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Pop Evil Prove the Durability of Pop Rock
Picking up the guitar in high school and starting a band in college, it took singer Leigh Kakaty many years to find bandmates that were as dedicated to making music as he was. Even after forming what...
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Singer James Hart Ready to Win Back Old Fanbase with Burn Halo
Singer James Hart will be the first to admit that the 2007 break-up of his previously successful metalcore band, Eighteen Visions, wasn’t his idea, but he’s slowly bouncing back with hard rock outfit...
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William James Brings Slam Dancing Energy to Slam Poetry
With a shaggy beard, gauged ears, and tattoos running up and down his arms, William James looks more like a hardcore punk rock singer than a poet when he takes the stage. That isn’t a coincidence. It...
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Shinedown Always Reaching Higher
Eric Bass, bassist and pianist for chart-topping rock band Shinedown, always knew that he wouldn’t be making a conventional living. Growing up in musical family, his mother a vocal and piano teacher,...
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“Night for Nick” Gives Back to Injured Soldier
If there’s one thing that friends and family have learned from Army Specialist Nick Staback, it’s to stay positive and determined even in the face of tragedy. And thanks to the generosity of the...
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‘Rhythm of the Region’ Remembers Local Music History
When Conor O’Brien is asked what his favorite local concert was, he can’t simply pick just one. The first on his list was one of his first shows ever at 14-years-old – Captain, We’re Sinking and The...
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Lacuna Coil Get Through ‘Dark’ Times with Fan Support
After recording six full-length albums, two EPs, and a DVD, selling over 800,000 units in the United States alone, Cristina Scabbia, one of two lead vocalists in the Italian goth metal outfit Lacuna...
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Rob Zombie Never Sleeps
It may come as a surprise to many that Rob Zombie, the seven-time Grammy-nominated musician known for songs like “Dragula” and “Living Dead Girl” and acclaimed filmmaker behind “House of 1,000...
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Are You Smarter Than an 11th Grader?
Even if you think you know a lot about local history, you may end up bested by a high school student. Valley View and Riverside High School students began meeting in February to search the achieves of...
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Firefighter Brings His Stories to Live Reading
Gary R. Ryman’s three-decade career as a firefighter may have given him pride and a wealth of knowledge to pass on to his son, but it also earned him a lot of stories. The second of three generations...
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