Leslie Michele Derrough

Roxy Gunn Rocks Vegas (INTERVIEW)

Fronting the Roxy Gunn Project for only a little over a year now, the band is percolating just under the rock & roll radar. But things are really beginning to kick in. Late last year Roxy was picked to play the part of Michael Pare’ and Diane Lane’s musician daughter in the movie sequel to Street Of Fire, which should premier sometime later this year. The band also contributed both original songs and material written by Jim Steinman, who is most recognized for penning songs for Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler. It was an exciting time for Roxy and her band, which consists of guitar player Jon Mills, bass player Chris Reject and drummer Ryan J.

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Foo Fighters: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA, 05/06/12

With “The Pretender” coming early in the set all the way up through the closing “Dear Rosemary/Breakdown/Everlong”, it was a Foo Fighters mash up at breakneck speed. “We like to play as long as we can, “Grohl spouted before kicking off “Learn To Fly”. “So I hope you don’t mind if we just play until we feel like we’re going to barf … If you want to hear a couple hours of music, we’ll try to go there for you.” And you knew that if they could get away with it, they wouldn’t stop till dawn.

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Dave Ellefson of Megadeth (INTERVIEW)

Do you ever wonder if professional musicians are really happy? They claim to love their time on the stage but most of the other hours tend to be a series of bus rides, generic dressing rooms, interviews with journalists and lots of sitting around doing nothing. After a while this can become insanely monotonous. But if you listen to Megadeth’s bass player Dave Ellefson talk, you get the impression that life on the road and in the studio is nothing short of total bliss.

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Kris Wiechmann of Brand New Sin (INTERVIEW)

Slowly the Syracuse, New York band Brand New Sin has been building a following up and down the East Coast with their unique brand of punk-flavored rock & roll. With original guitar player taking over the lead vocal spot a few years ago and with the addition of new guitar player Tommy Matkowski, BNS is finally seeing all their hard work and hard-headed determination pay off with more touring dates, even more fans and a new CD called United State

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Atomic Guitarist John 5 (INTERVIEW)

You wouldn’t think that a man who plays atomic guitar riffs for Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie would be so "normal"," but that is exactly what John 5 is.

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Regan Hagar of Brad – 20 Years and Counting (INTERVIEW)

 Enter Brad, the musical child of Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and Satchel’s Shawn Smith and Regan Hagar, who also played drums for Malfunkshun during their tenure before Wood headed up Mother Love Bone with Gossard. With their new record United We Stand released last week, Brad is back with some 70’s-like grooves and a fresh-sounding energy with tunes such as “Diamond Blues”, “Needle And Thread”, “Miles Of Rope” and first single, “A Reason To Be In My Own Skin”.  Regan Hagar recently called Glide to talk about the new album.

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Jack Blades of Night Ranger (INTERVIEW)

Jack Blades is driving. After talking for a few minutes about his new solo record Rock N Roll Ride, he has to switch to his cell phone and finish our interview as he heads out on an errand.  The Night Ranger front-man is exactly as you would imagine him to be: friendly, energetic, happy. If you thought maybe his stage persona of the hyperactive lead singer running all over the stage, singing and talking fast was just part of the performance – rest assured, Jack Blades has no plans on slowing down anytime soon.

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA, 4/28, 4/29/12

The first weekend of the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans has come and gone with an incredible bang. Not only did a reunited Beach Boys close out the first day but Tom Petty dug his heels into some blues on day two and Bruce Springsteen amassed a congregation thousands strong on day three as he preached and prayed, boogied and rocked. It was a weekend of legends not ready to settle down slowly.

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Steve Morse – Deep Purple and Flying Colors (INTERVIEW)

Most know guitarist Steve Morse as the lead guitarist for Deep Purple since 1994, replacing the legendary Ritchie Blackmore. However most recently, Morse has joined forces with ex-Dream Theater drum hero Mike Portnoy, vocalist Casey McPherson, multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse and bass player Dave LaRue to record an eclectic new CD with a band they have dubbed Flying Colors.

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Blue October : Hard Rock Live, Biloxi, MS, 03/23/12

Blue October vocalist Furstenfeld is a poet how does not hide his emotions, he does not run from them and he certainly doesn’t consider them to be private. By sharing his experiences he can possibly change a person’s life.

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