Mad Juana Needs Your Help
Help fund Mad Juana’s new album! Way back in 2005 I saw Mad Juana for the first time. It was at a either a Tsunami or Katrina Fundraiser at Arlenes, and they were either before...
Two Nights Two Shows
Did something slightly different last Friday. Joanna and I made it over to the Prudential Center in Newark and saw Muse. Been a fan for of the band for years. Did see them seven or...
Where the Wild West Went and Where It Is Going
Below is the third of three posts I put together way back in December 2005 – Christmas Day in fact. In short the first two were post were the likes of Thin Lizzy and Ian...
Some Prospects for 2016!
Happy New Year to All! Something a little different for the first post of 2016! We reached out to various bands over the last week or two and asked them: What they are looking forward...
A Gillan Show – Recollections and a Reposting of the Western Front
We continue celebrating ten year of the Wild West and the Western Front. What follows was originally published back on December 12th, 2005 and focuses on some recollections of the a Gillan show from a...
Recollections on two shows and how the Wild West began. . .
Originally published back on December 10th, 2005. There has been ten years of various projects at the Wild West. Some successful, some not. Through the ups and downs of the Wild West, the Western Front...
A Shout Out to Two Bands and a Friend and Musician. . .
I just wanted to give a nod to two bands that I have been following over the years. Both recently had some success. I am talking bout KillCode and Jane Lee Hooker and their recent...
Don’t Count Me in for Guns N’ Roses. . .
It was recently announced or speculated that the original line-up of Guns N’ Roses will reform and tour in 2016. I dont know. . . regardless of how good Appetite for Destruction was, it was...
A Story of Sound and Fury. . .
Tonight I want to zero in on a current trend and a new band and the differences between the two. The trend I am talking about is vinyl records and the act is one I...
The Old and the New
It is hard not to run into the dilemma of the old and the new in the NYC music scene. If a band is around for any period of time it is old. If a...