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Ramones - (Akron ) & Akron agora & Crossroads (akron )

Published Dec. 27, 2009 at 8:56 a.m.

I had so many girls phone numbers that I could not keep track of them ... There was always a after hours party somewhere after closing time ... The ...

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Around Hear: 16th Annual Mushroomhead Halloween

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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

And more local music news ... by D.X. Ferris ... Mushroomhead will celebrate their 16th annual Halloween show with their first live DVD shoot. On Saturday, October 31, Cleveland's masked metal kings will stage their most elaborate Halloween concert to date, incorporating props from previous years, at the Agora Theater (5000 Euclid Ave.). "Take the last five Halloween shows, and throw 'em all together — plus some extras," says drummer/band leader Steve "Skinny" Felton. A crew will shoot with

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New Springsteen Book Chronicles Darkness Tour

Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 9:46 a.m.
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Lawrence Kirsch first saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on 1975’s Born to Run tour. “The guy killed us with three-and-a-half hours of jumping off scaffolding and pianos and going into the audience and going totally bezerko,” Kirsch recalls ... He instantly became a fan. So when his cousin offered him a ticket to see the Boss’ first show on the 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town tour in Buffalo, he made the drive from his Montreal home to see the concert ... “[Springsteen]

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Bill Peters lands Anvil

Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 12:12 p.m.

Back in 1982, when Bill Peters started his popular indie-metal program on John Carroll University’s WJCU 88.7 FM, he dubbed it Metal on Metal after a song by Canadian metal band Anvil. He opens his show each Friday at 6:30 p.m. with the Anvil tracks “March of the Crabs” and “Metal on Metal.” As he told Blabblermouth.com, “I saw the band play in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Cleveland Agora on the 'Metal On Metal' tour and have been a diehard fan ever since." ...

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Money Where Your Mouth Is: 2 Men and a Campfire

Published July 16, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
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This is the part of C-Notes where we let those who make the music do the talkin' ... Band: 2 Men and a Campfire ... Website: myspace.com/2menandacampfire ... Hometown: Cleveland ... Sounds Like: "A mixture of Martin Rosewood and Gibson Maple strumming some bronze steel strings over a hickory campfire, throw in a hillbilly version of Tom Petty playing acoustics with Leo Kottke on ... steroids." ... Fun Fact: "Brandi Carlile insisted that we autograph a copy of our mastered CD recently so she

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Concert Review: Vast at the Agora, 5/13

Published May 14, 2009 at 11:03 a.m.
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For a Wednesday night, Vast drew quite a crowd at the Agora. That's quite a feat, considering the band doesn't get much publicity these days ... After being dropped by a major label several years back, frontman Jon Crosby created his own label, 2blossoms, just so he could release Vast's albums. Without much push, the group has soldiered on ... Their set started with a five-minute lght-show teaser. Cheers erupted at the slightest sign of life behind the stage. Crosby finally emerged from the

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Jane Scott Celebrates 125th Birthday

Published May 5, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
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A gaggle of family, old friends and ex-colleagues gathered at the Agora’s Town Fryer restaurant Saturday to celebrate the 90th birthday of rock-journalism icon Jane Scott, once dubbed “the world’s oldest teenager.” ... Scott, who worked at The Plain Dealer for 50 years prior to her 2002 retirement, started out as most women reporters did in the 50s, writing society and club news. But when the Beatles broke out in 1964, she inherited the rock-music beat by default: No one else took the

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Jigsaw Drama Continues

Published April 17, 2009 at 5:28 p.m.
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The Agora-Jigsaw quagmire has a big new lawsuit, and the Black Keys still don’t have their money ... In January, Akron’s Black Keys (pictured) sold out two shows at the Agora Theatre, moving a combined total of 3,800 tickets at $28.50 apiece. The band still hasn’t been paid. As of April, Terry Buckwalter, a partner in Euclid 5012 LLC. — that’s the corporation formed between Jigsaw Saloon and Stage partners Buckwalter and Phil Lara, plus Agora owner Hank Loconti, for purposes of running

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This Just In: Concert Announcements

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Published April 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.
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This week, we have 40 new shows — from Aerosmith to ZZ TOP (at a single concert!). —D.X. Ferris ... SOLD OUT ... Jeff Beck/Davy Knowles (Back Door Slam): Wed., April 15, 7 p.m., $42.50-$89.50. House of Blues ... We the Kings/Forever the Sickest Kids/the Cab/Never Shout Never/Hey Mercedes: Fri., April 24, 6 p.m., $17. House of Blues ... THIS JUST IN ... Aerosmith/ZZ Top: Thu., Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m., $29-$189/four-pack lawn tickets $81 (LiveNation.com). Blossom Music Center ... Bobbie Peru

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