The North Country’s Entertainment Magazine
The North Country’s Entertainment Magazine
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There is no shortage of social media obituaries for live music in Upstate New York, and if you scroll long enough, you will inevitably stumble across the usual suspects playing their familiar roles: the venue owner bemoaning poor turnout with the tone of a funeral director narrating his own losses, the promoter waxing poetic about the “golden days” as though they alone were entrusted with the keys to nostalgia, and the musician sighing into the void that “the kids don’t...
Buckcherry stepped out onto the stage twenty-five years ago. Within that time frame they have released eleven albums. The band has hit the gold level of sales with their hits "Crazy Bitch", "Lit "and "Sorry" but they have never strayed too far from their original signature sound of hard rock grit with pop infused melodies. The Southern California rockers have always disregarded trends and have remained true to themselves. That characteristic has enabled Buckcherry to maintain...
Back in 1976-77, when the first explosions of UK Punk Rock were heard, Generation X was there. The band formed in 1976 & practiced & gigged constantly, finally releasing their first album, “Generation X,” in 1978. The personnel for the record comprised Billy Idol on lead vocals, Derwood Andrews on guitar, Tony James on insistent bass, & Mark Laff on drums. They all contributed background vocals. All the songs were written by Idol & James. The album received critical suc...
How long have you been playing? I've been playing guitar for about 10 years and I've been singing and playing out professionally since I was 11. But I've always had the mind of a musician. Music has always been my form of self-expression. I have autism and didn't speak until I was 4. Verbal communication was hard for me and I had a really hard time connecting to people and understanding them. But I could figure out how to play the nursery rhymes on my little toy piano by ear l...
