“This is incredible. I just got a chill hearing you say that...When I was living in L.A., I met Jon Bon Jovi in a grocery store at 1 in the morning. I said, 'Do you have any advice?' And he... Continue Reading →
“It’s so hot…I saw a cat with a Gatorade.” -Dirt Nasty (Simon Rex) The heat outside Vinyl Music Hall couldn’t compare to the heat inside when Mickey Avalon returned to the Downtown Pensacola hotspot with Dirt Nasty (Simon Rex) for... Continue Reading →
“We love you too!” John Hogg said to the crowd after “Color Blind” reached its haunting end. The band paused briefly in the Vinyl Music Hall applause before launching into Led Zeppelin’s “Custard Pie”. Marking their first appearance at Vinyl... Continue Reading →
Andrew W.K. made a confession during his show at Vinyl Music Hall. He looked down at the stage, then directly into the crowd of fans who came to party. “To be honest, I don’t think we’ve ever partied in Pensacola,”... Continue Reading →
It was the night the spotlight went out in Pensacola. But The Independents lit up the stage at Chizuko right after it went dark. It all started with The Spillers followed by Pensacola’s longest running punk band Earl’s Killer Squirrel. But... Continue Reading →
“Early morning, April four, Shots ring out in the Memphis sky. Free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride.” – U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love) Exactly 46 years after the assassination of Dr.... Continue Reading →
Dear Anthrax, I’m sorry, but Tim couldn’t make it. You rocked Club LA and of all the people there, one of your biggest fans wasn’t. “Anthrax saved my life,” he said. A few nights after that epic show, we were... Continue Reading →