Raiding the Rock Vault with Doug Aldrich special appearance at Vinyl inside the Hard Rock Hotel!!!!
Full review in “Sin City” Presents Magazine here: World’s Greatest Rock Show-Stratosphere Hotel & Casino
Metal Allegiance @ Counts Vampd 1/08/16
By: Leah Burlington
When I went to Vampd to see this band Metal Allegiance, I had no idea what I was in for. I only knew that there was a few pretty big rock stars or shall I say metal stars, on the bill including Mike Portnoy, Dave Ellefson, and Alex Skolnick. I didn’t know what it was all about. I just figured it was going to be a killer night of metal cover songs. Little did I know that Metal Allegiance is not just a cover band, it is a gathering of metal icons that got together and actually made a new album called “Metal Allegiance” that came out in 2015 on nuclear blast. Each show can be different musicians as there are so many from the metal world that will get together and play out live. They do play cover songs of all sorts of metal genre’s, from old school metal and thrash metal. They also play songs from their new album, which by the way is a breath of fresh air. It hearkens back to the days when metal ruled the world. With guys like Mike, Alex and Dave writing, you know this album would be perfection.
This lineup consisted of Mike Portnoy on drums, Dave Ellefson/guitar, Alex Skolnick/guitar, Mark Osegueda/ vocals, Mark Menghi/ bass, Phil Demmel/ guitar, and Troy Sanders/ vocals. I didn’t know who Troy was but later found out he’s the singer of Mastadon. That dude was probably the highlight of the show with his crazy onstage presence and wild gesturing and grimaces, that dude was pretty amazing. Not to be outdone was the mighty Mark Osegueda from Death Angel who sang Dio with perfection as well as Priest or Maiden like a boss. The line up was a who’s who in Metal and they brought it on like the legends that they are with such intensity and earth shattering solos by Skolnick, who was right up in our faces most of the show, and Phil Demmel from Machine head, ripping solos on his polka dotted flying V. These guys meant business and they played sixteen covers from bands like Priest, Metallica, AC/DC, Maiden, Accept, Dio Van Halen, and finished the set with a tribute to Motorhead. They also played some songs off their new album, “Can’t Kill the Devil”, “Let Darkness Fall”, “Dying Song” and their theme song, “Pledge of Allegiance”. Their original stuff is a tribute to old school thrash and heavy metal with all the attitude and talent you would expect from musicians of this caliber. These guys still have the spirit after all these years and they still love what they do.
The show was a head banging great time and my ears rang for a few days after. This was one of the best metal shows ever at Vampd, as it was old school metal at its finest, with some of the finest metal musicians in the biz. I am happy I went as I had a killer time. Hope they come back again!!
You can find more on Metal Allegiance here: http://www.metalallegiance.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metalallegiancetour/?fref=ts
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My shoot with the local band “TailGun” In studio on high key white and low key on black.
Let it Rawk: At Count’s Vampd 8/01/15
by: Leah Burlington
Let it Rawk is an All Star Band with musicians that all had big bands in the 80’s. The main man is founder and guitarist Stacey Blades, who played with LA Guns and Roxx Gang. They also have their main singer from Black n ‘N Blue, Jaime James wailing on vocals. There are some other musicians that come and go from show to show and this incarnation was with the mighty Oz Fox from Stryper on guitars, Jimmy DAnda from Bullet Boys on the drum kit and Sean McNabb on bass who has played with just about everyone, including, Quiet Riot, Lynch Mob, House of Lords and more.
Let it Rawk is a feel good show with so many of our favorite songs of our 80’s era with all the pomp and glam of the day. All these guys are talented and been in the spotlight in their own right most their lives and they give it all they have onstage. Let it Rawk puts on one hell of a rock n roll show!! Make sure to go see them if they come your way!!
Set List is: Autoblast, Wanted man, Into the Fire, Never Enough, Rattlesnake (An original song), Love Machine, For the Love of Money, Miss Mystery, Two Time Woman, American Rebels (Another original) The Hunter, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Wild Side, Mr. Brownstone, Round and Round, and I Wanna Rock.
Doing a studio photo shoot with the lovely and talented Rock Goddess, Leona X was a pleasure and a gift. I got to shoot one of the most amazing rocker ladies out there with her gorgeous blue “Goddess” by Gibson and her 65 Gibson SG. As she came out in her self made blinged out “Elvis” looking cat suit, I knew I was in for a rare treat! She looked stunning and as rocking as you can get!! We did three outfits in two rooms, one high key and one low and spent three hours laughing and just having fun! This is just some of the shots I got out of the session…
You can see Leona X on the Cover of the new issue of Sin City Presents Magazine along with an in depth interview coming Oct 1st 2015 here: Sin City Presents
Website: Leona X Rocks
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Leona X on Youtube: Leona X: Are You Ready for This?
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GREAT night with Scot Coogan’s All Star Jam with 6 Foot Nurse, Arsenal from Rock of Ages, Stoney Curtis Band, Members of Eagles of Death Metal, Members of Ace Frehley’s band, Chickenhawk, Eric Dover of Jellyfish & DJ Lethal.
Excellent jam with SO many talented musicians who all played into the wee hours of the morning. All star jam’s and killer cover bands had everyone rocking all night long!! So much love and comraderie was celebrated amongst good friends, old and new. Rockers and hipsters, punkers and cowboys. They were all there to celebrate rock and its thriving scene in Las Vegas, especially at downtown’s very own Backstage Bar & Billiards for its two year anniversary. Music and liquor flowed with ease with zero drama and bands eager to please. Thanks goes out to Big Daddy and Ava for their hospitality and to Scot Coogan and Traci Smith for hosting and putting on an excellent show. Especially much love goes to Scot “The Coogiemonster” Coogan for playing most the night behind the kit with most the bands. Good times had by all!! Lets do this again next year!!! \mXm/
The talented Doug Aldrich (From Whitesnake, Lion, Hurricane & Burning Rain) joined Raiding the Rock Vault show on the second season and second year the show has been at the LVH in Las Vegas! He is a nice fit into the rock star show that has the greatest set list ever!! You can see him nightly shredding up the stage 5 nights a week!!
Get your tickets here: http://www.raidingtherockvault.com/
Check out his site here: http://www.dougaldrich.com/
Rock Over America concert review featuring Photography of Leah Burlington.
For Full review by Taylor Carlson go to Rockoveramerica.com here: