Inkcarceration SOLD OUT Festival 2021 | Review ‘Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, OH

What started in 2015 as a joint venture between one local promoter and a historic prison, has evolved into much more in just 6 years. Surviving a major breakup (partnership dissolving in 2018), a name change (previously ‘Ink In The Clink’), then cancelled in 2020 due to a global pandemic (Covid-19) this festival has seen … Read more

Aftershock 2019

California’s largest Rock festival grew even larger in 2019, not only adding more talent, and an extra day, but most importantly, it brought more fans… a record (for Aftershock) 95,000 fans. For #MischievousMel and I, Aftershock was always one of our favorite festivals because we lived in California, it was a chance to stay with … Read more

Badflower and the Secret of the “Frosty Jordan”

With 2 #1 hit singles (“Ghost” and “Heroin”) off their smash hit album ‘Okay, I’m Sick’ released in February this year, Badflower has been capitalizing on their success by touring nearly non-stop in the U.S., overseas, and even on the high seas.  Since our first interview with the band in October 2018 at ‘Rock Allegiance’ … Read more

Louder Than Life Becomes Larger Than the Rest

Louder Than Life 2019 did not only expand to three days (from two) this year, but it also became the largest Rock festival in America in 2019 with 130,000 attendees (surpassing the previous record of 120,000 at ‘Sonic Temple’ in Columbus, Ohio – May 2019). Most importantly for the festival producers (Danny Wimmer Presents), the … Read more