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Oldschool Sunday: THE MONKS

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker March 29, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: THE MONKS https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/29/oldschool-sunday-the-monks/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The “Anti-Beatles” is what five American GIs stationed in Germany would come to be referred to as, but in 1964, the band formerly known as The Torquays took a new name, THE MONKS. In the time spent under their previous band name, [...]

GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #2: CONCLAVE’s Chris Giguere

Leanne Ridgeway March 24, 2020 GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #2: CONCLAVE’s Chris Giguere https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/24/gear-assembly-series-2-conclave-chris-giguere/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music world is drastic. Many of us feel overwhelmed, yet some are asking “What can we do? Everyone is affected.” Extremely true and not everyone is able to donate money or spare time in these uncertain days. Trying to think of [...]

Oldschool Sunday: ATAVIST [New Album Nears After 13 Years]

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker March 22, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: ATAVIST [New Album Nears After 13 Years] https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/22/oldschool-sunday-atavist-new-album-nears/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Much like the people espousing them to begin with, opinions and beliefs held by folks differ as much as daylight and darkness themselves do. One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure and one man’s definition of “old school” is most certainly not [...]

GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #1: MOS GENERATOR’s Tony Reed

Leanne Ridgeway March 21, 2020 GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #1: MOS GENERATOR’s Tony Reed https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/21/gear-assembly-series-1-mos-generator-tony-reed/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music world is drastic. Many of us feel overwhelmed, yet some are asking “What can we do? Everyone is affected.” Extremely true and not everyone is able to donate money or spare time in these uncertain days. Trying to think of [...]

Oldschool Sunday: SURF PUNKS

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker March 15, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: SURF PUNKS https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/15/oldschool-sunday-surf-punks/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Our origin story today begins in the United States circa 1976, as the nation celebrated its bicentennial that year, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale were elected President and Vice-President of the very same. Other notable happenings included Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak [...]

Oldschool Sunday: GREEN CARNATION [14 Year Absence Ends w/ New Album + Video]

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker March 8, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: GREEN CARNATION [14 Year Absence Ends w/ New Album + Video] https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/08/oldschool-sunday-green-carnation-new-album-video/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Our origin story today begins in Kristiansand, Norway, in the year 1990, where multi-instrumentalist Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort) founded a band believed to have taken its name from an infamously controversial novel. GREEN CARNATION also consists of vocalist Richart Olsen, guitarist [...]

Oldschool Sunday: HEAD OF DAVID

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker March 1, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: HEAD OF DAVID https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/03/01/oldschool-sunday-head-of-david/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The region in and around Birmingham in the United Kingdom has been ground zero for the birth of many now-well known bands, some of which are legendary. From Traffic to Black Sabbath, to Wizzard, The Moody Blues, Electric Light Orchestra, and Duran [...]

Oldschool Sunday: THIRD WORLD WAR

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker February 23, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: THIRD WORLD WAR https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/02/23/oldschool-sunday-third-world-war/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor We find ourselves in London, at the arrival of the Seventies, where many things are happening in the world of music that reflects events in the real world. The hippie subculture of the Sixties produced a plethora of fantastic bands and music [...]

Retro Riffs: RUSH ‘Fly By Night’ Album Review & Stream

Brett Schacht February 22, 2020 Retro Riffs: RUSH ‘Fly By Night’ Album Review & Stream https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/02/22/retro-riffs-rush-fly-by-night-album-review-stream/ Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Some things are just meant to be. After the unfortunate necessity of RUSH having to part with original drummer John Rutsey arose, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were set on a collision course with their destiny in the form of one Neil Peart. In [...]

Oldschool Sunday: SHADOW KING

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker February 16, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: SHADOW KING https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/02/16/oldschool-sunday-shadow-king/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor To hear most of the accomplished and successful musicians tell it, most band efforts are a struggle; a true test of ones’ make up and resolve. We all know of numerous ones that eventually made it, where they sat on top of [...]

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