Category Archives: Rock, Alternative & Punk

The highly anticipated Trinity Of Terror Tour featuring Black Veil Brides, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless In White and Atreyu rolled into Columbus, Ohio on Friday night for a Sold Out show at Kemba Live! in Columbus, Ohio.

The venue was jam packed and tough to navigate early on due to the long merch lines. The line-up was simply amazing! This particular show was a part of Radio Station 99.7 The Blitz’s 30th Anniversary Concert Series. Popular Radio Personality Ronni Hunter went on to announce each band before they took to the stage and was greeted with cheers from the audience.

100.3 The Bear’s Annual Halloween Howler is one of the area’s must-attend parties of the year!

What do you get when The Northern Pikes and The Pursuit Of Happiness get together? You get the Northern Happiness Tour and they rolled through Kingston last night at The Grand Theatre.

34 years ago, The Northern Pikes started their journey together. Over the years there have been a couple of personnel changes, but they have remained pretty much intact since the mid eighties with the exception of adding Kevin Kane to the lineup on guitar and vocals.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

The Pikes are one of those bands who I think you have to see live to appreciate. With hits like She Ain’t Pretty or Girl With A Problem, we’ve heard them before but until you hear them play live I don’t think you get the idea of just how hard these guys rock. This is no light weight band, they rock with the best of them!

The band resurrected their recording career in 2019 after 16 years with the release of Forest of Love after Kevin Kane joined and it seemed to breathe new life into the Pikes. Another new album was in the works but had to be sidelined with travel and COVID restrictions during the pandemic, I’m sure this project will be available soon for fans.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

After a short intermission, we were treated to a performance by The Pursuit of Happiness, another great Canadian Band from about the same era. Moe Berg and company are always a good time and their anthem I’m An Adult Now is remembered by all rock’n’roll fans who also remember the mid eighties. The band has obviously gone through changes but have had a stable lineup since 1997 when singer Renee Suchy joined.

When you see a band like The Pursuit Of Happiness, it is partially nostalgic, you hear those old songs and it brings unlocks memories of different times in your life. It was the glory days of MuchMusic and that video we all remember of a young Moe Berg proclaiming to be an adult now.

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The current lineup of the band are amazing in their own right. Moe and drummer Dave Gilby are the only remaining original members but Kingston’s own Kris Abbott was a popular attraction at last night’s performance for sure. Her guitar and singing talents did not go unnoticed. The other singer in the show was Renee Suchy, with a voice of an angel. Rounding out the lineup was bassist Brad Barker doing a tremendous job as well.

This tour was a great idea. Two bands from a similar era in Canadian rock music on one bill like this works very well. It was a night for people to reminisce over some songs they may not have heard in a long time, hear some new stuff and just have a good time again. We needed that.

Check out more info about these great Canadian Bands here:

The Pursuit Of Happiness

The Northern Pikes

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

Northern Pikes. Kingston Grand Theatre. October 27, 2022.

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The Pursuit of Happiness, Shenkman Arts Center, Orleans. Photo by Robert Clairmont

Rock band Highly Suspect performed at Kemba Live! in Columbus, Ohio last night on their headlining Fall US tour in support of their 4^th full-length album The Midnight Demon Club, which was released last month.

After a number of cancellations and postponements Johnny Reid finally made it home to Nepean for a nearly sold out show at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe on Monday evening, the 111th show on the Love Someone Tour. For those who don’t know Johnny lived in Nepean with his wife about 20 years ago making this the almost like a hometown show for Johnny.

One of the most legendary rock bands of all time, Journey, announces the continuation of their highly successful tour with the 50th Anniversary Celebration Freedom Tour 2023 featuring, very special guest Toto. Journey, diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will take the stage in 38 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including Don’t Stop Believin’, Any Way You Want It, Faithfully, Lights and more.

Punk-metal L7 put on a great concert at The Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. It was a trip back in time 30 years ago when L7 released their most popular album Bricks Are Heavy. Party like it’s 1992? If you were at The Newport on Thursday night most definitely!

Fall is here but the temperature was far from cold at the Grand Theatre in Kingston last night. Colin James and company were in town on the final stop of their Open Road Tour.

The legends are back! L7 have invited fans to join them in celebrating the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough third album Bricks Are Heavy originally released on April 14, 1992. An electrifying North American fall tour kicked off Oct 3rd when, for the first time ever, they will perform this seminal record front to back including fan favorite “Shitlist” famously featured in Natural Born Killers. To help celebrate, they have added special guest support acts to join them throughout the run including: Downtown Boys, Fea, The Side Eyes, Radkey, Vera Bloom, OMAT and The Black Halos. 

The energetic Aussies were Runnin’ Wild promoting their newest release “Boneshaker” in Edmonton at Midway Music Hall.