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Michael is a freelance journalist by trade, and a financial representative by profession. His reporting has covered a wide variety of topics including album reviews, sports, local history, climate change and Internet security. He has earned bylines with The Harlem Valley Times, The Spotlight, The Colonie Sports Tracker, 8Ball Music and Upstate Metal.

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Featured Band: GHOST B.C.

Michael Hallisey
Happy New Year, or Happy Halloween - which ever you choose. Today, Upstate Metal turns it's focus on a band whose flamboyant theatrics for making a mockery out of the Catholic Church turns every day into Halloween. When Ghost B.C. takes to…
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Lou Reed by Proxy

Michael Hallisey
I experienced Lou Reed by proxy while attending a creative writing course at a community school in Troy, NY.  Joe Cardillo walked into his class room, always wearing a black sweater, black leather jacket, Army-issue pants, black-leather…
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Buckcherry boots bassist

Michael Hallisey
Buckcherry has divorced from bassist Jimmy Ashurst, and it was confirmed in separate statements this weekend. "With heavy hearts and with great difficulty, we have decided to part ways with our longtime bandmate Jimmy Ashurst," stated the…
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Busy Dave Grohl getting recognized

Michael Hallisey
Dave Grohl’s involvement with Swedish rockers, Ghost, was the butt of one April Fool’s prank earlier in the year, but his contributions to the Rock & Roll world may finally be rewarded with a prestigious accolade come next May.…
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Heart of Hand, bassist split

Michael Hallisey
It was reported Monday that Brit-rockers, Heart of Hand had parted ways with their bassist, Carl Martin. The band released a statement over Facebook and Twitter recognizing Martin for being there "from the start" and complimenting him …
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Spirit of flight lost on Psycroptic

Michael Hallisey
Those who often travel usually have horror stories to share about missing luggage, or being bumped from their flight.  The members of death metal band Psycroptic recently joined that fraternity, in a most inconvenient way. Psycroptic is a…