Armored Saint

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…

The Mid-Hudson Civic Center is not a particularly huge arena by normal standards, but the fact that it was less than half-full on this night made it seem that much bigger. This was a solid triple-bill of 1987 real metal - dubbed the…

“Basically, I don’t do anything profound at all, all I do is play shapes.” –A humble George Lynch said dressed in a casual jogging suit during his guitar clinic on the third day of this year’s Monsters of Rock Cruise. This particular…

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian with his wife Pearl Aday, have teamed up with The Cult drummer John Tempesta, Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera, and Mother Superior vocalist Jim Wilson have formed Motor Sister. Scott Ian spoke of the formation…