Leslie Michele Derrough, Author at Glide Magazine

Tom Keifer of Cinderella Is Nobody’s Fool (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough December 3, 2012 No Comments

Born and raised near Philadelphia, Keifer has always been drawn towards the bluesy side of rock. Forming Cinderella in the very early 80’s and breaking wide open with 1986’s Night Songs, the band is still alive and kicking almost thirty years later, still touring actively on the circuit to sold out audiences; all without a new band album in sight. Their reputation of good songs in an electrifying live set is what keeps fans coming back time and time again.

Guns N’ Roses: The Joint at Hard Rock, Las Vegas, NV, 11/09-11/10/12

Leslie Michele Derrough November 30, 2012 No Comments

This is not your old school GNR. Those days are gone and need to be put aside so that you can enjoy what this band has to offer. If you live in the past too headstrongly, you will miss the finer points of the musicians that Rose has assembled and what individual nuances they bring to such songs as “Sweet Child” and “November Rain.” They are not automaton players set up on stage to reenact the classics note for note, although they do try to keep the originality and integrity of said songs. I

Thom Gimbel of Foreigner (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough November 26, 2012 No Comments

Mick Jones is the only remaining original member but guitar/sax player Tom Gimbel is right behind him at almost twenty years. Having traveled with Aerosmith and Jon Butcher, Gimbel still carries the smile of a newbie looking out at a sea of screaming fans for the first time. It is his enthusiasm that helps catapult Foreigner to the heights they go to each time they jump onto a concert stage, making this ensemble perhaps the best line-up in Foreigner’s career.

Gus G Plays His Heart Out (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough November 19, 2012 No Comments

He is standing on the edge of a stage, long dark hair swirling around him as he rips his guitar strings into a pathological scream for mercy. Being the latest in a respected line of guitar players that Ozzy Osbourne has discovered and bred in his fertile solo band, Gus G is playing his heart out. But what some fans don’t realize is that Gus is not a virgin ingénue. He has been playing guitar since a little kid and in more bands – at one time – than most musicians play with in their entire careers. And now one of those bands is starting to cause a ripple outside of their native Greece with the release of Few Against Many.

Guns N Roses Appetite For Democracy Las Vegas Residency: Interview with Dj Ashba

Leslie Michele Derrough November 15, 2012 No Comments

Building his reputation playing guitar – he now plays alongside Axl Rose and Nikki Sixx in two of the most popular bands in rock & roll – Ashba is now making his name on the other side of plucking chords: as a businessman. I sat down this past weekend with Ashba during GNR’s current Vegas residency and talked to him about this part of his life … after I asked him about those crows that decorate his chest.

Jeff Ament Jams Out With RNDM (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough November 12, 2012 No Comments

Down-to-earth better describes Jeff Ament than hero, a term he would shrug off with a hearty laugh. He was a music fan who became a music maker. That his music became one of the voices of a generation was a nice surprise that has enabled him to make even more music … and continue to skateboard and play basketball instead of punching a time clock every day of the week.

Voodoo Music Experience: New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 10/26 – 10/28/12

Leslie Michele Derrough November 12, 2012 No Comments

Jack White closed out the festival with an enormously simple set of tantalizingly spirited music with minimal frills. At almost twenty songs, White, in pinstripe suit and fedora, smoldered and chased the rock & roll dragon, proving once and for all that he is one of the maestros for all others to emulate and aspire to.

Patterson Hood – Modern Day O. Henry (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough November 8, 2012 No Comments

Patterson Hood had something he wanted to say. He just wasn’t planning on contouring those words into melodies. Instead, the leader of the Drive-By Truckers was making alliterations the old-fashioned way by putting pen to paper and allowing his imagery to tell a story that was painstakingly close to when his life wasn’t so easy

Geoff Tate Moves On From Queensryche (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough November 5, 2012 No Comments

“There’s really not much to say,” Geoff Tate politely says when asked about the Queensryche drama of a few months ago. It’s understandable that the voice of the thinking-man’s metal band would now rather talk about things of a more up-beat nature. The separation from the band he helped mold has been a painful trek and he is more than ready to turn his attention to the more positives in his life.

Brad Gillis

Leslie Michele Derrough October 29, 2012 No Comments

Brad Gillis is one of the reasons Night Ranger has chugged along with the kind of energy you mostly see in bands twice their age. However, on the day that he called in to talk with me about his career, he was enjoying a lazy, beautiful day in the East Bay, “home for eight days so it’s kind of nice,” Gillis laughed.

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