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Minor League Rocker
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Minor League Rocker is the story of a musician inhabiting the nether regions of the music world. Read on as he battles shady promoters, ramshackle stages and the dreaded "creative differences."
Recent Posts
Tribute to the Gods Recap
We had kind of an unusual show Friday night - it was a night of all cover tunes as part of the Tribute to the Gods II show. Well, we snuck two originals into the mix. It was also our first time playing that venue (Goathead Saloon in Mesa). It was a r...
A Musical Pet Peeve
I have this really funny musical pet peeve. When I’m at a gig and I see other guitarists who don’t trim the ends of their strings, it drive me crazy. There’s something about a frazzle of metallic spaghetti whipping around a guitar...
We’re Paying Tribute to the Gods!
Next weekend, Hung Dynasty is going to be up to something unusual - we’re pitching in to hail the hairy heros we grew up with at the Tribute to the Gods II show. We’ve put together a full set of covers from our musical influences - Judas ...
A New Band Member for Hung Dynasty
There’s something I alluded to in that earlier video post - but let me spell it out for you now: Hung Dynasty has a new bassist. And it is none other than Chris Burns, who is a longtime fan, fill-in bassist and general mensch. I am certain he i...
Female-fronted Metal Bands #3 - The Gathering
Anneke van Giersbergen, former singer of The Gathering. (I have no idea who took this photo. If YOU did, let me know!) It never ceases to amaze me how much cool stuff never manages to wash ashore in America. I’ve lamented the shaft female-front...
A Chuckle from the 80s Band Survivor
So when I was a kid, the Rocky movies started coming out. And I have to admit, they made me love the band Survivor. Yes, I am unashamed to tell you that I loved “Eye of the Tiger.” In a way, Survivor was proto-power metal, before the genr...

