It’s tough to say what the expectations were for the Smashing Pumpkins new album, Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. It would mark the first time the trio of Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin (3/4 of the original Pumpkins lineup) would enter the studio together since the Machina records in 2000. Continue reading “An Invigorated Smashing Pumpkins Showcase Past and Future in Solid Return to the Studio”
Remember the Fall of 1998? Clinton was in the White House and in all sorts of trouble, Saving Private Ryan and Titanic were the films of the year, and you were running AOL on your Windows 98 through a dial up connection. It was also the among the final glory days of the compact disc, and on September 22nd the Goo Goo Dolls released Dizzy Up the Girl, their multi-platinum selling sixth studio album. Continue reading “Two Decades of Dizzy: Goo Goo Dolls Celebrate 20 Years of Dizzy Up The Girl in Denver”
Way back in August of 1995, just six months after their first public show, Foo Fighters played to about a thousand people at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado. Much like the city, the band has gotten a lot bigger since then, but that little club on Colfax hasn’t been forgotten by Dave Grohl. The frontman proudly proclaimed to the 17,000+ in attendance Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, Continue reading “Getting the Best of Foo: An Evening in Denver with the Foo Fighters”
After closing its doors for most of the summer while renovations were being done to the 111 year old building, the Fillmore Auditorium re-opened just in time for Collective Soul and 3 Doors Down to bring their co-headlining Rock & Roll Express Tour to Denver. The 3,900 capacity hall was mostly full as the two bands treated the Colorado crowd to an evening of good old fashioned rock music along with a side of both nostalgia and patriotism to go with it. Continue reading “The Rock & Roll Express Tour Rides Into Denver As Collective Soul and 3 Doors Down Visit The Fillmore Auditorium.”
If you wanted hits, you probably left happy. If you wanted deep cuts, you probably left happy. If you wanted to get home before midnight on a Wednesday night, you might have been out of luck there. The Smashing Pumpkins brought their monster 3+ hour, 31 song set to Denver’s Pepsi Center as they entered the final few shows of their two-month long Shiny & Oh So Bright Tour. Continue reading “Come September, Come The Pumpkins: The Smashing Pumpkins Bring Their “Shiny & Oh So Bright” Tour To Denver”
By the time Weezer released their 1994 debut Blue Album that took the music world by storm, Pixies were already over a year into what would be an 11 year breakup after carving out their place as one of alternative rock’s most important bands. Fast forward to the summer of 2018 where both bands are in fine form and touring the country together when they stopped in Greenwood Village, Colorado’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. Continue reading “So Happy Together: Weezer and Pixies Team Up To Rock Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater”
