The death of Ronnie James Dio in 2010 was a critical blow to the hard rock and heavy metal world, as fans and his fellow musicians have continued to mourn his passing. Following the rock titan’s death, two semi-official Dio tribute bands of sorts came into being – Dio Disciples, ...

Last In Line. For those not aware, this band started as essentially the band Dio from their sophomore album lineup, minus Ronnie James (RIP), of course, with Andrew Freeman (Lynch Mob, The Offspring, Raiding the Rock Vault) on lead vocals. In late 2015 keyboardist Claude Schnell was let go in ...

The Appice Brothers have been rocking the world with numerous bands for decades, and have built up a name for themselves in that time, to say the least. In recent years, the two finally united and began doing “Drum Wars” shows together on the live stage. And now, Carmine and ...

On July 12, 2017, Last in Line returned to Vamp’d, with Dinner Music for the Gods as the support act. Last in Line began as a group that combined the classic four Dio band members (Vivian Campbell, Vinny Appice, Claude Schnell, and Jimmy Bain) with vocalist Andrew Freeman (Raiding the ...

Best performance of the year by a local original band TailGun I'd heard rumblings about these guys for quite awhile. And I certainly knew that their front man Dru Jaxin brought the goods both vocally and stage presence-wise. But it wasn't until he kindly slapped down their debut album on ...