It was Groundhog Day in Albany, but an appearance by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson – doing a band-and-(mostly)-music-free solo talking show – is hardly!-->…
36 years ago tonight, 1985-style real metal rolled into the Nippertown area: IRON MAIDEN and ACCEPT at the Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY.This!-->!-->!-->…
35 years ago today, February 14, 1986, romance was not on the menu at the short-lived JB’s Theater in Albany, when legendary British metal stalwarts Saxon!-->…
LIVE (RETRO) AND A Q&A WITH RAVEN’S JOHN GALLAGHERThe metal came to RPI Fieldhouse on this day in 1987 – a pretty eclectic bill, LA glam-metallers!-->!-->!-->…
35 years ago tonight, New York heavies Twisted Sister played the Glens Falls Civic Center, with LA commercial rockers Dokken in support. This tour was in!-->…
30 years ago tonight, January 14, 1991: JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany. (Photos by Mark Kurtzner)This was the ‘Painkiller’!-->!-->!-->…
36 years ago tonight, the “Two outta three ain’t bad Tour”: Metallica, W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint at The Skyway Club in Scotia, NY. Yes, Metallica played in!-->…
This Albany show – 34 years ago tonight – was a long-overdue return to the road for missing-in-action heavy-horror icon ALICE COOPER, a tour dubbed ‘The!-->…
38 years ago tonight, Oct. 8, 1982, one of the most world-destroying shows to ever play the Albany area: ‘Screaming for Vengeance’-era Judas Priest and ‘Number!-->…
KING’S X are one of the mightiest “should’ve been bigger” bands of all time – a band who were truly never anywhere near as big as they should have been (or,!-->…
38 years ago tonight, September 23, 1982: Blue Öyster Cult at the Palace Theater in Albany, with early 80s one-hit-wonder Aldo Nova supporting.Opening act!-->!-->!-->…
30 years ago tonight, on September 6, 1990, a roaring triple-bill of hardcore thrash metal rolled into Saratoga Winners in Latham, NY: EXODUS, SUICIDAL!-->…
33 years ago tonight, Aug. 30, 1987: a packed gig: Irish guitarist Gary Moore at Saratoga Winners in Latham, NY. This was the only solo gig he ever played in!-->…
32 years ago tonight, Aug. 5, 1988: Judas Priest on the ‘Ram It Down’ tour at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY. The weather was great and the place was packed for!-->…
Two years ago tonight, August 1, 2018, SLAYER played their last-ever area gig at Albany’s Times Union Center, with LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT and NAPALM!-->…
Check out a classic review from a show that took place on this date in Nippertown concert history.It was a raucous, sweaty show.The opening band was!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…