. Not only did Wanda just get inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame, she has also deemed the title of the Queen of Rock n Roll, and if you ask me, it’s a title that Wanda
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The Orbit Room, 08 July 2010 It took all day for it to happen, but it did. I was excited for this show, and from the look of the lot in front of the Orbit Room, so were many, many other people. Doors opened at 7:30 for this $50 show (damn) and we arrived at 7:50. I see a thick line of people weaving their way back across the
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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
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I’ve been a fan of Sevendust since the beginning, so being able to sit down with Morgan before their show at the Orbit Room was pretty awesome. Papa Roach had originally been headlining the show, but dropped off last minute to play somewhere else. Many people I know were bummed and even thought of cashing in their tickets for refunds, but it ended up being the best thing that
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