A Day at Mayhem: Part I (Morning Glory)

By David Buchanan on August 5th, 2008

It’s a 4 hour drive to Virginia Beach, Virginia from Sanford, North Carolina. On one hot day on the first Friday in August, my friend Mariese Weldon and I made our way to Verizon Wireless Virgina Beach Amphitheater stop of the 1st Annual Mayhem Festival sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drinks. As we approached the festival [...]

Listen: Black Tide

By David Buchanan on July 17th, 2008

In the years since 80s metal, we’ve transcended into multiple sub-genres that occasionally boggle the mind.  Between alternative, punk, post-grunge, rap-rock, emo, and groups that use MIDI samples from NES games between riffs, one gets the feeling that old school rock has died. Enter Black Tide – a band of misfits with a 15 year [...]