Fates Warning Performs At The Whisky
By Andrew Bansal, December 10th 2013, The Whisky, West Hollywood CA: Progressive metal veterans Fates Warning released their eleventh studio album 'Darkness In A Different Light' via InsideOut Music this year, their first since the 2004 effort 'FWX' and also the first to feature Bobby Jarzombek's drumming talents. Besides, the band hadn't done a full North American headline tour in a long time, so when they embarked upon their current journey last month, fans had a lot to look forward to. The tour finally made its way to West Hollywood and Fates Warning played at the Whisky last night, in front of an eagerly anticipative audience that expected great things from this quintet of incredibly talented musicians. Read full review here

Monte Pittman Headlines The Whisky
By Andrew Bansal, December 7th 2013, The Whisky, West Hollywood CA: Los Angeles-based musician Monte Pittman has quite an interesting backstory, which began with him moving to LA from Texas, becoming a guitar teacher and ending up with Madonna as one of his students, which led to him joining her group as a live guitarist. Other than that, he has performed with a variety of different artists but his first venture into the world of heavy metal was his stint with Prong as a touring guitarist and co-songwriter. He started his solo career in 2009 and explored more and more of his heavy metal/hard rock traits as he went along, which has brought him to this point, playing a headline gig at the Whisky where he presented a 45-minute set of solo material, including a couple of unreleased tunes slated to feature on his next studio album. Read full review here

Cherie Currie Plays 'Toys For Tots' Benefit Show At The Viper Room
By Andrew Bansal, December 6th 2013, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: Former Runaways singer Cherie Currie was away from the world of rock n' roll for a long, long time, but a couple of years back she decided to make a return and has been performing at a level that has almost made it seem like she never went away. Most recently, her band opened for Danzig at the Gibson Amphitheater and put on an excellent show, pleasing longtime Runaways fans and impressing those in the crowd who were unfamiliar with who she is. A little over three months later, she overtook the Viper Room stage for her own headline show, which was tied into a Toys For Tots benefit endeavor by the venue. Read full review here