Author Mick McDonald

The Mighty Swine are a progressive, hard rock/classic heavy metal band highly underrated in the Midwest, gearing up for Dirt Fest 2014. (more…)...

Mick McDonald spent some time interviewing Michael Wilton of Queensryche at the 26th Annual Sandy Corley Memorial Run a few weeks ago. (more…)...

Lawrence Gowan speaks on his career in Styx, "The Soundtrack of Summer Tour" with Foreigner, and more. (more…)...

A good cause and four metal bands lead to a weekend of rock n' roll at the Double JJ Ranch & Resort on a beautiful June weekend in Rural Michigan. (more…)...

Trouble, one of the bands known as the 'creators of doom metal', are back on the road touring and recently made a stop in the Detroit area. (more…)...

As the chart busting Goo Goo Dolls are heading for a lengthy foray on the road, the band's bassist, Robby Takec, speaks with NRR about all things Goo. (more…)...

Hard Rock super-group Cheap Thrill brought along big thrills to the packed crowd at Diesel last Friday night while Chrome Mollie gave it their All Or Nuthin' (pun intended!) (more…)...

Just in from Sweden and their future ahead of them, Queensryche returned triumphant to fans in Michigan proving they are still Queen of the Reich! (more…)...

Motor City originals, Chrome Mollie, known for the down and dirty style of old school hard rock, have just released their killer new album All or Nuthin'. (more…)...

The penultimate tour for Queensryche starring Geoff Tate wowed fans in Detroit with the performance of his epic concept album, Operation: Mindcrime. (more…)...