Concerts List

Concerts I have been to so far

The Monkees 2001 x 2
Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues 2001
Ringo Starr 2001 with Ian Hunter, Sheila E, Roger Hodgson, Howard Jones, Greg Lake
Paul McCartney 2002
Ringo Starr 2003 with Sheila E, Paul Carrack, John Waite, Colin Hay, Mark Rivera
Joan Jett 2004
Tears for Fears 2004
Peter Noone with Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues 2004
Country Joe MacDonald with Shanna Morrison 2004
Rooney 2005
Bob Dylan 2005
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers with The Black Crowes 2005
Alice's Now and Zen Fest with The B52's, Gnarles Barkley 2006
Joey Ramone birthday bash 2006 with The Strokes, Mindless Self Indulgence, Glen Matlock, The Alarm
Muse 2007
Iggy Pop and The Stooges 2007 with Sistas in the Pit
Joey Ramone birthday bash 2007 with The New York Dolls, Slinky Vagabond, Tommy Ramone, Jayne County
Everclear 2007
Regina Spector 2007
Tears for Fears 2007
Nine Inch Nails 2008 with Peter Murphy and Peaches
Joey Ramone birthday bash 2008 with Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, Mary Weiss, Richard Lloyd, Semi Precious Weapons
Regina Spector 2009
Ian Anderson 2009
Nine Inch Nails 2010 with Deerhunter
Berlin 2010
Joey Ramone birthday bash 2011 with Richie Ramone, Tommy Ramone, The Rattlers, The Indecent
Iggy Pop and The Stooges 2011
Joan Jett 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers 2012 with Little Dragon
The Buzzcocks 2012
Blondie and Devo 2012
Gin Blossoms 2013
Bone Bash 2013 with Black Stone Cherry, Night Ranger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company
RX bandits 2013
The Cult 2013 with White Hills
Joey Ramone birthday bash 2014 with The Independents, The Bully's
Night Ranger July 5th 2014
Joan Jett July 6th 2014
Rick Springfield July 26th 2014
Bone Bash 2014 with Don Felder, The Doobie Brothers, Boston
Elton John October 2nd 2014 Bright Light Bright Light opened
Bryan Adams May 23rd 2015
Bone Bash 2015 September 19th with Tesla, Styx, Def Leppard
The Who May 19th 2016 "Hits 50!" Slydigs opened
Fastball September 14th 2017 Wolves in Argyle opened
Muse March 9th 2019 Walk the Moon opened

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The album art of Tommy by Mike McInnerney

People often ask me what my favorite album is. Without much thought I am able to answer them. The Who's 1969 album "Tommy" is my favorite record of all time. The album artwork also happens to be my favorite. Recently I was thinking about the album and how it affected me in my life. I decided to look up the Tommy album art and was surprised that I was unable to find any of it. I could find the cover, but never all the album art inside. The Tommy CD comes with a booklet with lyrics and a series of different illustrations. But they weren't on the internet. So this blog will be changing that! I just took out my CD booklet and scanned all the artwork. There are two versions of the cover, one featuring small images of their faces inserted into the gaps in the central sphere. The other is just the original work. Executives at The Who's record label insisted on having the band members pictured on the cover, so that's why there are two covers. Pete Tow...

[REVISED] Eddie Vedder's voice, the most emulated voice in music history?

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder has one of the most distinct and emulated voices in contemporary rock music. I feel like I spent the entire 90's hearing alternative bands copying Eddie's singing style. Just to show you how many artists have been said to sound like Eddie Vedder throughout time; Creed's Scott Stapp, Fuel's Brett Scallions, The Stone Temple Pilot's Scott Weiland, The Calling's Alex Band, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, Lifehouse's Jason Wade, and some say Nickelback's Chad Kroeger have a similar sounding voice (don't shoot the messenger). And probably more than I can remember. When I continued to look into this stream of vocals that sounded the same, I came upon a quite obvious realization. Whether they know it or not, they are actually emulating Jim Morrison. It also makes sense that Eddie later played with the remaining Doors members and inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This singing style wasn't just ho...

The Duck Walk

In honor of Angus Young's birthday today I've posted a little bit about his famous stage moves which he channeled from Chuck Berry. Angus, of course had his own more erratic spin on the dance move and made it his own. Check out the difference... "A one-legged hop routine, and the "duck walk", which he first used as a child when he walked "stooping with full-bended knees, but with my back and head vertical" under a table to retrieve a ball and his family found it entertaining; he used it when "performing in New York for the first time and some journalist branded it the duck walk." I love this guy's "Duck walk tutorial". "Just follow these easy steps...literally."

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