My 2024 Metallica No Repeat Weekend
Metallica/Pantera/Mammoth WVH | August 2, 2024 | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA This year’s Metallica out of town pilgrimage actually began 564 days (1 year, 6 months & 17 days) ago […]
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Triple Tropical Rockin Trifecta
When the prospect of doing three music cruises in a five week period was presented to me, I knew I had to find a way to make this epic adventure […]
CMO’S Year in review – A record breaking 2023
After the epic concert year I had in 2022, I thought it was going to be difficult to top 2022’s record of 37 concerts. 2023 has bestowed upon me the […]
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Headbangers Boat 2023 – a look back
Headbangers Boat |October 31 – November 4, 2023 | Norwegian Pearl As incredibly fun as this cruise was, it was also incredibly tragic. On the third of our four nights […]
The Red Rocker plays ‘The Sound’ to a sold out crowd
Sammy Hagar & The Circle | October 28, 2023 |The Sound, Clearwater, FL On a beautiful Saturday evening in along the waterfront I went to see Sammy Hagar perform at […]
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Nerd Halen: An Eruption of comedic rock in Grapevine, TX
After meeting the members of Nerd Halen, and being blown away by the level of musical talent in the band the first time I saw them play live, I had […]
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Pantera and Lamb of God shred Alpharetta to pieces
After missing the last four Lamb of God shows that I had tickets for, when their latest tour was announced the closest date was as a support act for Pantera […]
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Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023 – a look back
Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023 – April 29 – May4, 2023 It has been almost a month since I returned from the 2023 Monsters of Rock Cruise. Long enough to […]
It took me almost 40 years to see W.A.S.P.
W.A.S.P. & Armored Saint | November 26, 2022 | The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL Historically known for their notoriety of their shock rock-themed image, lyrics and live performances, one […]
Horns were Raised and Sacred Chants were Praised
The Iron Maidens at OCC Roadhouse, Clearwater, FL on October 21, 2022 Horns were Raised and sacred chants were praised! The world’s only all-female Iron Maiden tribute band, The Iron […]
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A CMO’s helpful guide for buying concert tickets
After an artist announces a tour: Join the artist’s fan club – most times there is a cost involved but usually your membership will come with merchandise equal to the […]
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CD Review – Lamb of God (2020)
After two full listens through all of the tracks on Lamb of God’s self-titled 10th studio album it is apparent to me the band continues to solidify their footing atop […]
Metal mash-ups
With all of this work from home time (Covid), I was in need of some new tunes to check out. All because of someone’s comment on the local radio station’s […]
Shows I want to go to – Joe Bonamassa
Over the past couple of years my buddy Dave had tried several times to get me to go along with him to see legendary blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa every […]
The day I became a metalhead for life
I can pinpoint the day that changed my life forever after hearing Metallica for the first time. In 1984 I was a musically impressionable 14 year old whose only real […]
A CMO’s guide to music themed cruises
These days just as there are “Con” events for just about everything you can imagine, no matter what your tastes are in music, movies or sports there is a themed […]
A chat with an old friend and fellow metalhead
On August 17, 2019 I sat down with one of my longtime friends, Jeff Keller, Owner of Avid Brew in St. Petersburg, FL. Jeff and I go way back as […]
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Bon Jovi Rocks Tampa
I went to see Bon Jovi play at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 in support of his new release ‘This House Is Not for Sale’, which is the […]
Metallica Lights Chicago Ablaze
Metallica lit the Chicago skyline ablaze with their mammoth stage production when they brought their “Hardwired…to Self-Destruct” tour to Soldier Field on Sunday, June 18th 2017. Four massive screens, seemingly […]
Suicidal Slams St. Pete
Suicidal Tendencies, Crowbar and Havok played to a sold out crowd at the State Theater on March 5th, 2017, unleashing metal chaos upon what was an interestingly mixed age crowd. […]