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John has written for Albany-area alt-music magazine of yore BUZZ, Goldmine Magazine, and various punk and metal ‘zines. He enjoys loud music, zombie movies, watching his bird feeder, homebrewing, the Red Sox, lawyering and hiding from the plague with his wife, voice talent Donna Frank, until he can go see loud music played live again. Until then, an occasional pint of Guinness will do.

Albany

Flashback: Motörhead, Nashville Pussy, The Supersuckers and Speedealer at Northern Lights –…

John Moore Jun 28, 2021

Motörhead are one of the great metal bands of legend, with a long history of playing multiple gigs throughout the State dating back to their first US tour in 1981: New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo – these cities…

Flashback

Flashback: Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica at Glens Falls Civic Center – April 27, 1986

John Moore Apr 27, 2021

It is rare to see an arena rock show where the headliner gets completely overshadowed by the opening band. It is even rarer when that headliner is a legendarily mighty live performer like ex-Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, with…

Brooklyn

Flashback: Voivod, Soundgarden and Faith No More on St. Patrick’s Day 1990 at L’Amour in Brooklyn

John Moore Mar 17, 2021

St. Patrick’s Day is normally for pints of Guinness, Irish music, parades, and indeed in New York City that was the case in 1990, as always before the plague temporarily swept all that away. The Pogues had played a Friday night gig…

Capital Region

Saratoga Winners welcomes Armored Saint and M-16 on this day in 1988

John Moore Feb 17, 2021

On Wednesday, February 17, 1988, 33 years ago tonight, the ‘headbangingest band in L.A.’, Armored Saint, played a gig at Saratoga Winners in Latham, NY. At the time, the band were touring their great third record, ‘Raising Fear’, on…

Flashback

Flashback to January 25, 1990: Voivod join Soundgarden at The Chance in Poughkeepsie

John Moore Jan 25, 2021

A killer double-bill of Soundgarden and Voivod took place 31 years ago today on January 25, 1990 at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. Actually, it was a triple-bill, a band called The Big F opened, but there was some pretty intense fog. We got…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Lost Breed ‘Speak No Evil’

John Moore Jan 21, 2021

2020 was a year (mostly) devoid of live music, and you’d expect that it should have been full of new music, right? Not as much as you’d think, I’ve found, but this heavy release from Lost Breed, which snuck out near the end of that…

Flashback

Flashback to Jan. 11, 1988 – Dio, Megadeth and Savatage at Glens Falls Civic Center

John Moore Jan 10, 2021

While a lineup of Dio, Megadeth and Savatage may sound like a great 80s metal triple-bill now, 33 years later, this show, in terms of ticket sales, was a flop. The late, great Ronnie James Dio is rightfully heralded as a virtual deity…

Flashback

Flashback to December 8, 1987: Anthrax, Celtic Frost and Exodus at Mid-Hudson Civic Center

John Moore Dec 8, 2020

Nineteen eighty-seven was undoubtedly “the year of the Anthrax.” The Queens thrash metal band released their third album, Among The Living, which elevated them from underground thrash metal heroes to wider acclaim. The first show…

Flashback

Flashback: November 28, 1986 – Metallica and Metal Church at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center

John Moore Nov 28, 2020

Metallica and Metal Church played the night after Thanksgiving in 1986, and the Mid-Hudson Civic Center was sold out. In years following the Mid-Hudson was usually open floor but this show was seated, which killed the vibe a bit, but did…

Flashback

Flashback: November 26, 1989 – Clifton Park Arena hosts Billy Squier, Blue Murder and…

John Moore Nov 26, 2020

Billy Squier had pretty much jumped the shark by ’89 – he was constantly on rock radio in the early 80s, but his melodic hard rock throne had been usurped by hair metal bands by this time. His unintentionally hilarious, career-destroying…

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