No Room For Rockstars: The Van's Warped Tour (DVD/CD)

I've never seen a truer documentary about music; it's a business, it's a lifestyle, it's painful, and there's a fine line between music being a passion and it becoming a job. "No Room For Rockstars" could be Parris Patton's defining moment among documentours, showing the breakout star, the jaded rocker, a father trying to make a living, and an unbelievable ride-a-long of how one band created its moment...read more

John 5 - God Told Me To

"Guitar God", "Master of Shred", "Virtuoso" are all phrases that come to mind when I think of John 5, and with his 6th solo album "God Told Me To", exemplifies those descriptions. From the opening shredding on "Welcome To Violence", to the southern stomp on "Ashland Bump", to the darkly acoustic "Creepy Crawler", John 5 shows us again why he is called the modern-day Jimmy Page..read more

Avengers Assemble Soundtrack

(By guest writer Melissa M.) Marvel’s The Avengers soundtrack is my challenge today and while I like most of the songs on the album, I’m giving it an overall grade of B.  It’s one to add to your rock collection with songs by Soundgarden, Papa Roach, Shinedown and Cherri Bomb...read more

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