ARTIFICIAL AGENT RELEASE “WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE” COVER WITH THE MOTOR CITY HORNS Just in time for the season of chills and thrills, Detroit rock powerhouses Artificial Agent have teamed up with the legendary Motor City Horns to release their explosive new single, a reimagined cover of Alice Cooper’s classic “Welcome to My Nightmare.” Artificial […]
100% ROCK MAGAZINE editor Shane Pinnegar is releasing his fourth book – a celebration of rock n’ roll movies! The book is titled ROCKSPLOITATION – celebrating 69 hits, flops and cult favourite rock n’ roll movies. Shane says: “It was a huge amount of fun to write and I’m sure it will be to read […]
WEST ROCKERS’ THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘VICE CITY III’ FOLLOWING SIGNING WITH COOKING VINYL AUSTRALIA. “Now this is a proper f***ing rock band” Justin Hawkins – The Darkness Exploding into view all over the world at the end of 2023 after being featured on every music lover’s favourite YouTube series ‘Justin Hawkins […]
Venue: Sound Board Theatre inside MotorCity Casino City: Detroit, MI Dates: March 28, 2024 Review and Photographs by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur (www.toddstarphotography.com) How do you appropriately kick off a holiday weekend visiting family? I stated mine rocking with a couple thousand of my rock n roll family at Detroit’s Sound Board Theatre with Lita Ford […]
DORO Unleashes Animated Video From Balázs Gróf For ‘Lean Mean Rock Machine’ Legendary heavy metal icon DORO is back with a thunderous new single, ´Lean Mean Rock Machine,´ which comes accompanied by an electrifying animated video crafted by acclaimed visual artist Balázs Gróf. This adrenaline-fueled anthem, taken from her latest album Conqueress- Forever Strong and […]
According to a recent press release: “Rock and Roll born in the Mountain Mud and the Desert Sun… Beastö Blancö was formed by Chuck Garric and Chris Latham. They set out to create a raw, powerful, rock ‘n’ roll band with a searing, theatrical live experience. Enter Calico Cooper, rock vixen and the spawn of […]
Venue: Belknap Park City: Grand Rapids, MI Dates: July 14-15, 2023 Review and Photographs by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur (www.toddstarphotography.com) Upheaval Festival pulled out all the stops for the third round of the now annual festival. Festivals are always a ton of fun, a ton of work, and a chance to reconnect with friends and family in […]
FEATURE VIDEO: THE THE HARD-ONS – APARTMENT FOR TWO By Shane Pinnegar What do you get when you cross Australia’s favourite garage punks with an early ’70s educational TV series made by the Department of Agriculture in the U-S-of-A? Well, friends, you get this madcap retro film clip which is guaranteed to twist your melon. […]
According to a recent press release: “Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Ryan Hamilton has unveiled details for his next studio album Haunted By The Holy Ghost, set for release on March 10 via Wicked Cool Records. Hailed by Spin Magazine as one of the ‘35 Best Lesser Known Artists of the Last 35 Years’, the Fort Worth, Texas-based musician released his first solo album, Hell of a Day, back […]
Forget your mom and dad’s Country music and crossover hits of the 80’s. New single “If You’re Going Through Hell,” will be dropping December 8, 2022 from 8 Track Entertainment to introduce the world to Country Goes Metal, a five-song EP featuring some of country music’s biggest hits covered by popular metalcore band Righteous Vendetta, which will […]
According to a recent press release: “…what limits? Exuding the brave confidence it takes to defy all impossibility, Christian-Rock Artist Jodi Essex’s upcoming six-track EP, Fearless, is a call to build the Kingdom with the strength of a warrior. Having survived cancer at 25, Essex’s courageous perspective on life is powered by an innate sense of […]
An Exclusive Excerpt from Jeff Apter’s new book: BAD BOY BOOGIE: THE TRUE STORY OF AC/DC LEGEND BON SCOTT Presented by 100% ROCK MAGAZINE with kind permission of publishers Allen & Unwin Australia. This is an edited extract from Bad Boy Boogie: The true story of AC/DC legend Bon Scott by Jeff Apter, Allen […]
Today, Evan Stanley (son of KISS’ Paul Stanley) has released an irresistible new cover of “Memories” by Maroon 5 with a cinematic video featuring acclaimed actor Bryan Cranston. Inspired by a Texas road trip, Stanley says, “A lot of that drive is open desert with nothing around, and at one point I saw my fuel gauge getting lower with no gas station in […]
“Rock & Roll”: A Detroit Story… Alice Cooper releases “Rock & Roll” today as a first taste of the upcoming studio album Detroit Stories, coming February 26, 2021 on earMUSIC. “Rock & Roll,” a classic song by The Velvet Underground from the album Loaded, is not a casual choice: It’s a song of joy […]
Canadian modern metal powerhouse LIVING DEAD GIRL is commanding attention with the release of the new single and lyric video “Alive,” an anthemic track about controlling life rather than letting life control you. Watch the video for “Alive” now at https://youtu.be/8qTrGsHCeFg. “‘Alive’ is about standing up and doing whatever you need to do to feel completely alive and […]
New York, NY – [October 5, 2020] – Multi-platinum band Shinedown has presented their first installment check of $230,000 from their “Atlas Falls” COVID-19 fundraiser to humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief, one of the largest providers of humanitarian medical resources in the world whose mission is to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergency situations by mobilizing and […]
Venue: Banker’s Life Fieldhouse City: Indianapolis, IN Date: November 2, 2019 Review and Photographs by: Jeffrey Everett (http://www.jeffrey-everett.com/) “Good things come to those who wait” just about sums up Tool’s latest release Fear Inoculum and its supporting tour. Their first album in 13 years was one of the most highly anticipated in recent music history. It […]
as reflected by Kevin Alfredo (all words and photos)… Selfish. In hindsight, that is how I classified what I felt immediately following reading that awful Tweet on the morning of August 27th which announced Neal Casal’s passing. I thought, “I won’t be able to hear that amazing live tone again.” “I won’t be able to see him effortlessly weave his intricate guitar melodies across the […]
(October 29, 2018, Los Angeles, CA) – After an epic and storied 45 year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced that they will launch their final tour ever in 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. The initial announcement was made a month ago on NBC’s America’s Got Talent which sent the […]
(September 19, 2018, Los Angeles, CA) – After an epic and storied 45 year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced exclusively on NBC’s America’s Got Talent tonight that they are hanging up their 9-inch tall touring boots. The news was delivered in trademark larger-than-life KISS style with a blistering performance of “Detroit […]
