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Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew

"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current  |  Alan Sculley  |  11-28-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Alejandro Escovedo Presents 'Big Station', his Superb New Albumnew

San Antonio-born Alejandro Escovedo got a new lease on life when he overcame a severe case of hepatitis C that sidelined him from music, left him too weak to walk for a while, and had doctors believing he wouldn't survive the disease.
San Antonio Current  |  Alan Sculley  |  09-20-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Creed: The band everyone loves to hatenew

If anyone can speak to the truth of the old saying "you don't miss what you had until it's gone," it's Mark Tremonti, guitarist of Creed.
San Antonio Current  |  Alan Sculley  |  08-09-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Paul Stanley promises brand-new Kiss spectacle with Crüe, The Treatmentnew

Kiss has never worried about being upstaged by an opening act.
San Antonio Current  |  Alan Sculley  |  08-02-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

With a new drummer, Dream Theater still deliversnew

John Petrucci knows plenty of Dream Theater fans will view the title of the group's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, as directly related to the major change in the band that preceded the new recording.
San Antonio Current  |  Alan Sculley  |  07-06-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

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