by Dan Metz | Oct 8, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies, Music
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Image from Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019), picture from IMDB.com If I were writing this review in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early ‘80s, I’d be a dead man. It’s nothing...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 11, 2017 | Book Club, Culture
During the fall and winter seasons, you are most likely doing all of your reading indoors, commute included. When the weather gets warmer in New York, reading is something that many people choose to do outdoors, whether at the beach, at a park or on a rooftop. In...
by Downtown Magazine | Feb 9, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
When it comes to Geoff Tate, forget everything you would expect from a hard rock vocalist. He has a multi-octave vocal range. He is very well-read. He makes wine. He enjoys the house restoration process. And 35 years after he co-founded Queensrÿche — whose hits...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 6, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Derek Oliver began his A&R career with Atlantic Records in the late 1980s. He became Vice President of A&R at Atco Records shortly after and then Senior Vice President of A&R at Elektra Records. His next destination was Roadrunner Records’ A&R...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 23, 2016 | Music
Having formed from the roots of the band Shell Shock, Crowbar debuted in 1991 with the album Obedience Thru Suffering. The New Orleans band’s 1993 self-titled album was produced by Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo and two of its videos achieved airplay via Beavis...