ROCKwell UnScene

California’s largest Rock festival grew even larger in 2019, not only adding more talent, and an extra day, but most importantly, it brought more fans… a record (for Aftershock) 95,000 fans. For #MischievousMel and I, Aftershock was always one…

Las Rageous returned for its third straight year, albeit a few months later on the calendar than in previous years. What did not change was the amazing lineup the festival organizers put together again, featuring Friday…

Louder Than Life 2019 did not only expand to three days (from two) this year, but it also became the largest Rock festival in America in 2019 with 130,000 attendees (surpassing the previous record of 120,000 at ‘Sonic Temple’ in…

It’s always interesting for us to see a band for the first time that has been generating a lot of buzz within the music scene.  Management/publicists/labels are all paid to create hype for their clients…

Our last interview with the Helsinki, Finland based hard rockin’ glam band Santa Cruz was way back in 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at the Rock on the Range festival. Fast forward to late September 2019,…

With 2 #1 hit singles (“Ghost” and “Heroin”) off their smash hit album ‘Okay, I’m Sick’ released in February this year, Badflower has been capitalizing on their success by touring nearly non-stop in the U.S.,…

For those uber-fanatical Motionless in White followers, such as #MischievousMel, you’ve probably noticed the band’s lyrics dig a little deeper and have become somewhat more “adult” on their newer albums including ‘Graveyard Shift‘ and their…

TOOTHGRINDER. and specifically, lead vocalist Justin Matthews, have made some life-altering changes the past 18 months that heavily influenced the writing of their new album ‘I AM‘ (out October 11th).  Justin talks at length with…

Since the release of their latest, and we say greatest album, “Unbreakable”, earlier this year, New Years Day has been constantly touring in support of it. At times they’ve been the headliners, and other times, such…

Legendary “Goth Metal” band Lacuna Coil ripped through Gas Monkey Live in Dallas recently on a co-headlining tour with All That Remains (with support by Toothgrinder). The Italians had come nearly halfway around the world…